Hundreds of potentially useful disused railway structures are threatened with destruction by government agency Highways England, argues an alliance of engineers, active travel campaigners and greenway developers.
The Historical Railways Estate—or…

Highways England Accused of Demolishing Bridges That Could Link People-Powered Rail Trails

Thanks to Brexit, British bicyclists’ bottoms will have longer than usual to wait for moulded comfort because Brooks England—which makes handcrafted leather bicycle saddles that require riders to “break” them in—has halted direct-to-consumer sales in…

Brexit Halts Home Sales Of Made-In-England Brooks Bicycle Saddles

A freedom of information (FoI) request has revealed behind-the-scenes coordination between a borough council and a business group over the December 2020 dismantling of a pop-up cycleway on London’s Kensington High Street.
The head of news at…

Council Officer Ghost Edited Business Group’s Press Statement Seeking Dismantling Of Pop-Up Cycleway On Kensington High Street

Many countries aim to phase out petrol and diesel cars, relying instead on uptake of electric cars, but Scotland plans to reduce motoring in general. Using both carrot and stick, the Scottish government plans to cut car use by 20% within ten…

Scottish Government Plans 20% Cut In Car Use Within Ten Years—And That Includes Electric Cars

What have the Romans ever done for us? The roads, most obviously. Plenty of modern highways are on Roman alignments, including some motorways and many A-roads.
However, back in the day, most Roman roads were topped with gravel. And for an 85-mile…

Carlton Reid discovers the joys of cycling a Roman road through Northumberland to Scotland

German bicycle brand Canyon has sold a majority stake in its Koblenz-based business to Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL), the largest shareholder in athletic shoe brand Adidas.
This follows the termination of investment from U.S.-based TSG Consumer…

Adidas’ Largest Shareholder Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Takes Majority Stake In Canyon Bicycles

A media report that Transport for London (TfL) plans to remove the Santander Cycle Hire scheme is wrong, London’s Cycling and Walking Commissioner Will Norman has told me, December 14.
It would be “insane,” to rip out the bike share scheme’s 781…

Ripping Out ‘Boris Bikes’ Would Be Insane Says London’s Cycling And Walking Commissioner

“If the Internet was a block of flats, would you want to move in?” asked London-based Jimmy Tidey on tech media site Hackermoon in 2017. An expert on Twitter tribes, Tidey argued that self-selection and algorithms separate people from information…

Handful Of Twitter Users Can Sway Council Decisions, Finds Data Analysis Of ‘Low Traffic Neighborhood’ Posts

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has not ruled out taking control of Kensington High Street to prevent the local Tory council from ripping out a well-used cycleway.
Contractors started removing the protective wands on December 2 but were prevented from…

Council Says It Won’t Be “Bullied” Over Axing Of Pop-Up Cycleway But London Mayor May Still Seize Control Of Kensington High Street

“The future is going to be about bikes,” says Baron Bird of Notting Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
And acting on that prediction, the co-founder and publisher of The Big Issue magazine is teaming up with Norwegian firm ShareBike…

Baron Bird Plans The-Big-Issue-Branded Share E-Bikes Creating Jobs And Transport Options In Smaller English Cities

The deadly pandemic has boosted cycling. During the first European lockdowns in March and April, a surge in demand led to bicycle shortages as bicycle shops—which were allowed to remain open—quickly sold out of stock.
Three Brussels-based industry…

E-Bike Sales To Grow From 3.7 Million To 17 Million Per Year By 2030, Forecast Industry Experts

Climate change campaigner Leo Murray believes removing Kensington High Street's £700,000 pop-up cycleway could end up in court.
“I'm pretty confident there will be a legal fight,” Murray said on November 28 when it was confirmed that the Royal…

Legal Battle Looms After Confirmation That £700,000 Pop-Up Cycleway On Kensington High Street To Be Removed

One of the key arguments employed against the installation of “Low Traffic Neighborhoods” (LTNs)—where roads are closed to motorists but left open to cyclists and pedestrians—is that they force motorists to use main roads, thereby increasing…

LTNs Do Not Cause Gridlock, Finds Traffic-Count Analysis

There was a lot of leftover Lycra when, in March 2019, British billionaire Sir James Ratcliffe bought the Team Sky cycling franchise and renamed the professional squad after his petrochemicals group Ineos.
There was another glut of obsolete cycling…

Meet The Danish Entrepreneur Selling Used Cycle Clothing Worn By Professional Riders

“We must increase the share of journeys taken by public transport, cycling, and walking,” says point five in a ten-point plan for a £12 billion Green Industrial Revolution launched November 18 by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
“We will give our…

Boris Johnson’s Green Industrial Revolution Promises Thousands Of Miles Of ‘Cycle Lanes Worthy Of Holland’ But Pledges No New Cash

Former pro cyclist and three-time British track champion Maurice Burton is in the running to be picked as the new name for CS7, one of London’s “Cycle Superhighways,” which would become the Maurice Burton Way.
Transport for London (TfL) discontinued…

Britain’s First Black Cycling Champion Maurice Burton Shortlisted For London Cycleway Renaming

Launching a 20-year strategy to get people out of cars and to instead walk, cycle, or take public transit, the Welsh government’s deputy minister for economy and transport Lee Waters said he will set targets to “free up road space for more attractive…

Car Dependency Must End, Transport Minister Lee Waters Tells Welsh Parliament

The health and social benefits of reducing motor traffic are so substantial that a hospital charity is paying to install temporary low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) measures in a London borough.
Southwark council will be given £250,000 by the Guy’s and…

London hospital trust to pay £250k to install LTN for public health benefits

Acorn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
When Newcastle city council planned to reduce motorist access to Acorn Road in the leafy suburb of Jesmond back in 2014, hardware store owner Steve Robson helped to raise a petition against the £350,000 scheme,…

'I got it wrong. Since the changes it's become more vibrant': life in an LTN

The U.K. government has given the go-ahead for a controversial tunnel close to the internationally famous Stonehenge standing stones. Transport secretary Grant Shapps unveiled the decision on November 12.
On one of his many YouTube videos protesting…