Rebecca Morley More than two in five (44%) UK citizens aged 16 plus never cycle, rising to over half (54%) of women, according to a new study from Savanta. A third of those surveyed (34%) say they don’t cycle more often because it’s “too dangerous”. The research points to five key worries overall, identified by […]
19 February 2008 Ken Livingstone is facing a full-scale legal challenge to his plan to charge gas-guzzling cars £25 day in congestion charging. Porsche is writing to the London Mayor claiming his new scheme – unveiled last week – is “unjust” and says he must axe it or face a judicial review. It says that
By Eoin English January 06, 2020 Cyclists in Cork have urged City Hall to consider increasing the cost of on-street parking by up to €1 an hour and use the extra income to promote more sustainable forms of transport such as bus, walking and cycling. The Cork Cycling Campaign has also called on city chiefs
Since Anne Hidalgo’s election as Mayor of Paris in 2014, she has pursued a genuinely radical agenda of greening the city by creating “urban forests” and re-engineering some of the city’s squares and roundabouts to be less centred on cars. Yet by far the most radical transformation Hidalgo has overseen has been the radical expansion
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
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
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
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
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
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
