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School Streets deliver significant reductions in traffic not only at drop-off and pick-up times, but over the whole day according to a new report. Not-for-profit organisation Cross River Partnership (CRP) and the University of Westminster’s Active Travel Academy found improvements in several healthy streets indicators on the roads with...

Looking like a cross between a smart golf buggy and a cargo bike, UPS's latest foray into electric delivery vehicles is, in fact, a four-wheeled e-assist cycle or eQuad for short. UPS is trialling 100 of the eQuads, built by UK firm Fernhay, across London with a view to expanding their use to 7 other European cities. As traffic congestion...

As the use of battery-powered bikes and scooters becomes increasingly popular, is there a greater risk of fire? London firefighters last year dealt with over 70 blazes caused by electric bicycle and e-scooters. A London Fire Brigade spokesperson told The Standard, which obtained the figures: “Many of the fires we are seeing involve...

Brussels has doubled the amount of money it pays residents who give up their car. The Bruxell’air scheme launched in 2006 and until recently paid drivers €500 to give up their car. This cash incentive has now doubled to €900 (£762). The financial incentive aims to encourage motorists in Brussels to give up their cars in favour of modes of...

Whether you use your phone while riding to plot your route, take pics or call on our cycle rescue service if you break down, it's all for nothing if it runs out of juice. Power banks offer a back-up, but better still a solar-powered phone charger. We've got a phone charger to give away that offers the best of both worlds. Four fold-out...

Following news that New Yorkers can now earn a generous bounty if they submit camera footage of illegal idling lorries, comes a British-designed app that can identify and help report speeding drivers. With speeding on British roads commonplace and for the most part unchallenged due to an underfunded police force and a government unwilling...

The government’s chief medical officer for England, Sir Chris Whitty, has urged people to get cycling. Speaking at the annual conference of the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Public Health, Whitty said people should be encouraged to incorporate walking or cycling to work into their daily lives to help...

We've collected all manner of weird and wonderful cycling-related goodies over the years so we're having a spring clean clear-out. The good news is we're packing the good stuff into a series of mystery boxes that you can win. This week's box will contain brand new cycling-related items worth at least £100. We're not going to list the...

The law on people using their mobile phones while driving becomes stricter from 25 March 2022. Drivers can now be fined up to £1,000 and receive six points on their licence for any hand held phone use. Since 2003, it’s been an offence to use a hand-held mobile phone for 'interactive communication' while driving. However, over the last...

In news that will surprise nobody who ever walks or cycles, research from America has found that SUVs and vans are substantially more likely than cars to hit pedestrians when making turns. “We already know that larger vehicles cause more severe injuries when they strike pedestrians,” said Jessica Cicchino, one of the authors of the research...