Cycle Industry News) Hayley Everett28 February, 2019 ECF has announced that key EU institutions have agreed on a revised version of the Directive 2008/96/EC on Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM), recognising the need to pay more attention to the safety of cyclists and pedestrians. The changes made to the Directive are the result of a… [Read More]

Guardian) The next 15 megacities #9: Known as ‘the city of a hundred lakes’ until most got paved over, Wuhan has a flooding problem. Can permeable pavements and artificial wetlands soak it up? Li Jing in Wuhan Wed 23 Jan 2019 Take a stroll down the central Chinese city’s Fan Lake Road or Fruit Lake… [Read More]

Cycle Industry News) 11 March, 2019 A recent study by Public Health England has found further evidence of the huge benefits more cycling and walking will provide for individuals, communities and the UK’s stretched health and care system. The study – entitled Cycling and walking for individual and population health benefits – was recently discussed… [Read More]

forbes) Mar 8, 2019, 07:47am Car use was restricted in Central Madrid during the 2018/2019 Christmas period leading to a significant increase in pedestrian footfall – and spending.Ayuntamiento de Madrid Cities which want to boost takings in shops and restaurants should restrict access for motorists, a new study suggests. Madrid closed its central business district… [Read More]

the guardian) Researchers say dirty air is killing 800,000 people a year in Europe, and urge the phasing out of fossil fuel burning Damian Carrington Tue 12 Mar 2019 18.25 GMT The number of early deaths caused by air pollution is double previous estimates, according to research, meaning toxic air is killing more people than tobacco smoking…. [Read More]

the guardian) Christopher Cherry, Franny Armstrong, Lizzie Gillett, Jacqueline Edenbrow and Charlie Phillips, Source: The Guardian/Spanner Films Fri 15 Mar 2019 09.55 GMT Ten years after climate movie The Age of Stupid had its green-carpet, solar-powered premiere, we follow its director as she revisits people and places from the film and asks: are we still… [Read More]

the guardian) School and university students continue Friday protests to call for political action on crisis First published on Fri 15 Mar 2019 From Australia to America, children put down their books on Friday to march for change in the first global climate strike. The event was embraced in the developing nations of India and… [Read More]

the guardian) Jeremy Corbyn and others Fri 15 Mar 2019 15.01 GMT Siân Berry, Green party: Youth strikers know the planet can’t wait ‘The chancellor kept quiet about his devastating cuts to Natural England.’ Hope. That was what I felt when I entered Parliament Square last month to be greeted by hundreds of young people… [Read More]

14 March 2019 Province of Utrecht announces new Utrecht-Amersfoort fast cycle route, the first of seven planned for the region. The province of Utrecht and the municipalities of Utrecht, De Bilt, Zeist, Soest and Amersfoort gave the go-ahead for the realization of the Utrecht-Amersfoort express bike route on Wednesday afternoon March 13th. They did this… [Read More]

Bicycle Dutch) The Sint Annatunnel in Antwerp (Belgium) is an 86 year-old pedestrian and cycling tunnel under the Scheldt river, connecting the city centre to the west-bank, called left bank in Antwerp. The tunnel is simply referred to as the Voetgangerstunnel, (the Pedestrian Tunnel). That is because the tunnel was part of a larger plan… [Read More]