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Gov't delivers early response to Get Britain Cycling petition

Gov't delivers early response to Get Britain Cycling petition

57,759 signatures in, Downing Street responds and says it could be considered by Backbench Business committee if it passes 100,000
Mark Sutton
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Judge cites lack of bike helmet as contributory factor in death crash

Judge cites lack of bike helmet as contributory factor in death crash

75 year old killed on her bike was hit by a driver who had killed another cyclist in 1986. Driver gets community service.
Carlton Reid
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Leadership from the top required if we are to increase cycling

Leadership from the top required if we are to increase cycling

The report for the Get Britain Cycling parliamentary inquiry calls for political leadership to effect change.
Carlton Reid
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BikeBiz called to give evidence to parliamentary inquiry on cycling

BikeBiz called to give evidence to parliamentary inquiry on cycling

Times, Guardian and BikeBiz will be giving evidence on the 'media' morning of the first day of 'Get Britain Cycling' inquiry.
Mark Sutton
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Met chief backs 'six points plus fine' for phone use at the wheel

Met chief backs 'six points plus fine' for phone use at the wheel

Two strikes and you're banned touted by Commissioner as one million caught to date marker passed; Telsis DriveSafe gets behind Road Safety Week
Mark Sutton
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Helmet compulsion jemmied into Parliamentary debate about cycle safety

Helmet compulsion jemmied into Parliamentary debate about cycle safety

Debate on cycle safety in parliament agrees more cycling infra needed but is sidetracked by call for a lid law.
Carlton Reid
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British cities, learn from NYC: tame the car

British cities, learn from NYC: tame the car

The London Assembly is asking for Boris to take roadspace away from cars. New York is already doing it. All cities should do it.
Carlton Reid
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Go Dutch, London Assembly tells Boris

Go Dutch, London Assembly tells Boris

Take roadspace away from cars and give it to cyclists a cross-party report from the London Assembly tells the Mayor of London
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Halfords: 'Now it's time to take action on cycle safety'

Halfords: 'Now it's time to take action on cycle safety'

Or in short - 'a little less conversation, a little more action please'
Jonathon Harker
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What the papers have to say about cycle safety today

What the papers have to say about cycle safety today

Following on from a horror 24 hours in which both Shane Sutton and Bradley Wiggins are crocked in 'SMIDSY' incidents, we review the national press and attitude's on cycle safety
Mark Sutton
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Cities must adapt to bikes, thunders The Times

Cities must adapt to bikes, thunders The Times

The Times says "the bike is the future" as it part funds parliamentary inquiry into making Britain 'cyclesafe'
Carlton Reid
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How can we get more people on bikes, MPs ask

How can we get more people on bikes, MPs ask

Gov't pledges to implement measures recommended by a cross-party inquiry on why more people don't cycle
Carlton Reid
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#cyclesafe inspires Italy's cyclists in #salvaiciclisti

#cyclesafe inspires Italy's cyclists in #salvaiciclisti

Campaign for safer cities for cycling has been taken up overseas
Jonathon Harker
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The Times carries strong editorial on cycle safety

The Times carries strong editorial on cycle safety

"Britain must put the bicycle at the centre of urban planning," argues a lead editorial in The Times.
Carlton Reid
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Halfords to launch national road safety campaign

Halfords to launch national road safety campaign

Cycle retailer responds to the increasingly high profile road safety debate
Jonathon Harker
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Transport committee of MPs calls on DfT to implement #cyclesafe

Transport committee of MPs calls on DfT to implement #cyclesafe

Stronger leadership on road safety required from Gov't, says report from the parliamentary Transport Committee.
Carlton Reid
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Boris bikes to #cyclesafe Mayoral hustings, then 'alienates audience'

Boris bikes to #cyclesafe Mayoral hustings, then 'alienates audience'

Does Mayor's plan to 'smooth traffic flow' runs counter to safer cycling in London?
Mark Sutton
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Minister for road safety loses his marbles live on parliamentary TV

Minister for road safety loses his marbles live on parliamentary TV

"The Netherlands could learn from UK on cycle safety," Mike Penning, the road safety minister, told MPs today. Really. Not ironically.
Carlton Reid
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The Times logs worst roads in Britain for cyclists

The Times logs worst roads in Britain for cyclists

10,000 danger spots crowd-sourced by readers of The Times. Editor to appear at select committee transport hearing today
Carlton Reid
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Boris, Ken, Paddick and Jones to be quizzed on cycling in the capital

Boris, Ken, Paddick and Jones to be quizzed on cycling in the capital

UPDATED: London Mayor hopefuls will be grilled by cyclists in Times and Sustrans-organised event
Jonathon Harker
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