Drivers who overtake cyclists too closely could be pulled over and cautioned for dangerous driving under a new policing operation this summer Operation Close Pass will have Police Scotland deploying plain-clothes officers on bikes to catch reckless drivers who put cyclists at risk.

Motorists will be pulled over and “if someone is unreceptive to education they will be cautioned for careless or dangerous driving and receive a court summons”, according to a statement from Cycling Scotland.
It comes as the national cycling organisation launches a campaign to improve road safety, with figures showing that at least three cyclists a week suffer serious injuries.

Yelp data shows greater consumer interest at restaurants on pedestrian-friendly “slow streets” that limited vehicle traffic during the pandemic.
Laura Bliss May 11, 2021
At first, the empty city streets of the pandemic were an eerie sign of a world in disorder. But when dozens of cities converted some of them to pedestrian-friendly corridors with restricted vehicle access, they became something else: an example of how readily urban space can be repurposed for mobility and play, and how quickly human activity can surge back when cars are removed. 

The Department for Transport’s annual National Travel Attitudes (Wave 5) study has found that the majority of people (nearly two thirds) support the roll out of dedicated cycle lanes, even if it comes at the expense of less road space for cars.
Each year the online and telephone survey of people across England seeks to gauge the public mood on various travel forms and, coming on the day #BikeIsBest launch a witty new campaign video (below) asking whether the appropriate tool for the job is used for many journeys, the DfT data confirms a warming stance on cycling for transport.

May needed surgery last year, but believes cycling has given him a new lease of life after the operation: “It really saved me,” he told Kerry Ellis on her Keep Calm and Kerry On podcast.
“When I’m in pain, which I was a lot, getting on the bike makes you feel human again. I’m finding life hard right now, this whole lockdown thing – I find the physical stuff is what gets me through.” 
May also revealed that he thinks his heart attack could have been brought on by COVID-19, believing that he likely caught the virus while Queen were touring in early 2020, and that gardening was another pastime that helped him through lockdown: 

A driver who killed a cyclist spent a week trying to cover up the fatal crash – but has been spared jail by a judge.

Scott Walker, aged 43, died from “catastrophic” head injuries sustained when Ian McFarlane knocked him off his bike on the A917 Elie to St Monans Road in Fife on 8 July 2019, reports Courier.co.uk.
McFarlane, aged 76 and from Dundee, pleaded guilty last month at Dundee Sheriff Court to failure to stop and report the collision and to driving while uninsured, the only offences with which he was charged in connection with the fatal crash.