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Transport Select Committee

Cyclist in bike lane, Birmingham (credit: Better Streets for Birmingham)

Transport Secretary wants end to “perverse half cycle lanes” and hints at long-term funding for cycling and walking

Secretary of State for Transport, Louise Haigh, has said £100m for cycling and walking was the start, and long-term funding could be pledged in the Spring Spending Review, as she adds road deaths have been "normalised for too long"

Wed, Nov 13, 2024 15:36
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Cars on the A4 at Brentford (copyright Simon MacMichael).JPG

Road pricing “inevitable,” MPs are told as switch to electric vehicles hits tax revenues

Transport Select Committee urged to recommend development and trial of how to get drivers to pay for their journeys

Thu, Oct 21, 2021 15:15
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London cyclists at Hyde Park Corner (copyright Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpg

House of Commons committee urges government to boost cycling and walking funding

Transport select committee also calls for more ambitious targets to be set for active travel in England

Tue, Jul 23, 2019 12:03
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Motorway (licensed CC BY 2.0 by Ozzy Delaney on Flickr).jpg

Parliamentary committee issues call for evidence as it launches road safety inquiry

Transport Select Committee issues call for evidence after five years in which there was no reduction in number of deaths on Britain's roads

Mon, Mar 11, 2019 15:12
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Cyclists at traffic lights (©Toby Jacobs)

‘Cycle lane sceptic’ MP objects to characterisation of logistics sector as “evil, diesel fume-belching demonic brotherhood”

Says bikes cannot replace other forms of delivery

Wed, Jan 18, 2017 12:09
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Cyclists at traffic lights (©Toby Jacobs)

Senior MP asks whether ‘loss of tarmac’ for cycle lanes is causing London’s congestion problems as Government launches urban congestion inquiry

Granny’s in need of a few egg-sucking tips

Tue, Jan 10, 2017 11:47
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Robert Goodwill (CC licensed by Department for Transport)

Minister for cycling hints at cycling champion appointment, Chris Boardman wants “significant powers”

The name Chris Boardman keeps cropping up...

Thu, Dec 05, 2013 16:03
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Chris Boardman smiling

Chris Boardman says MPs “should be embarrassed” & don’t “even know the most basic of facts” about cycling

British Cycling's policy champion slaps down "negligent lack of research and understanding"

Tue, Dec 03, 2013 14:39
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Palace Of Westminster At Night © Andrew Dunn.jpg

Minister for cycling Robert Goodwill to tour London blackspots on his Brompton

Meanwhile, Chris Boardman welcomes Labour's HGV safety plan as cycling comes under political spotlight

Thu, Nov 28, 2013 21:40
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Palace Of Westminster At Night © Andrew Dunn.jpg

Commons committee to consider cycling safety next month

Views invited via Twitter and online ahead of oral evidence session next month

Wed, Nov 20, 2013 16:08
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