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Well done Ken says LCC Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

LCC Press Release - 2nd December 2004
Tom Bogdanowicz, campaigns manager at LCC said: “The Mayor is right to say that there is a shortage of good cycle parking facilities in London – Councils should increase the amount of cycle parkin...

Ken launches LCC's All Ability Cycling Group Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

Mayor Ken Livingstone is to launch the London Cycling Campaign’s All Abilities Cycling Group on Tuesday 25 March. Cycles available for trying at the launch will include hand-cycles, tandems, recumbent cycles, the Duet wheelchair/cycle and side-by-...

Tube strike - get on your bike Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

LCC is encouraging everyone who would normally get the tube to avoid the frustrations of the strike and hop on a bike to do their trip rather than get frustrated on a bus or in a car.“Not only will most people’s journeys be quicker by bike”, says ...

LCC Briefing on the draft European Insurance DirectivePublished: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

The factsThe EU proposals only relate to insurance, not to the underlying legal position in relation to liability. The proposals state that any driver has to have a minimum amount of cover in relation to certain eventualities, including causing pe...

London Boroughs to get £758 million for transportation Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

TfL Press release - 23 November 2004 Mayor announces record five-year £758 million funding programme for local transport improvementsSustained local transport investment aims to improve journeys from ‘the moment Londoners’ leave their front door’....

Ken supports scrapping of legislation that would allow bike removal Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

This gives our campaign against the legislation more weight. This legislation would give Councils the power to remove any cycles in the vicinity of posted notices where, in their opinion, bikes are a 'nuisance' or offend against 'good management o...

London's Cycling Oscars - Nominations Wanted! Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

We want your nominations for the London Cycling Awards. If you know of a promising cycling initiative or facility implemented/ completed since April 2003, here's your chance to reward and encourage good work. The categories this year are:Best Cycl...

Cycling Oscars announced Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

Competition was incredibly tough for this year's LCC Awards, which were announced on Saturday 2 November.John Biggs from the Greater London Assembly and Chair of the Transport Committee presented the awards and praised the range and quality of the...

London Cycle Guides get people on bikes Published: 11:00pm 29 Aug 2006

London Cycling Campaign research shows that people using the London Cycle Guides are encouraged to get on their bikes for the first time. People already cycling in London are getting on the bikes more, finding new routes around London.The main fin...

London Cycling Campaign Awards 2003 Published: 11:00pm 28 Aug 2006

(picture to go in here)A canal cycle route in East London has been named the capital’s best new cycling facility in the London Cycling Campaign Awards 2003.The new floating towpath on the Limehouse Cut canal was one of five winners named in the aw...

Bike Week 12-20th June 2004 Published: 11:00pm 28 Aug 2006

LCC is organising more than 100 events across the capital for a celebration of cycling during Bike Week.  Already thousands of people have turned up for bike events in London this weekend including a bike festival in Trafalgar Square at which the ...

New look LCC Website Published: 11:00pm 28 Aug 2006

The LCC Website has had a makeover and over the next few weeks we will be testing the new version of the site. You may find at times that some of the pages and features of the old site are not working.

Ken supports All Ability cycling Published: 11:00pm 28 Aug 2006

On Tuesday 25 March 2003, London Mayor Ken Livingstone launched the London Cycling Campaign's All Ability Cycling Group with the message 'Cycling is for everyone’. The Mayor rode a side-by-side bike with the group’s chair Debbie Allaire (a wheelch...

Southwark Cyclists work with Jeremy Deller, Turner Prize winner Published: 11:00pm 28 Aug 2006

Whilst accepting the Turner Prize this week, British artist Jeremy Deller dedicated it to "everyone who cycles in London".As part of the exhibit at Tate Britain, Southwark Cyclists lead by Barry Mason as Borough Coordinator have organise...

Rides and Events list for Bike Week 2003 14th to 22nd June 2003 Published: 11:00pm 28 Aug 2006

The database that provided the listing for this page has been taken off-line.  If you want information about events that took place in 2003, please contact the LCC office.