2016) Rush hour drivers who use short cuts off main roads increase journey times for everybody else, study says | The Independent
Fight Coronavirus With ‘Miracle Pill’ Of Bicycling To Work, Boris Johnson To Tell Brits – Forbes
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to tell overweight Britons they need to increase their activity levels to better fight against infection from the novel coronavirus. Being obese or overweight puts people at greater risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19, experts have said this week. Cycling to work is a key way of losing weight and changing sedentary lifestyles, Johnson will advise on Monday.
Residents to get new decision-making powers in cycling ‘revolution’ | The Guardian
Residents will get powers to banish through-traffic from local streets and councils will be prevented from building substandard cycle lanes under what Downing Street has billed as a revolution for cycling and walking in England.
Doctors to prescribe bike rides to tackle UK obesity crisis | The Guardian
Boris Johnson to announce new measures to make cycling safer and cheaper to improve health and cut virus risk
Two wheels good: India falls back in love with bikes after Covid-19 | The Guardian
A bicycle boom has seen Indians swapping cars – the ultimate status symbol – for a more humble mode of transport
Legal threat to Government over possible breach of ‘net zero – Transport Xtra
Government is committing more than £100 billion to the HS2, project, which involves the destruction of large areas of ancient woodland, and which function as a carbon sink, extracting carbon from the atmosphere; along with £27.4 billion to a 5-year road building programme…
Minority successfully pushing back against green recovery, shows YouGov poll – Cycling Industry News
23 July, 2020. New research by YouGov is illustrating the strength of the motoring lobby against changing the status quo in favour of a green recovery and more infrastructure to encourage active travel.
Safe walking and cycling routes must be a top priority | Letters – The Guardian
Letters. Tue 21 Jul 2020 18.02 BST. Rachel White says that safe walking and cycling routes must be a top priority
Recycled kerb business to help LAs with temporary cycling infrastructure – Cycle Industry News
22 July, 2020. With phase one Emergency Active Travel funding currently in circulation a recycled kerb business has come to market to help local authorities (LAs) with a flexible solution to temporary and semi-permanent cycling infrastructure.
Car tyres are major source of ocean microplastics – study | The Guardian
Damian Carrington. Wind-borne microplastics are a bigger source of ocean pollution than rivers, say scientists