The (UK) Times has launched a public campaign and 8-point manifesto calling for cities to be made fit for cyclists; read article

A safety initiative by the Met is encouraging cyclists and HGV drivers and cyclists to swap places

For most cyclists, HGVs are the thing most feared on urban roads. Despite only comprising 5% of traffic, they are involved in about 50% of cyclist deaths each year, and many more serious injuries. Read article

Article in the British Medical Journal

European Cycling Federation: Facts & Figures

A couple of interesting facts from the above

• ~2.5 more bicycles than cars were produced – globally – in 2000
• Safety in numbers: further clear evidence that the more cyclists there are, the safer it is for all of them; data are given for the UK, but not for Ireland

Make a glow-in-the-dark night bike, with phosphorescent paint

EUROPE COULD cut its total greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 per cent if every population cycled as regularly as the Danes, according to a pioneering study which tracks the environmental impact of cycling. Read more

The myth of ‘road tax’ returns to haunt us again. Comparison website Confused.com seem to think cyclists should be liable for a tax abolished more than 70 years ago

Road tax – two words guaranteed to raise the ire of most cyclists. It’s quite an achievement for something which hasn’t existed for 74 years.

Read more. See also: IPayRoadTax.com

Cyclists who have been killed or injured on London’s roads were remembered during a tour of the 10 most dangerous junctions. Read more

How about doing that here?

Sustrans says its projects more than double the percentage of pupils riding to school within a year

Children cycling to school. It’s one of those things, much like apple pie, that in theory everyone supports. Pupils get exercise, stay slim, and arrive in the classroom energised … Read more