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Drivers should not be legally responsible for road safety when travelling in the autonomous cars of the future, according to the law commissions for England and Wales, and Scotland. According to the report published today, drivers should be defined in law as as a 'user-in-charge'. In the event of a crash, the car maker or provider of the...

If you have young children, there's a good chance you already own a Micro product - the beautifully-engineered three-wheeled scooters that are many children's introduction to personal transport. The same brand has now made a foray into the electric car market with the Microlino. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ifcXZcqVao The diminutive EV...

Chris Boardman is to head up Active Travel England (ATE) - a new Ofsted-style organisation that will rate councils on how well they make provision for walking and cycling. ATE will be consulted as part of major planning applications to advise on provision for walking and cycling and inspect infrastructure built by local councils. Local...

Miniaturised trackers have become a cost effective way to keep of personal items - including bicycles. While most users might attach their Apple Airtag or Tile tracking device to a key chain, there are accessories that allow you to attach them discreetly to a bicycle. In the event the bike is stolen, it can be tracked via an app. Without...

London will need to act decisively in order to reach net-zero by 2030 and help the UK reach its national target, announced before COP26. Between 2000 and 2018, London achieved a 57 per cent reduction in workplace greenhouse gas emissions, but only a 7 per cent reduction in emissions from transport. In order to reduce transport emissions by...

Following a successful three-month trial, holders of a travel pass in Prague now have free access to the city's bike share scheme. Users are entitled to up to four free 15-minute hire every day. The initiative incorporate bicycles into Prague's public transport system by providing a solution to what transport planners refer to as 'the final...

France has banned internal flights where the same journey could be made by train in under two-and-a-half hours – a move that is expected to ground 12 per cent of domestic flights. By UK standards, the ruling -which forms part of a wider package of environmental measures unveiled last year - seems wildly ambitious but the French national...

Cyclists now outnumber motorists on several A-roads, according to Department for Transport (DfT) data for 2020. Bicycles account for 87 per cent of traffic on sections of Lambeth Road in London, while Royal Mints Street has seen 81 per cent. Other locations across the city recorded peak cycling numbers between 55 and 63 per cent. “London...

Not every cyclist has the benefit of a 'Q' figure behind the scenes to build them a flamethrower like the one above we developed, so how can you avoid the danger of the close pass? Faced with the daily danger of close passes, Grahame Cooper has developed a novel - and by all accounts extremely effective - way of protecting his...

The Highway Code will later this month for the first time introduce a hierarchy of responsibility to British roads. The change requires those who could cause the greatest harm to bear the greatest responsibility of reducing danger on the road. This long-overdue does of commonsense means there will exist a legal hierarchy of road users. The...