DfT figures reveal that cyclists rode further in 2014 – but drivers drove...
New Department for Transport (DfT) figures reveal that the distance cycled on roads or next to roads in 2014 was 3.8 per cent higher than in 2013. Motor vehicle traffic also rose by 2.4 per cent – the...
View ArticleCycling loses £23m of money pledged to improve infrastructure in latest round...
A £23m ‘underspend’ on Cycle City Ambition grants can be expected as the Department for Transport looks to cut its budget by £545m, reports The Guardian. In March we reported how Birmingham, Leeds and...
View ArticleFines for illegal mobile phone use at wheel set to double to £200?
The government is reportedly planning to double the fine for motorists caught illegally using a hand-held mobile phone at the wheel to £200 due to concerns over the number of collisions attributable to...
View ArticleDfT admits "ever increasing problem with pedal cyclist casualties" as serious...
Statistics released by the Department for Transport (DfT) on Thursday show an 8.2% rise in serious cyclist injuries from 2013 to 2014, continuing a worrying trend of injury risk to cyclists that has...
View ArticleJust 15% of adults in England cycle at least once per month – while 14% of...
Recent statistics from the Department for Transport reveal that 15 per cent of adults in England cycle at least once a month. But perhaps more astonishingly, the figures also reveal that around 14 per...
View Article1 per cent increase in serious cycling casualties in first quarter of 2015
The number of cyclists killed or seriously injured (KSI) on Great Britain’s roads rose by 1 per cent during the year to March 2015, according to preliminary data released by the Office for National...
View ArticleTransport secretary McLoughlin to attend first-ever European cycling summit
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin is expected to attend the first ever European ministerial cycling summit next month – but Robert Goodwill, the minister responsible for cycling at the Department...
View ArticleSerious injuries among Britain's cyclists rising three times faster than...
The number of cyclists seriously injured on Great Britain’s roads is rising faster than the total distance people are cycling each year, the Department for Transport (DfT) has admitted – and our own...
View ArticleGovernment wants YOUR views on use of mobile phones while driving
The Department for Transport has launched a consultation on whether harsher penalties should be introduced for motorists caught using handheld mobile phones at the wheel, and has posted a survey online...
View ArticleCTC welcomes removal of centre lines on rural roads
National cycling charity CTC has told road.cc it welcomes the government encouraging highways authorities removing centre line markings on narrow rural roads in the interests of road safety, provided...
View ArticleCycle traffic down and motor traffic up in 2015 according to DfT figures
Despite David Cameron’s promise of a ‘cycling revolution’ and his pledge to double cycling levels in Britain by 2025, official figures show that there was a nine per cent decline in bicycle usage last...
View ArticleGovernment urged to increase cycling spend as consultation closes
Businesses and campaigners have urged the government to providing meaningful funding for cycling as the consultation closes today into the draft Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) – and...
View ArticleCommuters predicted to abandon public transport and bikes in favour of cars
Department for Transport (DfT) modelling suggests that over the course of the next 25 years, commuters will ditch bikes and public transport and instead get behind the wheel. All modes of transport are...
View ArticleDfT invites English councils to apply for share of £60m Sustainable Travel...
English councils outside London have been invited to apply for funds from a £60 million Sustainable Travel Access Fund by the Department for Transport (DfT). The money – which will support projects...
View ArticleNo growth in cycling across England last year
The Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) Local Area Walking and Cycling Statistics report, released yesterday, concludes that there has been “no statistically significant change in reported cycling...
View ArticleFury over Government cycling HGV warning video
The Department for Transport’s (DfT) THINK campaign has come under heavy criticism for releasing a video which appears to blame a cyclist for a collision with a left turning lorry.The clip, which shows...
View ArticleCycling campaigners rethink DfT's "victim blaming" Think! video
Cycling campaigners have put their own spin today’s Think” road safety campaign from the Department for Transport (DfT) which warns cyclists to ‘Hang Back’ and not get on the inside of a left-turning...
View ArticleChris Boardman: DfT Hang Back video makes "entertainment out of death"
Chris Boardman says a controversial Department for Transport (DfT) road safety film released earlier this week shifts responsibility away from the person doing harm, and that parts of it appear “to...
View ArticleDfT rejects Cycling UK call to withdraw 'Hang Back' video
The Department for Transport (DfT) has said it has “no plans to withdraw” its controversial ‘Hang Back’ cycle safety video which was widely criticised by cycling campaigners when it was launched last...
View ArticleBritain's traffic reaches record high with van and HGV traffic rising rapidly
According to provisional estimates from the Department for Transport (DfT), traffic on Britain’s roads reached an all-time high for the year ending September 2016. Motor vehicle traffic was 320bn miles...
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