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The Sun: "we need more cycle lanes". Completely right. But this is only going to happen if you play your part in making it happen. Monday 2 September;... 27 Aug 2013 | 02:44 am
This is the sort of image we are used to seeing on cycling blogs. But this image was taken from an article by the BBC asking "Can Reading ever 'go Dutch' and become a cycling town?" Something is chan...
UK government announces that it thinks creating separate space for motor and bicycle traffic is a good thing. The shift in political messaging is grea... 17 Aug 2013 | 10:40 pm
Transport Sec Patrick McLoughlin tells #wato "80% of cyclists hold a driving licence so not right to say motorists & cyclists separate" — PoliticsHome (@politicshome) August 12, 2013 The mood music s...
BBC Newsnight: "Cyclists are accommodated here in the same way motorists are elsewhere". Time for that to change in the UK, not just in the Netherland... 9 Aug 2013 | 12:14 pm
Most-shared article on the BBC yesterday. Earlier this week, BBC Newsnight carried a seriously-good review of cycling and asked one simple question: "Why do so many Dutch people cycle?". Actually, t....
6pm on 2nd September - The London Cycling Campaign "space for cycling" ride in support of the Parliamentary debate on cycling on the same day. You rea... 30 Jul 2013 | 01:24 pm
The 'tunnel of death'. Believe it or not, this is Boris's Cycle Way into the City of London. The bike way is underneath the lorry on the left. That lorry, incidentally, is turning right. This morning...
One negligent Cycle Super Highway, three deaths. British Cycling & The Evening Standard call on Londoners to support London Cycling Campaign protest r... 10 Jul 2013 | 08:58 pm
Rush hour at Elephant & Castle. Outside rush hour the bus lanes on this Cycle Super Highway convert to lanes for dodgy drivers to undertake law-abiding drivers at fast speeds. Funnily enough, no one c...
Second cyclist killed on Cycle Super Highway to Bow. Boris needs to sort this out now. And so does the City of London which is planning a whopping 50 ... 6 Jul 2013 | 06:21 pm
This is the Cycle Super Highway to Bow at Aldgate East. It is a completely negligent design. On Friday night, a young woman was killed while cycling past Aldgate East tube on a Boris bike. The Metro....
In Copenhagen the number of journeys by bike grew by 50% between 1995 - 2010 yet the risk of cycle casualties dropped four-fold in the same period. In... 28 Jun 2013 | 12:02 am
Putney Bridge. This is what Transport for London thinks counts for cycle infrastructure. No wonder everyone's dressed in lycra and on bikes designed for maximum speed Earlier today, Transport for Lon...
Boris Johnson's cycling commissioner: "Cyclists may make up 24 per cent of the traffic across central London, but they still get much less than 24 per... 24 Jun 2013 | 06:28 pm
Blackfriars Road - new 'vision' from Southwark Council. Where's the bike infrastructure on this massive avenue? There isn't any. Earlier today, the Evening Standard published new data from Transport....
Every so often, it's time to remember why we get on our bikes again and again. Well done Halfords. 20 Jun 2013 | 08:24 pm
I almost never flag corporate or media stuff on this blog. But this video, first posted by Mark over at ibikelondon has had me grinning all day. Every so often, it's time to remember that although th...
Please come to the City of London Cycling Forum after work on Tuesday, 2 July - some big topics to thrash out with City officials: Aldgate, two-way co... 19 Jun 2013 | 07:51 pm
Good stuff from the City of London. Stonecutter Street used to be a taxi rat run. Now bikes and pedestrians only. The City of London will be hosting a Cycling Forum on Tuesday 2 July 2013 and invitat...
