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LCC local groups highlight growing gap between best and worst councils' for lorry-cycling safetyPublished: 11:10am 20 Mar 2013

This week London Cycling Campaign staff and volunteers are taking to the streets outside borough town halls (see Tower Hamlets above) to protest against the growing gap between the lorry safety standards of the best and worst boroughs in the ...

LCC challenges construction industry to adopt our Safer Urban Lorry to reduce lorry-cyclist deathsPublished: 09:38am 20 Mar 2013

The London Cycling Campaign has published pictures and video of its new Safer Urban Lorry design, and is calling on the construction industry to adopt similar vehicle designs to reduce the shocking number of lorry-cyclist fatalities.
The Safer ...

Rachel Aldred - Cycling: What Not To Wear?Published: 05:23pm 18 Mar 2013

Rachel Aldred, LCC trustee and transport researcher, on the pressure to dress 'like a cross between Darth Vader and a Christmas Tree'
 

'Why can't I wear what I want to wear, and it not be weird?'
In my work life, I do research into cycl...

Blissful Biking in BerlinPublished: 03:52pm 18 Mar 2013

London Cycling Campaign's Board of Trustees Chair, Ann Kenrick on her recent weekend trip to Berlin, and how the city could be an inspiration for London’s future.

 
Before I went to Berlin for the weekend I asked around to see if an...

Mayor's new Vision for Cycling is "ground-breaking" says London Cycling CampaignPublished: 10:10am 07 Mar 2013

Mayor Boris Johnson has today published what LCC believes to be one of the most ambitious plans to promote cycling ever produced by a major UK political leader.Describing it as a "profound shift in my ambitions and intentions for the bicycle in ...

Southwark Council meets London Cycling Campaign's 'Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling' pledgePublished: 04:03pm 05 Mar 2013

Southwark Council is the latest borough to sign up to the London Cycling Campaign 'Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling' Pledge.The council and its contractors will now work towards implementing the changes to ensure their HGV operations meet the best p...

Mapping London's Cyclists - Where do they live? Published: 01:58pm 26 Feb 2013

Bruce Lynn from Southwark Cyclists looks at some recent research from Sports England into the cycling habits of Londoners
 
Ever wondered where all the cyclists live in London? Or which borough has the most cyclists? Well the latest Sport E...

NICE ideas to make the UK a healthier place by encouraging cycling and walkingPublished: 01:42pm 26 Feb 2013

LCC campaigner Susie Morrow helped formulate new national guidelines to promote walking and cycling

During 2012, I was one of two ‘community members’ working with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to p...

Conservative Assembly Members scupper attempt to boost cycling budget by £41 millionPublished: 01:13pm 25 Feb 2013

The London Assembly divided on party lines today as all nine Conservative Assembly Members voted against an amendment that would have seen an extra £41 million of the £7 billion Transport for London budget allocated to cycling in 201...

Transport for London cycling supremo, Ben Plowden, talks to the London Cycling CampaignPublished: 04:25pm 19 Feb 2013

The man in charge of Transport for London's cycling provision - Director of Better Routes and Places, Ben Plowden - spoke with LCC's Tom Bogdanowicz.

TB: In April 2012, the Mayor signed up to three Love London, Go Dutch pledges: (1) Go Dutch pr...

London Cycling Campaign supporters swamp City Hall with over 10,000 emailsPublished: 04:16pm 19 Feb 2013


London Assembly Members have received thousands of emails via the London Cycling Campaign’s online letter-writing tool, urging them to vote in support of raising the amount of money allocated to cycling in the Mayor’s budget.
Ac...

Ann Kenrick: Drop a size in jeans in four days whilst eating all you want!Published: 12:30pm 19 Feb 2013

London Cycling Campaign's Board of Trustees Chair, Ann Kenrick, recounts her epic cycling journey to Paris.
At this time of year with the wind howling – great if it is behind your back but not if you are trying to get home from work and c...

What can London learn from Copenhagen's record on reducing danger for cyclists?Published: 12:06pm 19 Feb 2013

Niels Tørsløv, Copenhagen's head of road safety and traffic management, talks about cycling provision with London Cycling Campaign's Mike Cavenett

MC: What can the rest of the world learn from Copenhagen, particularly around desig...

Zoe Williams on The Tour de France starting in EnglandPublished: 11:22am 19 Feb 2013

London Cyclist columnist, Zoe Williams - so the Tour de France is kicking off in England  again - but should we view this as strange?
The Tour de France is coming to Leeds. Going through Yorkshire, maxing out at Hebden Bridge, whistling th...

LCC calls on London Assembly to back motion calling for £41 million increase in cycling budgetPublished: 04:38pm 18 Feb 2013

The London Cycling Campaign has contacted its 12,000 members and 40,000 supporters asking them to write to their London Assembly Members in support of a budget increase for cycling next year of £41 million.
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