News from Elsewhere

Join the bike is best movement and sign the Share the road petition – to help everyone cycle more.

Last month the council closed Bedford Hill to vehicle traffic to aid social distancing, encourage walking and cycling and support local businesses.

I can’t pinpoint the moment I woke up from my blissfully ignorant reverie about the state of our planet. I just know that one day, I opened my front door and was wildly angry about the number of cars on the roads.

With thanks to Living Streets and David Harrison

Active travel schemes implemented during Covid-19 were already facing significant backlash, now the government’s new “Gear Change” document calls for “a clear stakeholder engagement plan… to increase political and public acceptance” of schemes.

Matteo Jarre, Thursday, 06 August 2020; At Decisio, we applied bikenomics

Mounted seats, cargo bikes and trailers offer families different options to give cycling a go; Jo Caird, Tue 4 Aug 2020

Laura LakerWed,  18 Jul 2018. Government-owned company has back-pedalled on its pledge to cycle-proof the line, say campaigners, locking out cyclists for generations to come

Keen to see more people transition from driving to cycling, Chris Boardman is leading by example.

Changes under consultation follow raft of cycling and walking announcements, Laura Laker Tue 28 Jul 2020 11.30