UK Active Travel
- • 92%www.theguardian.com Speeding delivery e-bikes are a menace – but the solution isn't to push all cyclists into the road | Peter Walker
Birmingham’s plan to ban bikes from pedestrianised streets ignores the real problem of food couriers’ illegally souped-up cycles, writes Peter Walker, the Guardian’s acting deputy political editor
- • 75%www.bbc.co.uk Guildford: Active travel scheme scrapped over safety concerns
A cycling and shared pedestrian route on London Road in Burpham had been recommended for approval.
- • 100%www.bbc.co.uk Radcliffe: Lack of cycle path repair date causing frustration
The council says it needs to figure out how the works will happen as it will use 'heavy machinery'.
- • 100%www.bbc.co.uk Strawberry Line: Bridge installed over busy road to help cyclists
A new section of a cycle route will be opening, as a new bridge is lifted over a "busy" road.
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Weekly, free, online forum for all things active and sustainable travel - join us live on zoom every Tuesday at 5pm for news, views, speakers, solidarity and chat (or catchup via on YouTube).
- • 100%www.bbc.com Hastings: Bus route changes anger transport campaigners
Longer routes are being broken into two small routes, with passengers now having to pay twice.
- • 100%www.bbc.com Durham Leazes footbridge to be demolished despite petition
Campaigners say the new crossing would be unsafe but the council says it is the best solution.
- • 100%www.bbc.co.uk Major upgrade of 1930s Leicester cycleway complete
The project has seen the original crumbling concrete replaced on the key route into Leicester.
- • 100%www.ons.gov.uk Number of cars or vans - Census Maps, ONS
Census maps is an interactive tool to explore Census 2021 data across England and Wales for different topics down to a neighbourhood level.
As we were talking about street parking this is an interesting data set on how many cars each household has.
Link is just to inspire discussion I know it's already closed.
- • 70%ebiketips.road.cc Government should “urgently” legalise e-scooters says shared transport charity - says serious safety incidents are rare
An open letter organised by national shared transport charity Collaborative Mobility UK (CoMoUK) is calling for the new Labour government to ‘urgently’ legalise e-scooters, saying it is the only way to resolve the problems caused by “entirely unregulated” privately-owned e-scooters being ridden on p...
- • 93%www.theguardian.com Labour investment in cycling and walking will be unprecedented, says Louise Haigh
Transport secretary says government’s strategy for active travel could cut GP appointments by millions
- • 75%www.bbc.co.uk Public rights of way applications backlog concerns campaigners
Nearly 8,000 requests to get public paths added to an official map have not been processed.