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Latest News
- Bike hire schemes spreading ...21 November 2008
London joins Dundee and Bristol to make itself truly a cycling city! It will launch a self-service cycle hire scheme city-wide in 2010. Click here to read the latest.
- Learning to fix a bike could protect your mental health05 November 2008
A recent report by a Government thinktank - Foresight - says that there are five tasks a day that can help protect you from mental illness, including being active, connecting with your community and learning a new skill such as fixing a bike. More here.
- New Government target of 80% reduction in CO2 by 205001 November 2008
Read about it here. Road traffic causes approximately 25% of the UK's CO2 emissions.
- Streets with heavy traffic are bad for your health01 October 2008
It's official. Residents of busy roads face not only noise and air pollution, road deaths and injuries, but also social isolation and a serious deterioration of community life. Read more here.
- Woman cyclist wins Olympic gold medal13 August 2008
Nicole Cooke is the first woman cyclist from the UK to win an Olympic gold medal. You can read about it here.
Did you know that 75% of UK women have access to a bike but never use it - more info in this article from Sustrans. In Holland, women make 55% of their journeys by bike.
- Conservative leader has bike stolen03 August 2008
This week, David Cameron was in the news for having his bike stolen after looping his chain over a 2m high bollard. Ahem.
For guidance on somewhat more sensible ways of keeping your bike safe, find out here.
- Why not cycle to the station?20 July 2008
The Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) has just launched its Station Travel Plan Initiative which aims to encourage rail users in England and Wales to walk, cycle or use public transport to get to the train station.
The scheme was launched in Derby on 11th July, see the press release here.
- Community Cycling scheme starts!07 July 2008
Our community cycling scheme, called Choose Cycling for your health, will start on 14th July 2008. This will be based in Duffield, Derbyshire, five miles north of Derby.
Check out our community pages for more details.
- Is the UK to get new high-speed train routes?24 June 2008
Network Rail have announced plans for 5 new high-speed rail lines radiating out from London by 2025. Read the full article here.
- Bristol is the UK's new Cycling City22 June 2008
Bristol and 11 other UK towns will share a £100 million package of funding to improve local cycling. For full details, click here.