Mark Sutton26 February, 2020 Over the past ten years cycling spend by local authorities has averaged just £2 per head annually on dedicated infrastructure, new research by the Nottingham Trent University has found. Researchers Dr Seamus Allison and Aoife Allison made freedom of information requests to 55 English Unitary Authorities, requesting data on populations served, […]
SIMON_MACMICHAEL THU, FEB 20, 2020 Essential seven-month works to preserve reinforced concrete structure are eight years overdue London Bridge is to be closed to all traffic other than bikes, buses and licensed taxis for seven months from mid-March while work is undertaken to replace the waterproofing below the road surface of the structure, which in
SIMON_MACMICHAEL MON, FEB 10, 2020 Well-connected PR firm boss’s nomination for voluntary role backed by British Cycling and Sir Chris Hoy, among others Adam Tranter, who as CEO of PR firm Fusion Media works with some of the biggest names in Britain’s cycling industry including Brompton Bicycles and Evans Cycles, has been appointed Bicycle Mayor
SIMON_MACMICHAEL SUN, FEB 09, 2020 Work has started on an off-road cycle route in East Lothian that campaigners have spent 15 years fighting to have built in what is one of the longest-running disputes in modern Scottish legal history. The route between Gullane, which lies east of Edinburgh on the Firth of Forth, and Drem
SAT, JAN 25, 2020 16:25 Hundreds of people turned up to attend a discussion chaired by Chris Boardman on multi-million pound plans for the UK’s largest inner city walking and cycling route. The Active Neighbourhood plans for Urmston, Greater Manchester got an £11.3 million funding boost earlier this month from Mayor Andy Burnham’s Walking and
February 29, 2020 I REALISE I SPEND A FAIR BIT OF TIME WRITING ABOUT URBAN CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SO THIS WEEK I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE RURAL EXPERIENCE. I think there are three strands to this; cycling within villages, cycling between villages and towns (or other villages) and what to do
aseasyasriding On a sunny September day last year, I headed out from the city centre of Utrecht to take a look at the town of Bilthoven, about five miles away. Despite being a fairly small settlement (Bilthoven itself only has a population of around 20,000 people, although it closely adjoins the larger town of De
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is a two-way protected cycleway with a floating bus stop in Stratford, London. This road was formerly part of the Stratford gyratory system, but has been converted to two-way flow for motor traffic, with the addition of protected cycleways. This two-way cycleway passes a bus stop on a new island,
As with many British towns in the wake of the 1963 Traffic in Towns report, Horsham responded to the coming age of the motor car with a mixture of enlightenment and destructiveness. In doing so, it largely reflected the nature of the Report itself, which presciently diagnosed the enormous problems mass motoring would present, but
Buffalo Bikes help people in rural areas get access to education, health services, and economic opportunities The non-profit organisation World Bicycle Relief has distributed its 500,000th Buffalo Bike. The charity believes its efforts have positively impacted the lives of more than 2.5 million people. WBR was founded in 2005 in response to the 2004 Indian
