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Cambridge way out ahead as city with most folks who cycle to work
According to 2011 census data released yesterday by the Office of National Statistics, nearly 32 percent of those who travel to work in Cambridge get there by bicycle. This is an increase from the...
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Chief medical officer prescribes cycling
The Government’s chief medical adviser has recommended active travel – such as walking and cycling – as a way to help boost the nation’s health and reduce killer diseases such as cancer and heart...
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Creators of C2C examine potential in 20 mile Borders rail trail
John Grimshaw, the founder of Sustrans, and David Gray, designer of Sustrans’ C2C way-marked trail in northern England, from the Irish sea to the North sea, are working on a feasibility study to...
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Worn tyres turned into wearable art
Old bicycle tyres don’t need to go into landfill. A young craftsman is turning them into useful accessories. Jake Wilson Craw of Newcastle upon Tyne makes belts, bags and pouches out of old bicycle...
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Bike It BMX scheme combatting gang culture in London
A new cycling scheme is helping a school in East London keep kids away from gangs. The Sustrans-delivered Bike It scheme at Bow Boys school in Hackney uses a BMX pump track built as part of London...
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British Cycling aims to get 1 million more women on bikes
British Cycling today set out ambitious plans to get one million more women riding bikes by 2020 at an event hosted at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in London. The new strategy,...
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Irish TV airs ad on how motorists should share the road with cyclists
Dear DfT: your counterparts in Ireland have produced this excellent public information film, please do one for the UK. Thanks. “Cyclists are entitled to road space as much as cars, vans, goods...
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Beds for Cyclists website now features 600+ cycle-friendly hosts
Beds for Cyclists, an online directory of cyclist-friendly accommodation, reports that one year after starting it now has 600+ hosts listed. The service has developed key partnerships with national...
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DfT releases details on £40m schemes some of which will reallocate roadspace...
The Department for Transport has today released details on how local authorities plan to spend the £40 million in grant aid announced last year. Most of the schemes are run-of-the-mill improvements,...
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Boss of Bluetooth traffic tracker reveals that bikes are best for predictable...
BlipTrack is a Bluetooth traffic tracker from Blip Systems of Denmark. The company has a stand at the Traffex exhibition currently taking place at the NEC in Birmingham. The CEO of the company told...
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To get more Brits on bikes the Prime Minister should knock departmental heads...
The report for the Get Britain Cycling parliamentary inquiry calls for political leadership to effect change. A parliamentary report on the future of cycling in Britain calls for roadspace...
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Bikes beat car and bus in yet another ‘rush hour’ commuter challenge
Cycling to work has many personal benefits – health and wealth being the two most obvious – but bicycles are also swift, too. And because they can filter through traffic perfectly legally, bike to...
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Around the world in 800 days…by a bike-that-turns-into-a-boat
Dutchman Ebrahim Hemmatnia is pedalling around England in a boat on the first stage of a fully human-powered round-the-world trip. Ebrahim Hemmatnia is currently making slow progress around England in...
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Life Cycle UK bods defeat BBC2′s Eggheads to scoop £26,000 prize
A team of volunteers, trustees and staff from Life Cycle UK appeared on the BBC2 quiz show Eggheads earlier this evening, winning £26,000 for the Bristol-based charity. The BBC quiz show offers each...
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Sir Chris Hoy urges cyclists to Pedal on Parliament
Last year 3000 people cycled to the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh, urging politicians to sign up to a cycle-friendly manifesto. This year’s pedal protest is tomorrow. The second annual Pedal on...
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BSM and AA Driving School to introduce cycle awareness module
AA Driving School and BSM to roll out cycle awareness module to all instructors. New drivers also told “road tax” doesn’t exist. Two of the UK’s biggest driving schools are today committing to teach...
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6.5 mile urban MTB trail and pump track opens at Manchester Velodrome
With the opening of the £894,000 Clayton Vale Mountain Bike Trail, the National Cycling Centre in Manchester now caters to MTBers as well as track cyclists and BMXers A multi-use 6.5 mile mountain...
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UK ranks as tenth most bike-friendly country in Europe
Denmark and the Netherlands are deemed Europe’s most bicycle-friendly nations, with Malta ranking last. The list has been drawn up by the European Cyclists’ Federation. ECF’s Cycling Barometer is a...
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Road users call for US-style ‘Fix it first’ pledge from George Osborne
Public transport, walking & cycling groups ask Chancellor for funding so existing roads are repaired before new ones are built. In the US, President Obama has pledged to ‘Fix It First’ before...
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A bumper weekend of rides for getting more women on bikes, 22-23 June
“One Weekend. Two Wheels. Hundreds of bike rides.” That’s how British Cycling is billing its Big Breeze Bike Ride weekend, to be staged 22nd-23rd June. Three times as many men as women in the UK ride...
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