Electric Bikes – how can we maximise the opportunity?
A fascinating meeting about e-bikes and their possibilities drew a large audience of our Parliamentarians and Associate Members
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01
February
Chris Boardman speech, January 2018
“Imagine if a team of scientists devised a drug which massively reduced people’s chances of developing cancer or heart disease, cutting their overall likelihood of dying early by 40%. This would be front page news worldwide, a Nobel Prize as good as in the post."
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09
February
Radio 4 reports on the ‘Cycling and the Justice Inquiry’
Mark D'Arcy from Radio 4's 'Today in Parliament' covers the 'Cycling and the Justice Inquiry'
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14
February
Cycling and the Justice System – Session 2
A log of the live tweeting from the evidence session and video streaming is available here
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08
February
Cycling and the Justice System – Session 1
A log of the live tweeting and video from the session is available here
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08
February
‘Women and Cycling’ event
Last week we hosted a 'Women and Cycling' event. A packed room heard from 10 speakers in 2 hours. Here are 2 reports from the event
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06
December
Investment in local roads should benefit cycling
The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group welcomed the news from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he has retained the 'Cycle To Work' scheme, and has called on the Department for Transport to build high quality cycle facilities with the £1.1 billion fund which has
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23
November
‘Operation Close Pass’ presentation
Last week the West Midlands Police Traffic Unit were presented with an award in the House of Lords from the Road Danger Reduction Forum for 'Operation Close Pass'
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22
November
‘Near Miss Project’ findings
We were delighted to welcome Rachel Alrded to present her findings from the Near Miss Project The slides from the presentation can be found here: aldred-nmp-oct_16 Some of the main findings: Near misses are an everyday experience for cyclists in the UK. Rates are similar for people living inside
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19
October
Government drops draconian ‘personal injury claim’ proposals
The Ministry of Justice have dropped plans to raise the small claims limit to £5000. This would have affected cyclists, as many civil law claims are below this value. Paul Kitson, personal injury lawyer with Slater + Gordon, Cycling UK`s lawyers, welcomes the news that the Govt
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13
October