Posts tagged with ‘safety’

Cambridge Uni follows London in banning dangerous lorries

Cambridge University is taking a stand by requiring HGVs to be fitted with bike safety features – the first organisation outside London to do so. The University is planning extensive…

20mph for Manchester and Edinburgh

The 20mph revolution rolls on with two of Britain’s cities taking steps towards more bike-friendly streets. This week sees large swathes of inner Manchester become 20mph zones, including Hulme, Rusholme…

“Cyclists stay back” stickers get the boot

London’s reviled ‘Cyclists stay back’ stickers, which many campaigners accuse of “victim-blaming”, are to be removed from the capital’s buses. After a meeting with London cycling activists, Transport for London…

London’s new Cycle Safety Action Plan

Transport for London has published a new draft of its Cycle Safety Action Plan, outlining the measures it plans to take to keep cyclists safe on the roads. Its stated…

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…