APPG for Cycling & Walking

NEW REPORT 🚨: Today, we release a new report "Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes", calling for urgent action from the Government to protect people from fire and safety risks from "fake e-bikes". The full report is available here: appgcw.org/resources/inqu…

Local authorities across the South East have been given more than £133m to deliver cycling, wheeling and walking schemes. The biggest councils across Surrey, Sussex and Kent have been awarded a share of this pot, which is part of a £626m national package bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

NEW: 50+ transport and health groups have written to the Government calling for clear targets in the upcoming Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy 3, as well as a comprehensive plan for a national active travel network, matching the long-term strategic focus given to roads.

The government has hit back at "false" claims that "misrepresent" Active Travel England's latest road safety guidance, that after a weekend of press headlines claiming UK roads are to be made narrower to prevent motorists overtaking cyclists. road.cc/content/news/r…

Free bike schemes in deprived communities improve people's health, wellbeing and social mobility, report shows road.cc/content/news/f…

Cyclists have hailed a new multi-million pound cycle route as a "gamechanger’. The Gloucestershire Cycle Spine, a segregated cycle lane links Gloucester, Cheltenham and Bishop's Cleeve bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A new study of London’s Cycle Superhighways found that segregated routes increase cycling without raising collision risk, whereas non-segregated routes raise collision rates without boosting cycling. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New community bike library launches in Nottingham westbridgfordwire.com/new-community-…

Millions of Britons face a higher risk of stroke or heart failure because of dirty air where they live. People living in areas of the UK with the worst theguardian.com/environment/20… levels of air pollution are 27% more likely to develop heart failure

Hundreds of reports showing video footage of alleged dangerous and careless driving on the roads of the West Midlands are being missed by police struggling to process evidence in time, concerning official police data has shown. road.cc/content/news/p…

Towns and rural areas across England will benefit from an additional £104 million to improve local transport, which can be spent on active travel schemes. This is the Local Transport Grant. gov.uk/government/new…

28% of Germans own an e-bike, it was 15.2% five years ago leva-eu.com/over-a-quarter…

From the BBC: Is London set to put the brakes on SUVs? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Video from RoadPeace featuring West Mercia Police exploring the work being done to support victims of road incidents and prevent future harm. roadpeace.org/behind-the-sce…

Walking trips are up by 7% since 2019, cycling trips are unchanged gov.uk/government/sta…

A court ruling has upheld the public’s right to submit dashcam and helmet-cam footage to police, after a retired solicitor attempted to sue a cyclist who filmed her using a mobile phone while driving. forbes.com/sites/carltonr…

“Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"A stark postcode lottery": Cycling lawyers demand action on pothole "crisis" putting cyclists in danger road.cc/content/news/c…

Tesla tests fully self-driving car in London and Swindon standard.co.uk/news/uk/london…

Britain’s most controversial cycle lane finally confirmed for removal road.cc/content/news/u…

Subsidising e-bikes instead of cars could really kick the electric vehicle transition into high gear theconversation.com/subsidising-e-…