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2 Cyclist deaths after road traffic accidents in 24 hours sparks protest
February 9, 2017It’s been a very sad week for the cycling community as 2 cyclists have been knocked off their bikes and killed within 24 hours of each other in road traffic accidents and the tragedies have
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Cyclist sustains serious injury after being involved in a night time collision
October 19, 2016Emergency services received calls in the early hours of the morning at approximately 4.21 am about an accident involving a female cyclist and another vehicle.
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London commuters offered free bike in return for mobile outdoor advertising.
June 10, 2016The concept is already out there in different countries but now a company called Buzzbike is offering it to London commuters. The idea is to encourage more people to cycle to work by offering them
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Complaints against bus drivers highlighted by Freedom of Information request
April 18, 2016A Freedom of Information request, submitted by the Evening Standard to the TfL, found that cyclists were involved in 25 of around 250 incidents that were the subject of complaints made by the public during
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Cycling organisations support re-routing of cyclepath
April 18, 2016The London Cycling Campaign (LCC), amongst other cycling groups, has supported concerns raised by the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)about the proposed route of the North-South cyclepath / superhighway which is planned
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London’s bus drivers under scrutiny
April 13, 2016The London’s Evening Standard publication has made a Freedom of Information request to the Transport for London body after it discovered that 10% of the accidents that occurred during a 2 week period last summer,
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Cycle superhighway plagued by joggers
April 13, 2016Cyclists and cycle groups have complained about the use of new cycle superhighway on Victoria Embankment. The new highway, according to numerous cycling forums, has been inundated with joggers who are using it as their
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Pedestrians cause cyclist to crash.
March 30, 2016There have sadly been hundreds of stories relating to cyclists being dismounted by four wheeled vehicles or potholes and diesel spills but this is the first accident caused by pedestrians where a cyclist was injured.
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Speed limiting technology introduced on new London buses
March 24, 2016London buses will soon be fitted with the latest speed-limiting technology in an attempt to stop the worrying increase in fatal and serious accidents between large vehicles and pedestrians and 2 wheeled vehicles. Transport leaders
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City’s ‘hire bikes’ to get their own Star Wars (esque) lightsabers!
December 21, 2015Transport for London has invested in 11,500 green beam laserlights from Blaze in an attempt to provide more safety features to their cycle hire bikes. According to Transport for London’s own figures, there have been
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