Simon Munk 24.04.20 We’ve asked our borough groups to send us the highest priority routes for temporary protected space for cycling during lockdown and as it eases. We’re looking for those routes with most potential to be rapidly deployed – main roads with multiple lanes, now spare capacity – and which parallel key bus and […]

Along streets suddenly devoid of traffic, pedestrians get a fresh look at all the space that motor vehicles have commandeered. Tom VanderbiltApril 24, 2020 Author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do The New York City streetscape has become a strange, inverted mirror image of the normal world. Suddenly, if you have a

Carlton ReidApr 22, 2020, “Whenever feasible, consider riding bicycles or walking,” recommended the World Health Organisation (WHO) on April 21 in new technical guidance on moving around during the COVID-19 outbreak. Cycling and walking are useful for both social distancing and meeting the minimum requirement for daily physical activity, states the WHO guidance. Cities around

Joe Dunkley I tweeted a little clip of something from a commute of a few months ago. It was the police making a couple of annoying, potentially very dangerous, and entirely understandable mistakes. First, the police driver has blocked an advance stop box. I imagine probably the lights were green when they entered it, but

With more space needed for walking and cycling for the foreseeable future, online tool will help you get in touch Cycling UK is urging people to ask their councils to create wider footpaths and temporary cycle lanes in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “Social distancing is likely to be the ‘new normal’ for quite some

Understanding the key concepts of transmissibility and infectious dose should reassure you. Sigal SamuelApr 24, 2020, 8:00am EDT Under social distancing, we’re all doing our best to stay sane, and one of the best ways to maintain sanity is to go out for some nice fresh air. But venturing outside can be stressful if you’re

Carlton ReidApr 21, 2020, The U.K. government’s £28.8 billion plan to expand Britain’s road network is set to be challenged by the same legal team which, in February, halted the Department for Transport’s plan to expand Heathrow. The Court of Appeal ruled Heathrow expansion plans were illegal because the Department for Transport’s plans did not

Jonathon Harker24 April, 2020 Follow the examples of Brighton, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Glasgow – is the message Cycling UK is delivering to council leaders across the UK. The charity is urging councils to put – quick and cheap – measures in place during the coronavirus lockdown to make cycling and walking safer. Measures Cycling UK

By Emma Farge * U.N. agency expects 6% drop in carbon emissions * WMO says climate still warming in 2020 * Urges climate change action in same spirit as COVID-19 (Recasts, adds details and quotes throughout) GENEVA, April 22 (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to cause the biggest fall in carbon dioxide emissions