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Affluent residents “less receptive” to cycling due to “high car ownership”, newly-approved active travel plan warns

The statement goes against the recent stereotype that cycling has become a favoured transport mode of the middle-classes

Tue, Jun 16, 2026 17:41

Cyclist who lost her leg after being run over by lorry driver “trying to save a couple of minutes” calls for HGVs to be banned from “unsuitable” road – before “something worse happens”

The former triathlete lost her leg in the same place where runner Peter Day was killed by a lorry driver after in 2018, which “was designed back in the days of horse and carriage”

Mon, Sep 15, 2025 15:07

Dutch style roundabout Hertfordshire – credit Hertfordshire county council

“Woke roundabouts” is a depressing new low when it comes to how the media attempts to report on cycling and active travel

Get your irony meters at the ready, because George Hill is about to lay into how the media sensationalises things about cycling and active travel. It would have been rude not to go for an 'attention-grabbing' title to accompany the article, right?

Tue, Jun 03, 2025 16:59

“Drivers throw tantrum as engineers make it harder for them to injure others”: New Dutch-style ‘cycling roundabout’ goes down well… as locals tell critics to “take the blinkers off” to see it’s “the most straightforward thing” + more on the live blog

It's Tuesday and the Giro is back... Dan Alexander bringing you all the updates from Italy alongside your usual round-up from the world of cycling

Tue, May 20, 2025 08:19

“Eyesore” cycle rack removed…but only because driver smashed into it

One of Stevenage's luminous green cycle-shaped bike racks was "damaged beyond repair" after a driver crashed into it

Fri, Jan 07, 2022 16:31

Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)

Van driver knocks cyclist off bike then verbally abuses him

Police keen to speak to Tesco delivery driver who saw inicdent and helped cyclist afterwards

Sun, Feb 14, 2021 13:35

Van passenger hit cyclist with stick in unprovoked attack

Woman in her sixties left with red mark and bruising

Fri, Jul 17, 2020 14:05

Hertfordshire Police apologise to cyclist and say brake-checking motorist should have been interviewed

Footage appears to show driver deliberately causing collision on empty roundabout

Sat, Apr 11, 2020 15:36

Brake-checking motorist deliberately causes crash: Hertfordshire Police tell cyclist video evidence “does not provide a realistic prospect of conviction”

Motorist clipped cyclist when overtaking then hit the brakes in the middle of an empty roundabout

Fri, Feb 07, 2020 15:20

Marc London (left) with Polish police officer and his bike

£9,000 bike stolen from Hertfordshire recovered from Poland

Owner posted pictures to triathlon Facebook groups

Sat, May 04, 2019 18:31