Friday 27 February · London
You and I may call them ‘Boris Bikes’, but London’s cycle hire scheme has officially been known as ‘Barclays Cycle Hire’. Barclays signalled last year that it didn’t want to…
Tuesday 24 February · London
East London is to get a new Cycle Superhighway – but a very different creature to the dramatic plans for the cross-London routes. Whereas the recently approved North-South and East-West…
Monday 23 February · London · Coventry
As segregated urban cycleways become more common in Britain, traditional straight-up kerbs have come in for criticism. Standard vertical kerbs reduce the width available to cyclists, and make it more…
Friday 13 February · Swindon · Highworth
Swindon cyclists are campaigning for an old railway to become a cycleway to the nearby town of Highworth. Highworth has a population of 8,000 and is just four miles from…
Friday 6 February
An ambitious plan to create a cycle route following the iconic US Route 66 is set to go ahead following crunch meetings with California transport officials. The Adventure Cycling Association…
Tuesday 24 February · 3:53pm
North American publication Grist reckons that cargo bikes are the coming thing, serving as delivery trucks, minivans, food delivery vehicles, and emergency escape bikes – while being cheaper than ever. “The recent arrival of cargo bikes from China,” it says, “is making them more commonplace and affordable.” Check out the full article. Via grist.org. Link »
Tuesday 24 February · 3:43pm · Swindon · Wootton Bassett
The long-held dream of a safe cycle route from Wootton Bassett to Swindon is inching closer, with Sustrans and Wiltshire Council working together to design a new route. The Gazette and Herald reports… More »
Monday 23 February · 12:35pm · Ellesmere Port
The Shropshire Union canal towpath in Ellesmere Port, part of the Cheshire Cycleway, is to be given an all-weather hard surface. As well as forming part of the round-Cheshire route,… More »
Wednesday 11 February · 10:55am
A proposal to require towpath cyclists to pay for an annual permit has been dropped. Not on the British canals – where towpath access has been free since a short-lived permit scheme on the Kennet & Avon in the 1990s – but in the US, where the owners of the 185-mile Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath were seeking a new way to raise funds. A public outcry has led to revised proposals where the price rises will fall mostly on drive-in campsites. Via bikingbis.com. Link »
Monday 9 February · 7:44pm
If you’ve ever grumbled at the unpaved bits of (say) Coast & Castles, take a look at this small but evocative collection of photos of touring the Scottish Highlands. Tarmac? Luxury! Via imgur.com. Link »
Friday 6 February · 10:52am
Exactly what you need when setting off from a city intersection after a perfectly executed track stand: a trumpet fanfare. Watch »
Thursday 5 February · Skipton · Matlock
Five National Parks are to share in a pot of £2.7m to develop new cycle routes. The second tranche of funds follows an £12m award in 2013, although several of…
Wednesday 4 February · Oxford
A new layout for a busy Oxford junction has caused an upsurge in accidents – to an outcry from local cyclists. The busy junction between Worcester Street, Hythe Bridge Street,…
New Wednesday 4 February · London
The news that London has been waiting for came today – the East-West and North-South Superhighways, nicknamed ‘Crossrail for Bikes’ have been approved. Designed with Dutch-style segregation from traffic, the…
Monday 2 February
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2015’s shaping up to be a big year for cycle.travel. Here’s a hint of what’s coming up in the next few months. You’ll have noticed that we’ve not updated…
Monday 2 February · Cardiff
Cardiff cyclists have launched an ambitious bid to create Wales’ first Cycle City – and “the best cycling city in the UK”. In a manifesto unveiled this week, they call…
Thursday 2 October · London
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London may be getting a new east-west Cycle Superhighway soon, but that hasn’t stopped a team of architects from proposing a second one. And whereas Boris’s route will run along…
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