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E-cycles are growing in popularity and the trend shows no sign of slowing down. As more and more people go electric, questions remain about how they are classified and their relative health benefits compared to a regular bike
When is an e-cycle not an e-cycle?
E-cycles are classed as…
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Cycling UK’s round-up of recent campaigning news
There’s a lot of discussion about leadership across the UK at the moment. Who is leading well? Who is leading badly? Who do we want to lead us, and how do we want them to do it?
It’s a theme that underlies many of the stories below. Some…
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Help make the roads safer for all by reporting potholes and road defects via the updated and improved ‘Fill That Hole’ website
It’s 2007, the first iPhone has just been released, ‘credit crunch’ sounds more like a breakfast cereal than an economic catastrophe, and…
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Cycling UK’s round-up of recent campaigning news
Local stories have taken on national significance this month as campaigners, councillors and council officers alike consider the implications of potentially flawed decisions in West Sussex and Kensington.
Election candidates and…
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Effective traffic policing is crucial for people who already cycle, and also helps tackle one of the biggest fears that many others have about taking up cycling in the first place: bad driving.
Cycling is much safer than many people think and the health benefits far outweigh the risks, but…
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This article explains why Cycling UK believes that more must be done to improve HGV safety; and why the focus should be on lorry design and equipment (especially 'direct vision'), enforcement, and demand reduction measures.
The risk HGVs pose to cyclists
HGVs (i.e. goods vehicles…
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The Department for Transport (DfT) published 'Cycle Infrastructure Design' (CID) in 2008 to guide professionals on providing for cyclists on the highway network. The following is our original take on it, highlighting the most enlightened aspects of the guidance, but also areas where we felt it could do better. Please note: cycle infrastructure is evolving all the time - please see our…
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Transport for London today announced the launch of a new bus safety programme, including a plan to incentivise safety in its contracts. With further promises of more transparency in collision investigations, and the UK’s first incident support service for those injured in collisions, is a public authority finally listening to the voice of campaigners and independent report recommendations…
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Warm mornings and long, sunny evenings make the summer an especially enticing season for cycle commuting ... but how do you make sure that your employer will welcome you and your bike?
With sunshine, #CycleToWorkDay and targeted events winning over thousands onto their bikes to join the UK’…
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There are guidelines for media reporting of domestic violence and suicide, but until now, there’s never been any for the media reporting of the second biggest killer of otherwise healthy people in the UK – road traffic collisions. Head of campaigns, Duncan Dollimore, looks at the new road traffic collision reporting guidelines, and what needs to be done to secure compliance…
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