APPG for Cycling & Walking
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We are a cross-party group of Parliamentarians working to promote the benefits of active travel.
Westminster, London
Joined January 2012
From the BBC: Cheap China e-bikes 'kick in teeth' for UK firms
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More than 8,000 fines have been issued to motorists in Edinburgh in the first year of the city's pavement parking ban.
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Cycle paths are pointless if women don't feel safe using them at night
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RT @HantsPolRoads: All that incredible engineering and they can't make the number plate stick. Seems to be a theme with supercars. Ticket…
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RT @London_Cycling: ✊SHOUT-OUT WOMEN RIDING FOR FREEDOM ✊ 🚲🔥⚡️TONIGHT WE PROTEST. 100s of women riding the worst @TfL Cycleways in London.…
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RT @SurreyRS: Driver stopped in Dorking by #SPCasualtyReduction for using a mobile phone. 📱 Tested positive for cocaine & was wanted for fa…
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New data reveals two thirds fewer SUVs parked up in centre of Paris since the Mayor introduced higher parking fees last autumn
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A driver jailed who drove into a road worker who was fixing potholes had driven past a "road closure" sign. The driver was banned from driving for a year
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Coogan previously escaped a lengthy driving ban, on another occasion in 2019, after successfully arguing that another tv series he was filming could not be filmed on public transport.
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From The Guardian: Who started the culture war between cyclists and drivers?
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A driver who killed an 83-year-old great-grandmother when he repeatedly ran over her with his van has been sentenced to jail for 13 months, and banned from driving for two-and-a-half years after admitting causing death by careless driving.
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Investing £2.5bn into high-return road safety schemes could prevent more than 17,000 deaths and serious injuries over the next 20 years, saving nearly £9bn in societal losses in the process, according to a new report.
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A driver from who tried to avoid a speeding ticket by claiming his car had been cloned, has now got a suspended prison sentence and a criminal record.
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From the BBC: Night-time bike riding 'socially unsafe' for women
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The number of people being killed in crashes on London roads has increased by 16% in a year The number of pedestrians to die in road collisions has increased by almost 25% year-on-year.
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“I was cycling with my kids when a driver screamed out the window at us”
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Electric cargo bike firm Zedify, goes into administration
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