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35% of drivers admit to not looking for cyclists before opening their car door.
We're working with police, driving schools and road safety groups to teach drivers the 'Dutch Reach' and put an end to car-dooring - and you can help
What is the Dutch Reach…
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Summer 2023 saw the long-awaited opening of a crucial new cycle path alongside the busy A602 at Sacombe in Hertfordshire. Adam Edwards, Cycling UK local campaigning rep and chair of WelHatCycling, explains how it happened – and why he will always think of the path as the ‘Jon Crosby Way…
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In the second of a series of blogs about the Government’s review of cycling and pedestrian safety, our policy director Roger Geffen explains why we need consistent cycle-friendly design standards, and what we mean by ‘cycle-friendly’ infrastructure
In the first blog in this series, I…
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The Police Bill has proved controversial, with many fearing it could undermine the right to protest. Meanwhile, its proposed changes to road traffic offences and sentencing have gone almost unnoticed. Cycling UK's policy director, Roger Geffen fears they could cause more problems than they solve…
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After years of inaction from Government, MPs and Lords now have a chance to take matters into their own hands and put 'justice' back into the UK's road justice system.
Seven years ago, in June 2014, Cycling UK launched its Road Justice campaign, highlighting that the justice…
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Cycling UK’s round-up of recent campaigning news
We’re entering the season of calendars and chocolate (or pork scratchings).
In some traditions, Advent is a time to reflect on difficult journeys and hopeful waiting. Not ‘naively optimistic’ hope; more the gritty, jaw-setting, ‘a change is…
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Read an excerpt of Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives, written by Canadian urban mobility advocates, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett
Living the “Low-Car” City
It was only supposed to be five blog posts. But when our family first traveled from Vancouver to Rotterdam in…
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When it comes to gender parity in cycling, we lag far behind our European neighbours. So what makes the UK so hostile towards women on bikes? Cycling UK member Alix Stredwick, who has worked on cycling issues since 2001, explains why – and what can be done about it.
Back in 2003 I ran a…
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