Posts tagged with ‘London’

Santander could replace Barclays on Boris bikes

London’s hire bikes could be repainted red if the Santander bank wins the sponsorship contract, replacing Barclays. Barclays’ contract expires in summer 2015. The company has indicated it won’t seek…

Cyclists win in radical Tottenham Court Road plans

Camden Council’s ambitious plans to ban cars from Tottenham Court Road will see a new safe route created for cyclists. Camden’s £26m plans for the area would see cars banned…

Evening Standard calls for segregated bike lanes

“We can do much better than this,” says the Evening Standard in a leader column on London cycling provision. The influential paper says the death of another cyclist, this time…

Another London cycling fatality

A 52-year old cyclist was killed by a tipper truck on Parry Street, Vauxhall, this morning. The fatality is the sixth cyclist death in London in 2014. The one-way system…

Show me the way to go home: the homing hire bike

Frequent ‘Boris Bike’ hirers are familiar with the dilemma – you know exactly where you want to go… but the docking station is full. And the next one. If you…