Posts tagged with ‘London’

Another east-west cycleway - and this one floats

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…

Halfords to open bike-only stores

Out-of-town bikes and cars retailer, Halfords, is to open a chain of bike-only stores in central London. The first branch of ‘Cycle Republic’ will open in Euston this autumn. The…

Infamous CS2 to be upgraded

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has announced that the notorious Cycle Superhighway 2 through Bow and Whitechapel is to be torn up and replaced with a segregated route. The…

Bike detector makes HGV drivers “20% safer”

A London council is heralding a “20% improvement in driver behaviour” after fitting a cycle warning system to one of its construction lorries. Ealing Council says 15 potential serious collisions…

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” –…