Italy and Spain have also banned recreational cycling France has effectively banned recreational cycling as part of its coronavirus lockdown. The sports ministry made the announcement after widespread criticism of the large numbers of people taking to the streets for exercise after a lockdown was imposed on Tuesday. Authorities have urged people to only leave […]

Bikes allows people to maintain isolation but provide important respite from being indoors Peter WalkerFri 20 Mar 2020 07.00 GMT It’s an increasingly urgent question for those who still have to travel into work, or to collect supplies or visit vulnerable people – how can you get around without contracting – or spreading – the

This week’s Good Cycling Facilty is a cycle path running through the Beatrixpark in Utrecht. Rather than squeezing walking and cycling together – as is sadly too often the case with paths through parks in the UK – both modes have clear, defined space, and plenty of it. The path also has street lighting. The

17 March, 2020 The UK’s Department for Transport, in tandem with the Energy Savings Trust, have published a guidance paper for businesses assessing improving their last mile delivery processes. The contents page gives strong indication of the strands the report goes down, with topics including “How can businesses use eCargo bikes” aligned with numerous case

Hayley Everett20 March, 2020 The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has launched its Climate Safe Streets report, a roadmap to de-carbonise the capital’s roads in the next 10 years. According to the LCC, the roadmap shows how London can create a new, zero carbon, healthier and more efficient system for road travel that would render it

Mark Sutton19 March, 2020 Against a backdrop of glum news has come a bounce for cycle shops as people buy bikes for transport, numerous retailers have told CyclingIndustry.News. “Our phones are certainly not quiet, that’s for sure,” e-Bike specialist Energise e-Bikes told CI.N. “We did have a spike on the weekend sales wise, particularly in

“The Mayor of Amsterdam says in this interview: “Hop on your bike if you can, it is the healthy option!” This is a good message for the governments of Italy and Spain” Pascal, Amsterdam, Velo Mondial, ‘Autovrij,Tenzij’ @Pascal_Amsterda 17 maart 2020, 10:48 Interview De manier waarop Amsterdammers omgaan met de coronacrisis is ‘ontzagwekkend en ontroerend’,

After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019 Jessica MurrayMon 16 Mar 2020 10.20 GMT They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars and generally made life harder for motorists. Now it appears the work is paying off. Two of Europe’s smaller capital cities – Oslo

The boss of Transport for London today put drivers on notice that private cars “do not have a long-term future” in the centre of the capital. Transport Commissioner Mike Brown said that in the “medium to long term there is a major question to be asked about whether they should be in a central city

By Winnie Hu Updated 11:20 a.m. ET More New Yorkers are turning to cycling to minimize their coronavirus exposure. Citi Bike trips surged to more than half a million this month. Halimah Marcus’s bike had been collecting dust for five years. But as coronavirus fears exploded in New York, she pumped air into the tires