BikeBiz) BikeBiz peruses a previously unpublished document that reveals plans for an HS2 Cycleway Laura Laker22 hours ago BikeBiz peruses a previously unpublished document that reveals plans for an HS2 Cycleway Government plans for a ‘world-class’ national cycleway stretching the length of the HS2 railway line, which remained hidden for more than two years, were… [Read More]

London Cycling Campaign) Today’s exciting news from Transport for London sees 11 new Liveable Neighbourhoods dotted across London take a huge step towards becoming reality. They join the existing seven boroughs with funding, bringing the grand total of Liveable Neighbourhoods up to 18, with the 11 new boroughs splitting £53.4 million (an average of just… [Read More]

Road Danger Reduction Forum) rdrfukNovember 22, 2018 Today the Government announced its response to the consultation on its “Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review”. You can download it here and I suggest anybody interested in sustainable/healthy travel does so – this is a very important document. Below I’m giving some first impressions –… [Read More]

London Evening Standard) 13 hours ago The latest headlines in your inbox The roads around Holborn station, among the deadliest in London for cyclists, are to be transformed in a bid to improve safety. A £12.5m scheme that will include the removal of the Holborn gyratory and the pedestrianisation of part of New Oxford Street… [Read More]

Cycling UK) Friday, 15 February 2019 Last year, I decided it was finally time. I’d been putting it off for years. I decided to learn to drive. As a city dweller with few qualms about cycling wherever life took me, I’d had little need for a car, but having a licence I didn’t need seemed… [Read More]

the ecologist) Andrew Taylor-Dawson The rise in youth activism on climate change is not only uplifting to see – it’s frankly essential. This is particularly true at a time when Brexit dominates everything and the UK is gripped with political uncertainty. The face of Greta Thunberg – the impassioned sixteen year-old Swedish climate activist has… [Read More]

BBC News) 22 November 2016 Nearly 5,000 people were injured or killed in hit-and-run crashes in London last year (2015), according to new data. The figure shows there is a hit-and-run crash every two hours in the city. Last year 11 people died, 287 were left with serious injuries and 4,647 with slight injuries, in… [Read More]

Business Insider) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said last week that some young people are concerned about having children given the threat climate change could pose to future generations. The comments drew intense media attention and some pundits called the comment “fascistic.” But a new INSIDER poll found that nearly a third of Americans — and about… [Read More]

Campaigns by You) Stop Killing Cyclists London Blackcabs drive an estimated 460 million miles/year. Up to 50% of those miles are empty. [1] December 2018 study stated that some blackcabs emit up to 30 times more pollution than equivalent private cars! [2] As even ambulances have to pay the mayor’s pollution charge, then toxic black… [Read More]

Outside Online) Trump’s nominee for Interior secretary hasn’t even been confirmed, but he’s already mired in at least 15 scandals Just when you thought Ryan Zinke’s resignation would be the end of rampant corruption scandals at the Department of the Interior, along comes his former deputy David Bernhardt. It’s only been two weeks since President… [Read More]