The Bigfoot Hayes and Penge Go Ride project in the London Borough of Bromley successfully applied for funding from the Community Cycling Fund for London early in 2009.Although the project only started up in spring this year, it continues to exceed...
Harefield Academy secondary school in Hillington receives grant funding from the Community Cycling Fund for London run by LCC.The Academy provides cycle training to secondary schools, and also takes part in a back-to-cycling initiative. This inclu...
The third annual London Skyride, formerly known as Freewheel, is only a few months away! The popular cycling event that brought 50,000 people to ride in traffic-free streets last year is happening again this year on 20th September.What is it?The S...
photo Some bikes have actually been piled on top of others here at Paddington station£5 million is being allocated to the capital's rail stations to improve cycle parking.The new Transport Minister, Lord Adonis, undertook a guided ride of London's...
photo A lorry's safety mirror, one of many measures demanded to make London's streets safer for cyclistsThe husband of Catriona Cockburn, the cyclist killed in a collision with an HGV outside the Oval tube station in June 2009, has issued the fol...
As part of Bike Week 2009, Bromley Cyclists organised a ride around the local parks.The ride was well attended as you can tell from the picture above. One family attended together with their son. One of the parents hadn't cycled in years and the o...
What is Bike Week?Every year Lime Light Sports organise Bike Week, a nationwide mass participation cycling event. Thousands of people participate in a roster of events.This year, Bike Week focused on families and getting active with the theme, “Ge...
LCC is pushing, along with the families and employers of some of the recent cyclist fatalities, for companies to play their part in improving lorry safety.Follow the link below to see how you can help.
LCC has launched a concerted advocacy programme to influence decision-makers over cycling infrastructure in London.Chief executive Koy Thomson said, "We've motivated a huge number of LCC members with considerable expertise to get involved in ...
Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians in Ealing will become part of a traffic-smoothing experiment, with three junctions to become more ‘naked’ in the autumn.The council plans to remove traffic lights in a scheme aimed at reducing congestion. If suc...
Local cyclists have criticised the installation of a barrier in the middle of a London Cycle Network+ path in Waltham Forest.The metal posts form a potentially dangerous obstruction in Walthamstow’s Snaresbrook Road.The barrier is part of a new pu...
More than 11,000 people used London Cycling Campaign’s www.biketube.org.uk resource to help them to cycle to work during the strike.LCC created ‘BikeTubes’ (not TfL, nor anyone else): our five led rides guided people who were immensely grateful fo...
13th June: Dr Bike in WandsworthDr Bike organised by Wandsworth Council in the Balham Community Space from 12-4pm.14th June: Bromley Parks & RideBromley Cyclists are leading a ride for adult beginners and accompanied children. The ride is on q...
On both days of the Tube strike LCC led 'BikeTubes' from the suburbs into central London as part of its campaign to get more people to cycle to work. Over 100 people, novice and experienced cyclists alike, took part in the group rides marshalled b...
photos (clockwise) LCC's Lucy Cooper welcomes people to the launch; T-shirts were popular; reading the new-look London CyclistLCC has launched SheSpoke London, a new information and campaigning section area of its website (see the link on the righ...