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What better way to safeguard against the peril of a flat battery than this powered wheelchair equipped with a back-up power source? The back half of a lightweight bicycle has been attached to the wheelchair to allow a Good Samaritan to help out with pedal power should the batteries fail. Most mobility scooter and powered wheelchair users...

Make no mistake. The future of urban personal motorised transport is the electric bicycle. The Uber of the dockless bike world, Mobike has this week unveiled a dockless e-bike, which is due to be introduced both in China and international markets. Mobike founder Hu Weiwei: “Demand for e-bikes is growing. We believe that they will complement...

The speed limit on French secondary roads - the two-lane highways that crisscross 400,000 km of the country - has been reduced from 90km/h to 80km/h as of 1 July 2018. The French government has imposed the new limit to reduce road deaths, which reached nearly 3,500 in 2016. If the roads of continental Europe beckon once again his summer,...

Bookman is celebrating summer with a limited-edition of its lightweight USB-rechargeable bike lights. We have two sets in sea green and acid yellow to give away. The USB Light is...

Rail is fundamental to the country’s prosperity. After all, our railway is vital in connecting workers to jobs, businesses to markets, and people to their families and friends. However, layers of regulation built up over 25 years mean there are now over 55 million rail fare options, resulting in understandable confusion for customers....

Manchester this week unveiled plans for Beelines - a cycle network comprising 75 miles of Dutch-style segregated lanes that will represent the largest joined-up network in Britain. The city is benefiting from that rarest of things: Politicians brave enough to be “absolutely unapologetic” that the eventual 1,000-mile cycle network will take...

Looking like a cross between a recumbent bicycle and a small articulated lorry, the Quicab has the potential to revolutionise inner city taxis services and help tackle London's poisoned air. The Quicab can chauffeur four passengers at speeds of up to 15 mph thanks to the Velove Armadillo cargo bike 'tractor unit'. Crucially, it produces no...

A collapse in the number of British towns supporting World Car Free Day – the annual event that encourages motorists around the globe to leave their cars at home in favour of bicycles, trains and buses – reflects our country's inability to tackle serious air pollution. The article above describes Car Free Day 2001, an event that drew...

If you include power plant cooling water, it takes seven litres of water simply to manufacture a one-litre bottle. To that environmental cost you can add the 162g of oil required to make the plastic, all the associated CO2 emissions and the millions of tons of land fill or ocean waste to which the bottled water industry contributes. Just as...

Almost a quarter of the Dutch population cycles every day - making the most of the country’s 35,000 km of dedicated cycle infrastructure or the 70 per cent of urban streets traffic calmed and limited to 20mph. However, a growing population and an associated increase in car use has prompted the Dutch Secretary of State for Infrastructure,...