Across Europe by bike - in just 37 days

There’s a new world record in cycling – and we’re not talking about a measly 1km round a track, but the near-4,000 miles across Europe. James Bowtell and his ‘Velo7’…

National Park cycling projects run out of road

The Government’s much-heralded £12m fund for cycling in National Parks is running into trouble – with one National Park almost entirely rewriting its plans, and concern that two others may…

Avoid HGVs with our new, upgraded route-planner

This is Britain’s quietest A road: the A844 on the Isle of Bute, with under 100 cars a day and barely an HGV to speak of. It’s a bit different…

Transport Secretary: bikes? What bikes?

The day after London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled ambitious plans for new cross-London cycleways, Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, has given a speech on “Keeping London Moving” –…

North-south route is half Super, half Highway

Hot on the heels of plans for a East-West Cycle Superhighway, revealed yesterday, Transport for London has published plans for a North-South Cycle Superhighway from Kings Cross to Elephant…