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@Chris_Boardman
says it was "unfortunate" that the latest DfT data showed a decrease in cycling because it was shown in isolation.
Car usage was down 23% and train use 47%; in fact, active travel was the most robust of all modes in that period.
@activetraveleng
@TransportCttee
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Free parking for Christmas shoppers in Worcester has been dropped, instead buses will be free
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A driver who pulled in front of a cyclist before deliberately slamming on his brakes, causing the rider to slam head-first into the car’s rear windscreen, has been sentenced to 14 months in jail, and banned from driving for four years.
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Pedestrians will be at the top of a new road user hierarchy, with cyclists next on the hierarchy list.
This new hierarchy could have significant ramifications in future court cases involving motorists hitting cyclists and pedestrians.
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Council workers installed barriers in front of an illegally paved driveway, as it lies behind a crossing point on the road used by schoolchildren
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Cyclists are now the “single largest vehicular mode counted during peak times on City streets,” says an internal report from the City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body of London’s square mile.
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Data from DfT shows that people on bikes outnumbered car drivers on Blackfriars Bridge (Central London) last year.
In 2000 the average daily flow was 50,000 cars and 1,125 bikes. In 2020 it was 8900 bikes, and 8800 cars and taxis.
A protected cycleway was installed in 2016.
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Edmund King, President of the AA has responded to the new proposals from the Transport Secretary
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A city in Texas has approved a “bike lane bounty” where, if residents report a parked car blocking a bike lane, they get 25% of the ticket revenue.
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Row over Dorset cycle lane that drivers claim is “too wide”
Council chairman responds by saying that if drivers continue to cause crashes, they will have more roadspace taken away to make them slow down
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A new motorway camera has caught thousands of motorists using a mobile behind the wheel.
The cameras instantly catch people using a phone and are being trialled on motorways across the UK.
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The Government confirms it has “no plans” to make cyclists wear identification numbers
Full response here:
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Sir Chris Whitty, the government’s chief medical officer for England, has urged people to get cycling to fight obesity, saying that “the idea that the UK is a country you can't actually do cycling is clearly incorrect.”
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This is what happens when segregation is provided.
Young one loving not being on the pavement thanks to pop-up cycle lanes - let’s hope they stay :)
#nogoingback
@RideLeicester
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There is a general election taking place in The Netherlands, and they have ‘cycle-through’ polling stations
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A driver who deliberately drove an eight-seater minibus at a cyclist who had criticised his driving, has been jailed for two years and banned from driving for four years
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A driver who deliberated drove into a protester who was blocking the road (in October), has been charged with dangerous driving and assault by beating
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New research finds London’s segregated
cycle lanes on main roads, do not negatively impact speeds of motorists.
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65% of people want to see segregated cycling routes on roads
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The first UK Climate Assembly, made up of members of the public have recommended:
* Take cars out of city centres
* Ban sales of polluting SUVs now
* Limit the building of new roads
* New housing developments must have good access to facilities through walking and cycling
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A bicycle bus is being trialled in
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk to take children to school.
It can take 2 pedalling adults and 7 pedalling children
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Traders set up shop around an illegally parked car in Whitby
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An independent report commissioned by Kensington & Chelsea, has recommended that cycle lanes be installed on Kensington High Street
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Bruges makes it illegal for drivers to overtake cyclists in the city centre
90 streets have become a ‘comprehensive cycling zone’
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Pavement parking in Wales to be eliminated by 2022
All 10 recommendations of the Welsh Pavement Parking Taskforce are being accepted by the Welsh Government.
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The first person has been punished by a court for vandalising a ULEZ camera.
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The chief executive of the Go-Ahead Group, one of the UK’s largest public companies has argued that cycling and public transport should be prioritised if the UK is to effectively tackle the climate crisis and clean the air in its cities.
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A councillor from Sunderland with no apparent links to Wales is running multiple Facebook groups opposing the 20mph limit, despite apparently supporting the limit in his hometown.
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Parisians re-elect pro-cycling Mayor who vows to remove cars
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Newcastle announces really bold measures that are “pro-city,” not “anti-car.”
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A Kensington primary school is organising a protest ride tomorrow morning against the removal of the Kensington High St cycle lane which is now used by about 4,000 cyclists a day – a three-fold increase.
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Protests are being held across UK towns and cities this weekend against what they call a “climate of fear” on the roads, and an “epidemic” of careless and dangerous driving, that is curbing children’s freedoms and putting lives at risk.
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Paris to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs based on size and weight. The heaviest SUVs already face additional registration taxes in France.
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The Sunday Times asks why the UK has not followed other countries and reduced our reliance on motor vehicles.
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Consultation begins on banning pavement parking in England
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A motorist who drove through a ‘Give Way’ sign and crashed into a group of cyclists, leaving two of them with life-changing injuries, has been given 225 hours unpaid work in the community, and banned from driving for 93 weeks
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BREAKING: 20mph set to be the default speed limit in residential areas in Wales, following a vote in the Senedd this evening.
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Cyclists in Devon are being given helmet cameras to help them film footage of dangerous driving and submit it to the police under a pilot scheme that may eventually be rolled out across the county.
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A 16km path for pedestrians and cyclists that runs along the A27 in Sussex, has opened
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Tonight the government announced a document called “Gear Shift: A bold vision for cycling and walking”
The details include:
Building thousands of miles of protected cycle routes in towns and cities.
A new inspectorate to oversee higher standards of infrastructure.
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BREAKING: Kensington and Chelsea will be revisiting the decision to remove temporary cycle lanes on High Street Kensington.
The Council’s Leadership Team will look again at the factors, the evidence, and views from all sides of the debate.
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A new 20mph speed camera in Plymouth has detected more than 23,500 speeding drivers before it was officially switched on - including 1,100 in the first 24 hours alone.
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Three pedestrians have been killed by a driver suspected of drink-driving.
Why is this not a major news story?
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'We prioritise cars and vans too much in Greater Manchester', Andy Burnham says
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New key design principles for cycling from
@transportgovuk
Includes:
“Purely cosmetic alterations should be avoided”
So physical infrastructure, not painted cycle lanes.
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@Chris_Boardman
has been appointed as Greater Manchester's first transport commissioner - his role has been expanded from cycling and walking commissioner.
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A driver doing 59mph on a 40mph road who lost control of his sports car on a wet road and killed a man on a bike gets convicted of death by careless driving and a 2 year driving ban.
Why is this careless not dangerous driving?
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And now
@Chris_Boardman
: "Pick a crisis; congestion, obesity, inequality, air pollution, global warming, safety... Investing in cycling and walking is as close to a silver bullet as you'll get"
#APPGCW
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5% of the population (1.3 million people) have bought a bike since the start of the coronavirus crisis
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More protected cycle lanes = more women cyclists, a new study shows
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Speed limiters in motor vehicles based on the speed limit for the road will be launched on all new vehicle types in the EU, from 2022
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‘Speeding should be every bit as unacceptable as drink driving’ says the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall
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“With heavier and heavier vehicles, the combined total of particle pollution from road surface, brake and tyre wear is now greater than the particle emissions from vehicle exhaust but there are no policies to control this.”
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Two of our patrons - former Transport Secretary Lord Young (Conservative) and
@tonyberkeley1
(Labour) have written a joint response to Mary Wakefield's article in The Spectator where the journalist claimed that London "simply isn’t suited to cycling".
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New research shows that LTNs halve number of road injuries.
The improvement in safety is more than twice that created by 20mph urban speed limits.
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Our patron Lord
@tonyberkeley1
has written to the BBC's Director of Editorial Standards about a report on LTNs. The report "did not contain any data or facts relating to the efficacy of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, as you might expect from the BBC’s Science and Environment unit."
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A driver has been banned from driving for 12 months after using her car to try to move protesters who were blocking the road.
She will also have to take a driving test, to get her licence back.
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The Mayor of Paris
@Anne_Hidalgo
is continuing plans to provide for cycling and walking, and restricting motor traffic. In an interview she said: “Forget crossing through the city by car”
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A driver who told a cyclist “I’m going to kill you” before deliberately knocking him off, has been found guilty of dangerous driving and sentenced to 10 months in jail and banned from driving for 20 months
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Paris has switched on its first noise radar, to fine riders of loud motorcycles and drivers of other vehicles.
The machine placed high on a street lamp-post is able to measure the noise level of moving vehicles and to identify their licence plate.
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Chris Boardman on his new appointment at Active Travel England:
It is an opportunity to create “a legacy we will be proud to leave for our children and for future generations,” and that “it’s time for a quiet revolution.”
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Amazing that the police have decided not to prosecute this driver who drove towards a family on a zebra crossing
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A bus and cycle lane scheme along a section of the A4 in Slough, has been made permanent.
About 8,000 people signed petitions calling for the scheme to be scrapped, but senior councillors have made a unanimous final decision to keep it.
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From ‘The New Statesman’:
“Cycle lanes don’t cause congestion, but there’s money to be made in pretending they do”
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A driver who chased and drove into a young cyclist after her door mirror was accidentally clipped by his friend when she stopped sharply, has been given a 12 month driving ban, and a 12 month suspended jail sentence.
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Millions of parking spaces should be removed and replaced with trees and cycle lanes to reduce air pollution and tackle climate change, according to a body advising mayors of the world’s biggest cities.
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Driving into a city should become as antisocial as smoking
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From The Times:
DfT data shows that on 8 main roads cycles outnumbered all other vehicles, and on 35 roads they outnumbered cars and taxis
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France plans subsidy for packages delivered by cargo bike
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BREAKING NEWS:
@lambeth_council
are the first UK council to announce footway widening and low traffic neighbourhoods to counter a “public health/road danger emergency”
The budget is £75,000
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Cyclists should be allowed to ride through red lights, declares leading Scottish cycling advocate
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Judges will be able to hand down life sentences to dangerous drivers who kill, and careless drivers who kill while under the influence of drink or drugs, from this week.
The current maximum sentences for these offences is 14 years.
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Drivers in Edinburgh now face a £100 fine for parking on pavements, as the city council becomes the first in Scotland to implement the ban.
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West Midlands previously prosecuted only one driver from 286 close pass reports, is now taking action in 97% of cyclist submissions.
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Tomorrow Wales is likely to be the first country in the UK to have a default 20mph speed limit.
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One thousand extra pedestrians are walking in Stoke Newington Church Street every day, after traffic restrictions were introduced
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50km of Zurich’s streets will be banned for motorists following a referendum
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Paris to make its new pop-up cycle lanes permanent
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A hospital’s charitable trust has proposed to directly fund 3 LTNs in South London.
The Charity has a public health remit to address the health challenges with particular focus on improving air quality, child obesity and long-term conditions.
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The roll-out of 20mph speed limits across Edinburgh has resulted in a “substantial reduction” in road traffic collisions and casualties, according to new analysis by the city council.
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New blog:
“Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities”
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Chris Boardman: “We always lose sight of the fact that the vast majority of people want this. Every survey you see says, yes, I want my kids to be able to cycle and walk to school, but at the moment I don’t feel able to do anything else but drive them.”
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Birmingham has plans to reduce motoring by making motor vehicle journeys longer and inconvenient. At the same time journeys by bus, bicycle and on foot will be made quicker, easier and safer.
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A report by an academic research company estimates that tripling bicycle use in London by 2030 would save lives, create jobs and result in an annual economic dividend of £4.8 billion.
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All major road building projects in Wales have been scrapped over environmental concerns.
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Electric cars cause twice as much stress to roads as petrol equivalents, according to a study from the University of Leeds. The average electric car puts 2.24 times more stress on roads than a similar petrol vehicle - and 1.95 more than a diesel.
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The DfT have cut funding to three Conservative-controlled councils for failing to encourage walking and cycling
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The
@bmj_latest
calls for a reduction of all national speed limits to 50mph, and to 20mph in urban areas to reduce the number of road traffic related incidents that the NHS has to deal.
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“Commuters used to use these little residential streets as a short cut. But the Westminster authorities decided to…stop them driving through.”
A film from 1970 about an LTN in Pimlico, Central London including an interview with a doctor who still needs access by car.
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Why would you advertise cycle training for everyday journeys with an image of a time trial cyclist in an horizontal position, wearing an aerodynamic helmet?
If you’re an intermediate level cyclist,
@CycleConfident
are offering FREE cycle training sessions in Haringey for you! Find a session here:
#IAmHaringey
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Government tells councils to show more ambition with cycling plans
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A driver has pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous driving after using her car to try to move a climate change protester blocking the road
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Victory for family as bike shed application is finally approved
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Ireland to build 3500km of national cycle routes by 2040
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Very good news from the Civil
Liability Bill debate. The Government have announced that they will drop plans to include cyclists & other vulnerable road users in the £5,000 small claims limit
Lots of hard work been done behind the scenes by
@WeAreCyclingUK
and Access 2 Justice
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Hull City Council has voted to make permanent the temporary cycle lanes that were introduced in 2020
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A Birmingham estate agent is saving £500-a-month after using a bike instead of a car to visit the 45 properties that he manages
He also gives out free bikes to his tenants and landlords.
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From the FT:
Car users don’t have an inalienable right to occupy public space
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