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APPG for Cycling & Walking
@APPGCW
We are a cross-party group of Parliamentarians working to promote the benefits of active travel.
Westminster, London
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Jun 16, 2025
    NEW REPORT 🚨: Today, we release a new report "Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes", calling for urgent action from the Government to protect people from fire and safety risks from "fake e-bikes". The full report is available here: appgcw.org/resources/inqu…
    Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes How fake e-bikes pose a safety risk and undermine the UK’s active travel efforts
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    Sep 7, 2022
    .@Chris_Boardman says it was "unfortunate" that the latest DfT data showed a decrease in cycling because it was shown in isolation. Car usage was down 23% and train use 47%; in fact, active travel was the most robust of all modes in that period. @activetraveleng @TransportCttee
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Nov 25, 2022
    Free parking for Christmas shoppers in Worcester has been dropped, instead buses will be free
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    Free Christmas bus travel in Worcester chosen over free parking
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Nov 23, 2022
    A driver who pulled in front of a cyclist before deliberately slamming on his brakes, causing the rider to slam head-first into the car’s rear windscreen, has been sentenced to 14 months in jail, and banned from driving for four years.
    Bad East Lothian driver jailed for slamming on breaks after overtaking cyclist
    From edinburghlive.co.uk
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    Jul 29, 2021
    Pedestrians will be at the top of a new road user hierarchy, with cyclists next on the hierarchy list. This new hierarchy could have significant ramifications in future court cases involving motorists hitting cyclists and pedestrians. forbes.com/sites/carltonr…
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    Jul 19, 2023
    Council workers installed barriers in front of an illegally paved driveway, as it lies behind a crossing point on the road used by schoolchildren
    Couple's new driveway unusable after council blocked it with bollards
    From walesonline.co.uk
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    Mar 1, 2023
    Cyclists are now the “single largest vehicular mode counted during peak times on City streets,” says an internal report from the City of London Corporation, the municipal governing body of London’s square mile. forbes.com/sites/carltonr…
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    Dec 3, 2021
    Data from DfT shows that people on bikes outnumbered car drivers on Blackfriars Bridge (Central London) last year. In 2000 the average daily flow was 50,000 cars and 1,125 bikes. In 2020 it was 8900 bikes, and 8800 cars and taxis. A protected cycleway was installed in 2016.
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Aug 17, 2022
    Edmund King, President of the AA has responded to the new proposals from the Transport Secretary
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Jun 16, 2022
    A city in Texas has approved a “bike lane bounty” where, if residents report a parked car blocking a bike lane, they get 25% of the ticket revenue.
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    Car blocking a bike lane? You might be able to report it and make some money soon. - Austin Monitor
    In an effort to help city employees cite vehicles for illegally blocking bike lanes, the Urban Transportation Commission unanimously approved a “bike lane bounty” program at its meeting Tuesday...
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Nov 26, 2021
    Row over Dorset cycle lane that drivers claim is “too wide” Council chairman responds by saying that if drivers continue to cause crashes, they will have more roadspace taken away to make them slow down
    Row over Dorset cycle lane that drivers claim is “too wide”
    From road.cc
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Jan 2, 2022
    A new motorway camera has caught thousands of motorists using a mobile behind the wheel. The cameras instantly catch people using a phone and are being trialled on motorways across the UK.
    New 'game-changer' camera caught 15,000 drivers using their phones
    From metro.co.uk
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Dec 21, 2021
    The Government confirms it has “no plans” to make cyclists wear identification numbers Full response here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5854…
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    APPG for Cycling & Walking
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    Jul 11, 2023
    Cycles now outnumber cars in City Of London forbes.com/sites/carltonr…
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