Carlton Reid01:26pm EDT |1,094 views|Jun 1, 2020, “There is no justification for the mass reallocation of road space to dedicated cycle lanes,” argues the Road Haulage Association (RHA), representing some 7,000 U.K. trucking companies. The Freight Transport Association, which represents air, rail, and sea haulage companies as well as road haulage, is also opposed to… [Read More]
Archives for 2020
RAC hits out at ‘truly shocking’ lockdown speeding offences | The Guardian
Data reveals police recorded seven incidents of motorists in UK driving over 130mph Lisa O’CarrollTue 2 Jun 2020 00.01 BST Two-thirds of Britain’s police forces caught people driving in excess of 100mph during the first three weeks of the coronavirus lockdown, new data has shown. The extreme speeds were not confined to motorways, as drivers… [Read More]
Here’s how No 10 can get more of us on our bikes | The Times
Monday June 01 2020 While public transport use has dropped by more than 90 per cent since lockdown began, and car journeys by 60 per cent, cycling has risen. Last month there were a record 170,000 extra bicycle trips in Greater Manchester in just one day. That’s the equivalent of 1,950 tightly packed double decker… [Read More]
‘Hero bikes’: how free bicycles are transforming the lives of Scotland’s key workers | The Guardian
Libby Brooks Published on Fri 29 May 2020 08.06 BST A chance to clear the head after a stressful day; a safe and speedy means of travel in these anxious times; the opportunity to explore a longer-term lifestyle change: bicycles mean many different things to the frontline workers in Edinburgh and Perth who have taken… [Read More]
Cut air pollution to help avoid second coronavirus peak, MPs urge | The Guardian
Cross-party group highlights new evidence on how dirty air may worsen infections Damian Carrington 29 May 2020 Air pollution must be kept at low levels to help avoid a second peak of coronavirus infections, according to a cross-party report from MPs. There is growing evidence from around the world linking exposure to dirty air and… [Read More]
Call to fast-track bike lanes to boost jobs and take advantage of lockdown-induced bicycle sales | The Guardian
Move would promote social distancing, take thousands of cars off roads and make it safer for riders, Australian cycling organisation says Elias Visontay Australia’s peak cycling organisation is calling on governments to capitalise on a surge in lockdown-induced bicycle sales by fast-tracking the construction of all 750km of planned bike lanes around the country, a… [Read More]
Sustrans’ Covid-19 response map tracks your local active travel provision – Cycle Industry News
Mark Sutton27 May, 2020 A newly-developed interactive map by active travel charity Sustrans’ is enabling people to view their local authority’s response to the Covid-19 crisis in terms of the provision of safe infrastructure for walkers and cyclists. With public transport use discouraged where possible at present, the need for fresh infrastructure to pick up… [Read More]
Work brought forward on West Yorkshire’s 500 mile cycling infrastructure “ambition”
Mark Sutton28 May, 2020 In response to the need to provide cycling infrastructure to soak up the loss in capacity on public transport, work has been brought forward on West Yorkshire’s “ambitious” plans. The £6.9 million development has now begun with workers busy at Claypit Lane, Leeds where segregated cycle lanes are being laid. Plenty… [Read More]
Transport Research Laboratory says safe cycling infrastructure “needed” for social distancing – Cycle Industry News
Mark Sutton29 May, 2020 The Transport Research Laboratory has joined the chorus of organisations stating that safe cycling and walking infrastructure is “needed” if social distancing is to work in the UK. A statement issued today by TRL, which is often relied upon by Government to trial infrastructure designs before they are set in concrete,… [Read More]
Parking to be removed outside Kew Gardens to create protected cycle lane | road.cc
Council believes move will also ‘discourage unnecessary visits by car’ Richmond Council is to start “urgent work” on a segregated cycle lane outside Kew Gardens, which reopens on Monday. Single yellow line parking will be removed from Kew Road to create the required space. The council explained that the move comes in response to recent… [Read More]
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