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We're decades behind the Dutch but the UK is finally waking up to transport cycling's potential. In this series last article of our series looking at how to improve cycling in the UK's four nations, cycling journalist Laura Laker asks if a new golden age for cycling is realistic in England…
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This article explains why Cycling UK thinks the Government should avoid introducing measures in the name of ‘cycle safety’ that could reduce cycle use. This includes making training, testing, licensing or insurance compulsory for cyclists/cycles.
On occasion, we hear calls for rules and…
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CTC has marked Road Safety Week with two appearances in Parliament and one on Radio 4, calling for action to reduce lorry danger
Transport Select Committee on traffic law and enforcementOn Monday 23 November, CTC's Roger Geffen appeared before the Transport Select Committee, giving…
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What should come first - investment in cycling infrastructure, or proof that there is demand? Might lockdown cycling levels give us the answer? Cycling UK's policy manager for Scotland, Jim Densham, shares his views.
What should trigger a city or local authority to invest in safe…
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Cycling UK submitted freedom of information requests to 212 highways authorities across the UK enquiring as to the spending by highways authorities on compensation and legal costs for pothole related incidents. Campaigns Officer, Keir Gallagher analyses the findings and explains the cost not just in terms of pounds spent, but lives changed…
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In England, the Government has created an emergency fund for active travel, but what does your council have to do to get the money, and what sort of things can they spend it on? Head of campaigns, Duncan Dollimore sets out some questions and answers on funding, guidance, and what you can do if your council lacks ambition…
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How can you prepare a child for the demands of cycling on a road? Cycle magazine editor Dan Joyce and Cycling UK’s Julie Rand and Victoria Hazael share their advice to help parents to cycle alongside their children safely on a road
Some parents will baulk at the idea of letting their…
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The first session of the 'Get Britain Cycling' inquiry has tackled Government and local authority strategy towards cycling, taking evidence from cycling organisations, experts and journalists.
CTC today joined other cycling groups, experts and journalists to call for cabinet-…
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With less than a year to go until the next general election, Chris Peck examines how you can help get cycling on the next government’s agenda.
Councillors across the country have already received over 12,000 messages from you and other cyclists, urging them to make Space for Cycling. Almost…
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Paralympic champion Dame Sarah Storey was appointed Greater Manchester’s active travel commissioner in May 2022. Here she looks back on a busy nine months in office and reveals her plans for the coming months
I last wrote for Cycling UK at the end a busy first week in office and over the…
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