HS2 Archives

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“Not interested in truth, just lining his pockets”: Cyclists react to Mr Loophole’s “no-brainer idea” of speedometers on bikes to bring “legal parity with all road users”; London’s Terracotta Army; Protected bike lanes, not wands + more on the live blog

After a week of trotting away on rented bikes in different cities, Adwitiya is back to man the Tuesday live blog with loads of cycling news, views, reaction and more

HS2 construction, Coleshill, Birmingham (Sludge G on Flickr, licensed via CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED)

Cyclists welcome 24-mile cycleway along HS2 as West Midlands mayor aims to enable cycling and walking as “natural first choice for short journeys”

The construction roads and maintenance pathways of HS2 are to be repurposed for a “continuous, high-quality active travel route”

SRAM reveals the HS2 brake rotor

New rotor promises best in class heat management

MPs ask Transport Minister to build HS2 cycleway in full

Ruth Cadbury and Lillian Greenwood call for additional Government investment “in line with the Prime Minister’s cycling ambitions”

James May (CC BY-SA 2.0 licence by Airwolfhound:Flickr)

James May urges Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “bomb us with bicycles” with £80bn HS2 cash

Grand Tour presenter also says not wearing a helmet "makes you look like someone making a tiresome point”

Plans (but no funding) for cycleway alongside HS2

Feasibility study was completed in 2016 but cover note suggests it is down to local authorities whether anything actually gets built

HS2 offering “pathetic” commitment to cycle proof high speed rail line

Cycling UK says HS2 is “penny pinching” on costs of tunnels and bridges

Cycling Minister confirms cycle network will be built around HS2 – but says it won’t be the long distance cycle track suggested by Boris Johnson

Meanwhile campaigners warn at the current rate of progress it will take 50 years to double cycling in the UK

Boris Johnson calls for cycle path alongside HS2 high speed railway line

Feasibility study already taking place into path linking London with Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester