Sales of bicycles and accessories have increased during lockdown, with many new cyclists now on the roads. Some will be wearing head protection, but a leading bicycle helmet maker has stressed that bicycle helmets are not designed to mitigate against…

Bicycle Helmets Not Designed For Impacts From Cars, Stresses Leading Maker Giro

The City of London Corporation—which administers London’s financial district—is moving at pace to make the Square Mile more people friendly. In addition to a growing number of pop-up cycleways and widened sidewalks installed during the first phase of…

City Of London To Convert Car Parking Bays Into Bicycle Corrals

U.S. mountain bike brand Niner introduced its first electric bike on July 7. Named for the 29-inch wheel size— “29er”—the company was started by Chris Sugai in 2005 and, until now, has only produced standard mountain bikes (MTBs). Its long-lived…

Niner—Slogan “Pedal Damn It!—Introduces First E-Bike

Ambulances have four wheels. They can and do get stuck behind other four-wheeled motor vehicles—no amount of blue-lights-and-sirens dissipates gridlock. Thank heavens, then, for wide cycleways: they can be used by ambulances to avoid lines of cars…

Think Of Protected Cycleways As Priority Lanes For Ambulances

Cambridge-based cargobike delivery service Zedify has raised over £300,000 from a group of private investors led by Green Angel Syndicate, a specialist in funding businesses fighting climate change.
“Zedify is tackling a very serious problem, air…

Cargobike Delivery Service Zedify Raises £300,000 From Green Angel Syndicate

Motoring in the U.K. is almost at the same level of use as before the coronavirus lockdown, introduced in March. Still, in many parts of the country, motorists are finding they can no longer travel where they used to travel: bollards, traffic cones,…

This Road Is Not Closed It Is Open To All Except Those In Motor Vehicles

Swapfiets of the Netherlands is to offer its Netflix NFLX -style bicycle subscription service to renters in London, Milan and Paris. The announcement was made July 2 and follows a successful expansion in Germany, Denmark and Belgium.
For a monthly…

Netflix Of Bikes Swapfiets Expands From Netherlands To London, Milan And Paris

Some motorists object to the presence of cyclists on roads, claiming a reduction in speed causes traffic snarl-ups. However, a study said to be the first to use on-road speed measurement data, has found that the loss of time to be…

Cyclists Don’t Cause Congestion: ‘Must Get In Front’ Maneuvers By Motorists Pointless, Finds Study

A Dutch bicycle company’s TV advert that aired without controversy in Germany and The Netherlands has fallen foul of the French advertising regulator for “creating a climate of anxiety” by supposedly denigrating the car industry.
The 30-second…

Bicycle Company’s TV Ad Pulled By French Advertising Regulator For ‘Discrediting Automobile Sector’

“I took a roadway from cars at the Queensboro Bridge for [pedestrians and cyclists in the 1980s],” says Sam “Gridlock” Schwartz.
“I want more lanes to be taken from bridges but believe [cyclists and pedestrians] should have as much access as cars,”…

He Coined The Word ‘Gridlock’ Now New York City’s Sam Schwartz Plans A Bicycle Bridge To Prevent It

Anne Hidalgo was reelected as Mayor of Paris on Sunday June 28 with an increased majority proving that car-taming candidates can gain and then hold on to power. She polled just under half the votes cast in the French capital and, although she was the…

Climate Change And Cycle Lanes Propel Greens Into Municipal Power Across France

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has won reelection in the French capital. The widely expected announcement was made on June 28.
Hidalgo, Mayor since 2014, beat conservative candidate Rachida Dati in France’s municipal elections, winning 50.2% of the ballot…

Anne Hidalgo Reelected As Mayor Of Paris Vowing To Remove Cars And Boost Bicycling And Walking

Spare a thought for historian and TV presenter Dan Jones, battered by Storms Ciara and Dennis earlier this year as he and a windswept production crew filmed a six-part documentary series about Britain’s Roman road system.
“The storms hit during the…

Storm-Hit TV Series ‘Walking Britain’s Roman Roads’ Starts July 1

Sales figures from the U.K.’s Bicycle Association reveal that the “bike boom” is real: year-on-year sales of new bikes between £400 and £1,000 more than doubled in April, the first full month of lockdown.
Figures for May have yet to be released, but…

‘Explosive’ Growth In Bicycle Sales During First Month Of Lockdown, U.K.’s Bicycle Association Reveals

A campaign to “save” a road has wrongly and distastefully likened plans for the restriction of motor traffic in the London borough of Hackney to the destruction of much of the U.K’s capital city during wartime bombing raids known collectively as the…

Despite Claims From Protestors And Peers Cycleways Do Not Damage U.K. Cities More Than Luftwaffe Bombs

In December 2001, the “tech world’s most-speculated-about secret” was a transportation device. The inventor said the device—codenamed Ginger, and which cost $100 million to develop—was to be “to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy.”
Apple…

Segways Reach The End Of The Road But Bicycles Keep On Rolling

To get more people on to bicycles during lockdown, U.K. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on May 9 that the U.K. would get a £50 bicycle repair voucher scheme similar to the one up and running in France.
Nearly six weeks later, the…

U.K. Government Rolls Out £50 ‘Fix Your Bike’ Voucher Scheme Many Weeks Late

Legislation to allow U.K. local authorities to roll out e-scooter trials will be unveiled at the end of the month. Cities around the world have seen an explosion in use of these powered two-wheelers, most of them hired, via apps, by providers such as…

E-Scooter Trial Rolls Out June 30—U.K. Riders Need Driving Licenses, Won’t Be Allowed On Sidewalks

A former bike shop owner has secured a substantial financial settlement for active travel in the Republic of Ireland. For the next five years, cycling and walking schemes—including protected cycling networks and expanded sidewalks—will receive €360…