Nearly 50 community cycling groups in London are expected to receive a total of up to £200k in funding after months of hard work from LCC's community cycling team.Since the funding window opened in December 2008, LCC has processed over 100 applica...
A new route-planning feature has been added to the Camden Cycling Campaign's online mapping system (see the link on the right). Visitors to the site can use the 'Plan A Route' button at the top of the window on any of the maps linked from the page...
Both the national government and the London Assembly are backing an expansion of 20mph speed limits in London.The Transport Committee of the London Assembly has published a report (download it on the right) supporting extended borough-wide trials ...
To celebrate victory in the Lords, LCC produced this spoke card to distribute to cyclists in London.The card explains how LCC quashed a potential law allowing councils to remove bikes from railings and lamp posts (see the link on the right).The ca...
Residents of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames are celebrating winning a £4.5m sustainable transport grant, much of which will be spent on cycling projects.Smarter Travel Richmond, a joint venture between TfL and Richmond council, is a th...
A report from the Department for Transport says 20mph speed limits on London's bridges would save lives and money.
The report, which remained unpublished until the LCC campaigns team demanded its release, backs LCC's calls for improved safety o...
Transport for London has launched a new scheme aimed at businesses to help them encourage employees to walk or cycle to work.The message is that employeessave money on fuel and public transport costsare happier and healthier and take fewer sick da...
The mayor has confirmed May 2010 as the launch date for the London bike-hire scheme. Planning applications for the docking stations have gone to the boroughs, and a sponsor for the scheme is also being sought.Showing the vast potential for the sch...
Now is the time for members to submit motions for LCC's annual general meeting to help decide our future direction.Motions relating to LCC policy should be considered by the Campaigns Committee, as laid down in the AGM Standing Orders (copy availa...
Saddle up for autism this summer, and join the National Autistic Society's new Racecourse Bike Ride on 12 July 2009.This one-day cycling challenge, exclusive to the NAS, starts and finishes at Epsom Downs Racecourse.Riders can choose whether to fo...
Bike Week is the UK’s biggest national cycling event with participants ranging from dedicated commuter cyclists to absolute beginners.From 13th to 21st June, organised rides, challenges and many other bike-related activities take place throughout ...
When a successful community project in Hammersmith and Fulham had its bikes stolen, it could have been the end of the cyclepathHowever, thanks to help from LCC and the support of cycling friends in London, the project was soon back on track.The br...
Following on from the success of Birds on Bikes, a ride to celebrate International Women’s Day, LCC is busy building a website focused on women who cycle. The dedicated site will cover specifics to do with women cyclists and their bikes.We’re keen...
LCC has recently secured an agreement from the Metropolitan Police whereby abandoned bikes in their possession, the owners of which cannot be traced, will be released to LCC for use in community projects.Pool bikes for community groupsSome police ...
LCC has launched a spring membership offer that gives you a great incentive to sign up a friend too, and get 50% off.For full details, follow the link below.
Over 30 project leaders and representatives of cycling organisations attended the community cycling networking event on 20th May.Gathering at the Dragon Hall in Holborn, attendees were given the opportunity to meet fellow cyclists, learn more abou...
An LCC-backed pilot project in Tower Hamlets offering 'cycling on prescription' is so successful it could soon be expanded.The project, which has been running since spring 2008, has seen GPs at St Stephen's Health Centre in Bow using the health be...
Hard work by the local LCC group in Southwark has ended with a major victory, earning nearly £1 million of new funding for cycle and disability access improvements in the Rotherhithe area.For the full story, follow the link below.
Bicycles, Rolling Stops, and the Idaho Stop from Spencer Boomhower on Vimeo.
LCC has welcomed the mayor's proposed law change that could see cyclists allowed to turn left at red traffic lights in London.However, LCC doesn't consider it a soluti...
Evidence relating to two 2008 cyclist-HGV fatalities has shown that properly fitted safety mirrors might have prevented both deaths.Class 6 mirrors, which are compulsory on new lorries, allows lorry drivers to see the area in front of their cab wh...
London Cycling Campaign has criticised Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick for failing to implement measures to protect vulnerable road users from lorries.In a letter to LCC this week, the minister confirmed he has no plans to speed up the fittin...