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Saturday, 14 November 2020

Department for Transport

• £175 million more for cycling and walking as research shows public supportSurvey reveals 8 out of 10 people support measures to reduce road traffic and two-thirds support reallocating road space for active travel.

The Telegraph

• Close roads to cars to build community cohesion, says Boris Johnson's former cycling aide [Subscription]Xavier Brice, chief executive of Sustrans, says schemes should appeal to 'natural conservatism'

Times Online

• We’ll help Britain get back on its bike - Grant Shapps MP [Subscription] For years the family’s bicycles languished unloved and forgotten deep in our garage. As transport secretary, I was well aware that this was a sorry state of affairs. As far as cycling was concerned, I was at the back of the peloton. I’m pleased to say that that is conclusively no longer the case.

Mail Online

• Government grants another £175MILLION to fund new cycle lanes despite congestion clogging cities Under the Department for Transport's (DfT) 'active travel' scheme, councils have been granted millions in taxpayer money to turn over vast sections of road to pedestrians and bikes.

Birmingham Post

• Nextbike rolls out first electric bikes in WalesAn initial fleet of 50 e-bikes will be deployed next week at five stations in Penarth

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• £175 million more for cycling and walking as research shows public supportTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has given councils across England a further £175 million to create safe space for cycling and walking as surveys and independent polls show strong public support for high-quality schemes. The new money, part of the £2 billion announced for cycling and walking in May, will fund measures including: • ‘School Streets’, where streets around schools are closed to motorists at school times • low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), where residential side streets are closed to through traffic to stop rat-running • segregated cycle la...

Other News Sources

• New bike lanes proposed as Brighton council awarded millions THE city council has been awarded more than £2million to continue making changes to transport systems such as the Covid cycle lanes introduced over the summer.