Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 23rd of June 2014
A sunny summer week, combined with some sort of a football tournament, meant a quietish week this week, with many people apparently too busy riding to blog except in Leeds (but then again, have you seen Leeds?) But summer also means bike events and protests so a few people dragged themselves indoors long enough to write up everything from Edinburgh's Naked(ish) bike ride
Posted by Mark Treasure on Wednesday 18th of June 2014
On the weekend of the 7th and 8th June, the Embassy descended on Brighton for our AGM. As is always the case, the weekend was interspersed with 'infrastructure safaris' - gentle rides to take a look at what is (and what isn't) being done to make cycling a viable mode of transport, and a useful way to escape from meetings in a stuffy room on a sunny day.
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 16th of June 2014
It's been a bit of a mixed bag blog-wise this week, but one theme that did emerge was road justice, highlighted by the CTC's appropriately dated Friday the 13th sentencing debate in which there were calls for the burden of proof to be changed in road justice cases.
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 9th of June 2014
This week's big blog story comes from across the Atlantic, when People for Bikes released the first major US study on protected bike lanes and the US bike bloggers fell on it like seagulls fighting over a chip (seagulls may be on our mind as it was the Cycling Embassy AGM in Brighton this weekend - hence the late running of this blog roundup).
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 2nd of June 2014
This was the week we learned that the most feared mode of transport in Britain is the dread 'kamikaze cyclist', fear of which has held up the planned implementation of a cycle scheme in Cambridge, a city which has long been dominated by cyclists.
Posted by Mark Treasure on Wednesday 28th of May 2014
The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) - which sets out the design of official traffic signs and markings that can be placed on or near roads in England, Scotland and Wales, and also sets out the conditions for their use - is open for consultation, with a number of proposed changes.
