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500 councillors are now supporting Space for Cycling
A Birmingham councillor has become the 500th elected official to support the national Space for Cycling campaign, supported by Bike Hub, the industry-levy fund. Space for Cycling calls on local...
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Oi, Prime Minister, where’s the cycling revolution you promised, then?
Representatives from a number of cycling groups have called on the Tory part of the Government to create a long-term, properly-resourced cycling strategy. The groups from the UK Cycling Alliance were...
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Founder of Sustrans honoured with Golden Eagle Award by outdoor writers’ org
Sustrans founder John Grimshaw CBE has been named by the Outdoor Writers & Photographers Guild as the recipient of its 2014 Golden Eagle Award. Under his leadership Sustrans became the UK’s...
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British Cycling reaches the magic 100,000 membership milestone
British Cycling’s membership has surpassed 100,000, up from 15,000 in 2005. British Cycling now has more than 100,000 members, the largest number in the organisation’s long history (it was founded in...
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New interactive e-guide to mountain biking in the Scottish Highlands
Commonwealth Games star Lee Craigie has helped launch a new interactive e-guide to mountain biking in the Scottish Highlands. The e-guide features purpose built trail centres, introductions to all the...
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Active travel is good for the economy, cycle and pedestrian organisations...
Sustrans, CTC, British Cycling, the Bicycle Association and Living Streets (formerly the Pedestrians’ Association) have submitted a joint document to HM Treasury in an attempt to influence the...
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Vote cycling
Click on the publication below to see the briefing on cycling given to MPs and peers earlier this month, ahead of the (sparsely-attended) debate on cycling. Every MP has now been provided with a paper...
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Microsoft is latest corporate to back London’s Cycle Superhighway plan
The CEO of Microsoft UK joins 120 other businesses urging Transport for London to build protected cycle infrastructure. Michel Van Der Bel, the CEO of Microsoft UK, has given his support to the Mayor...
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Driving instructors get on their bikes
A video about cyclists’ road positioning, and a training course on the same subject, are reaching out to driving instructors in an attempt to educate the next generation of drivers. Cycle Training UK...
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Bicycle Association provides cash to DfT-funded active-travel-to-school award
Transport minister Baroness Kramer has welcomed industry funding for Modeshift’s STARS programme. The Bicycle Association has provided £10,000 to help support Modeshift’s STARS programme that aims to...
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Put cycling on the school curriculum, urges Chris Boardman
Making cycle training compulsory for all school children would help to solve Britain’s ‘obesity ticking timebomb’ said British Cycling’s Chris Boardman. Figures from the Health Survey for England have...
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2014 was Annus Wondefulness, says president of British Cycling, almost
A momentous year for British Cycling has cemented cycling’s status as one of Britain’s “best-loved sports” according to the organisation’s president Bob Howden, as the governing body today released...
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Cities are ranked on political support for cycling
With the Government offering the possibility of funding for local authorities that can demonstrate commitment to cycling, CTC and local campaign groups have today launched a league table ranking...
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Nine million bicyclists in Britain (Katie Melua should write a song about it)
A new market report estimates that there are now nearly nine million people who cycle regularly in the the UK. Sports Marketing Surveys’ report puts the number of cyclists at 8,741,000. SMS INC. is...
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The Big Pedal school challenge returns for 2015
The UKs largest inter-school cycling – and scooting – competition, The Big Pedal, is set to return in 2015. The challenge is organised by Sustrans and funded by the Bicycle Association on behalf of...
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London’s “quietways” to be created for TfL by Sustrans
Transport for London has awarded Sustrans a multi-million pound delivery contract to create the rollout of the “quiet ways” network across London. Quietways will give cyclists pleasant, back-street...
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Here’s how to spend cycling money wisely, campaign groups tell roads minister...
Campaign groups from the eight English cities awarded Cycle City Ambition Grants have written a joint letter to roads minister Robert Goodwill, recommending measures to make sure cycling money is...
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Somerset Council leads the way nationally with its “space for cycling” support
Somerset County Council has become the first shire county council with over 30 percent of councillors backing “space for cycling”, the national campaign for improving conditions for those who ride...
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National Workplace Cycle Challenge set for June 2015
In 2015 Love to Ride, CTC and Cyclescheme will invite 20,000 businesses to take part in the first National Workplace Cycle Challenge. The Love to Ride Challenge will be a competition between...
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Bikeability linked to more children cycling to school. Again.
Children who complete Bikeability cycle training are significantly more likely to cycle to school than untrained children, says a new report commissioned by The Association of Bikeability Schemes...
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