Transportinfo.org.uk - today's transport news in the uk, hand picked for you each morning

Wednesday, 22 July 2015

BBC News

• Call for 'different' road tax spendThe Scottish government has been urged to use vehicle excise duty cash to help improve cycle paths and pavements.

The Guardian

• Shortlisted designs for London's new pedestrian and cycle bridge unveiledEngineering firms BuroHappold, Bystrup and Arup are frontrunners to build £40m Thames crossing between Nine Elms and PimlicoFour shortlisted designs have been unveiled for another new bridge across the Thames in London – thought to be the first in a major city centre to incorporate the needs of pedestrians and cyclists.The proposals for the bridge, which will link Pimlico and Nine Elms in south-west London, were shortlisted from 74 entries in March in a competition run by Wandsworth council. Continue reading...

Belfast Telegraph

• Belfast bikes: Time to move up a gear in city's pedal powerThe Belfast Bike Share Scheme means there are now more bicycles on the streets than ever before. But we're still a long way from being a cycle-friendly city. Copenhagen could just hold the key to a revolution in how we treat our cyclists, says Gordon Clarke.

The York Press

• Cycle-way and path repairs begin in York SIGNS intended to segregate pedestrians and cyclists on a York riverside path have become weathered and faded - in some cases ending up little more than indistinguishable blobs.