06 December 2019 Local Transport Today is the authoritative, independent journal for transport decision makers. Analysis, Comment & News on Transport Policy, Planning, Finance and Delivery since 1989. Greater Manchester Combined Authority has authorised development work on a further 25 schemes forming part of the conurbation’s Bee Network of walking and cycling routes, taking the… [Read More]
Archives for 2020
Transport Committee presented with vision for West Yorkshire cycling network – Cycle Industry News
Hayley Everett6 January, 2020 This Friday 10th January, members of West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee will be shown a draft map of how the county’s cycling routes could look, based on current cycling strategies and plans. Covering the areas of Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield, the provisional map shows the network of existing… [Read More]
New Cycleway plans propose to tackle one of southeast London’s most dangerous roads – Cycle Industry News
7 January, 2020 Transport for London (TfL) has set out plans to overhaul one of southeast London’s most dangerous roads, proposing a 5km Cycleway between Greenwich and Woolwich. The proposal is part of TfL’s Vision Zero commitment to eliminating death and serious injury on the capital’s roads. Road danger in the area is high, with… [Read More]
UK study again finds road danger to be main barrier to cycling – Cycle Industry News
Mark Sutton8 January, 2020 A new study of 1,040 people in the UK aged 16 to 69 has once again attributed the perception of road danger as the main barrier to new cyclists emerging. Commissioned by data collection and research firm Savanta, the findings echo previous studies that tend to flag both road danger and… [Read More]
Good Cycling Facility of the Week: 9/1/20 – protected cycleway in the London borough of Waltham Forest
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is a protected cycleway in the London borough of Waltham Forest. The cycleway here has additional protection from motor traffic in the form of planting. It is just one small part of a major improvement to the Whipps Cross junction, formerly a large, fast roundabout which has been changed to… [Read More]
Over 10,000 cyclists used Tyne Tunnels in first two months after they reopened | road.cc
The Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels reopened in August after six years of work. Official figures have revealed that they were then used by over 10,000 cyclists in September and October. The side-by-side pedestrian and cyclist tunnels together comprise a Grade II listed structure. They were closed in 2013 and refurbished at an estimated cost… [Read More]
Cycling non-stop from Edinburgh to Copenhagen by cargo bike – Cycling UK
By Claire Hutchison Thursday, 26 December 2019 Four women from the Adventure Syndicate are cycling 24 hours a day between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve on cargo bikes, with the aim of reaching Copenhagen. Cycling UK’s Claire Hutchison caught up with them before they set off on their challenge. Two pairs of women from… [Read More]
Letters – Guardian (1)
LettersTue 7 Jan 2020 • Your article on York highlights how important it is for both central and local government to take urgent action to reduce air pollution in our cities and tackle the climate crisis. Transport is the only sector where CO2 emissions are rising as our reliance on motor vehicles remains at an… [Read More]
Letters – Guardian (2)
LettersTue 7 Jan 2020 • Your editorial (27 December) says that “In the age of climate emergency the car is no longer the star”. The car has never been the star – more an asteroid that hurtles on our roads, too often out of control. A significant omission from your long editorial was the annual… [Read More]
You are not made of sugar… | Bicycle Dutch
You won’t melt in the rain… That is not the answer you want to hear as a teenager when you complain to your mother about having to cycle to school in the rain. And yet that is exactly the answer generations of Dutch mothers have been giving their children. It shows. Whenever it rains you… [Read More]
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