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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,...

Given that outdoor air pollution in Britain contributes to over 40,000 deaths every year, it seems odd that so little is done to reduce pollution. Perhaps it's because so little air pollution is invisible to the human eye, it's a case of out of sight, out of mind. Clean Air Day 2018 this week aimed to raise awareness of this deadly threat....

When you next hear someone referring to the wearing helmets and high-vis or the delivery of enhanced driver training as guiding principles of road safety, refer them to the hierarchy of hazard control. The system is used across industry to minimise or eliminate exposure to hazards and it has as much relevance to road danger reduction as it...

Between 1934 and 1940 Britain's Ministry of Transport built at least 280-miles of segregated cycleways, usually on both sides of the new arterial roads springing up all over the country at that time. In fact, between 1937 and 1940, the Ministry of Transport only gave grants to local authorities for arterial road schemes if they included...

Surely there's no better metaphor for the helplessness of gridlocked cities than the news that broken-down cars are now being rescued by cargo bicycles. Following a successful one-year trial in Berlin and Cologne, breakdown company ADAC has found that their fleet of electric bicycles are often quicker and more effective than vans because...

Not content with being home to the Hovenring - an elevated cycling roundabout that pushes the boundaries of active travel infrastructure brilliance, the Dutch city of Eindhoven is pioneering 3D printed housing by unveiling the first habitable examples. The Hovenring elevated...

A 14-year-old boy who was cycling home from school in Weymouth yesterday was killed by the driver of an articulated lorry. It's far too early to establish the precise circumstances of the collision, but of two things we can be certain: Not only will the boy's family and friends be suffering unimaginable grief, but nothing will happen to...

If people swapped driving for walking or cycling for a quarter of trips, the NHS and wider society would save over £1bn every year in health costs from local air pollution, according to new research by the universities of Oxford and Bath. Air pollution from cars and vans costs Britain almost £6bn every year in health bills with the impact...

Britain’s supply of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles could dry up after Brexit as car makers stand to lose a strong incentive to sell low-emission vehicles there. Britain was the third largest market for zero emission vehicles in the EU last year, and the largest for plug-in hybrids. However, given British sales of these cars will no...

Odense is the third-largest city in Denmark and yet 81% of children ride to school, generally without their parents. Here in Britain, we appear happy with less than 2%. Children should have the right to travel to school on foot or by bike without facing road danger - of every kind. Sixty nine children were killed and over 6,000 were injured...