News stories – July 2020

How Anne Hidalgo’s anti-car policies won her re-election in Paris

Rental e-scooters to be made legal on roads in Great Britain from Saturday

Transport use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

VIDEO: How to build a city around bikes 

Emergency Active Travel Fund Tranche 1 final allocations      

Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool rolls out rental e-scooter trial

Major NHS Trust boss backs council’s plans for walking and cycling

MP helps force removal of pop-up cycle lane after just three days

Local councillor wants removal of Brighton pop-up cycle lane

European Cargo Bike sector set to grow 50% this year

Through-traffic is to be banned from a number of London parks

3 million e-Bikes sold in Europe in 2019

Devon will use Strava to prioritise popular cycling roads for repairs

Review of roads policing announced by the DfT and Home Office

DfT asks public for ideas on how to decarbonise transport

Compelling evidence air pollution worsens coronavirus

London Boroughs back road charging

English councils backpedal on cycling schemes after  backlash

Pedestrian fatality risk and vehicle engine Size

20mph residential streets speed limit plans backed by Welsh Government

Less policing ‘causing rise in road deaths in England and Wales’

Map reveals locations of pop-up walking and cycling measures

Government owned car parks could hold the key to 110,000 new homes

Lorry driver with expired driving licence kills a cyclist after not stopping at a give way sign, but is not charged with any offence

National Cycle Network cuts a quarter of its routes on safety grounds

Wales allocated £38 million cycling and walking pot

TfL launches online Cycle Skills course

UK plans to boost cycling and walking under threat, say campaigners

£3.1m schemes to enable thousands more cycling and walking journeys in Greater Manchester

Government launches an obesity strategy

Cycling ambitions for England move up a gear with No 10 plans

RAC opposes some of the changes to Britain’s road rules that favour cyclists and pedestrians

Campaign group permitted to challenge Government road building plans

First round of £50 fix your bike vouchers gone within hours

10 years of London’s cycle hire scheme

Met police encourages use of cameras to record bad driving

Cambridge’s new Dutch style roundabout slows motorists, favouring cyclists and pedestrians