Sat 13 Jun 2020; Buzzbike hopes to tempt workers returning to the office as lockdown eases to try out its scheme

New tool also ranks cities and countries including UK on how much is spent and how much is being built The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has launched an online dashboard that tracks progress being made in countries and cities across Europe in implementing safe space for cycling during the coronavirus pandemic – with Paris, Barcelona… [Read More]

Travel stats are regular fixture at daily press conferences but don’t include cycling 4 hours ago The government is being urged to add cycling to its daily round-up of coronavirus transport statistics in a bid to nudge people onto their bikes during the pandemic. The chief executive of Halfords, Britain’s biggest bike retailer, has written… [Read More]

Instead of reopening society for the sake of the economy, what if we continued to work less, buy less, make less—for the sake of the planet? By Shayla Love Jun 16 2020, 3:00pmShareTweetSnap At the end of March, Donald Trump tweeted, in all capital letters, “WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM… [Read More]

Alex Thomson Chief Correspondent 15 Jun 2020 The order’s gone out from up high – get people walking and cycling. So across Britain, streets are being transformed and we’ve begun to see what our new normal looks like. Our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson has been on a Tour de England as our cities emerge from… [Read More]

Carlton Reid12:49pm EDT Jun 13, 2020, The U.K. government has asked local authorities to submit, as a matter of urgency, “shovel-ready” infrastructure ideas that could help boost the economy impacted by the coronavirus lockdown. Protected urban cycleway networks—more ambitious and longer-lasting than pop-up “corona” cycleways—could be among the projects to receive government backing, reports the… [Read More]

Damian CarringtonLast modified on Mon 16 Dec 2019 15.12 GMT This article is more than 11 months old Right to life is likely to be undermined alongside the rule of law, special rapporteur says The world is increasingly at risk of “climate apartheid”, where the rich pay to escape heat and hunger caused by the… [Read More]

Chloé FarandPublished on 12/06/2020, 11:43am The coronavirus lockdown gave a glimpse of what cleaner cities can look like, but as people turn to private cars for safety from infection, pollution could soar As large swathes of the world start to reopen after weeks of coronavirus lockdown, urban planners are rethinking how to build future-proof cities…. [Read More]

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Chris Todd As carbon emissions took a sudden turn for the worst this week, as lockdowns across the globe were eased, a top climate scientist has warned that building more roads “would be very detrimental”. Corrine Le Quere, is a professor of climate change at the University of East… [Read More]

Carlton Reid11:46am EDT Jun 12, 2020, Making post-pandemic space for cyclists in U.K. cities “isn’t right now about pollution, congestion, inactivity, or cost,” said British Cycling’s policy adviser Chris Boardman on June 12. “It’s about social justice, social inclusion, and making sure that those who don’t have a car have a safe travel choice.” He… [Read More]