Laura Laker

Latest articles by Laura Laker

Lords bill to guarantee British cycle funding

Amendment to infrastructure bill would ensure government publishes binding cycling and walking strategy

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  Cycling report to be debated in House of Commons

  Inquiry recommendations to be discussed and voted on in September

  By Laura Laker • Published 10 July 13

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  Cycling moves higher up British political agenda

  Labour and Liberal Democrat parties put cycling in their 2015 manifestos. Will the Conservatives follow?

  By Laura Laker • Published 3 September 13

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  Hackney cycle counter to clock its 500,000th cyclist

  Goldsmiths Row which is closed to motor traffic is to clock its 500,000th cyclist today (August 6). Laura Laker finds out more about the popular cycle friendly stretch in London

  By Laura Laker • Published 8 January 14

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  Government and Highways Agency agree to include cycling in road design guidelines

  British Cycling announces that government and Highways Agency commit to update road design standards to include cyclists

  By Laura Laker • Published 28 October 13

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  Derby junction where a cyclist died has seen 18 collisions in three years

  Fatal collision on Tuesday October 28 where teenager died has been the scene of a high number of road incidents

  By Laura Laker • Published 3 November 14

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  DfT reveal increase in cycling fatalities and serious injuries

  -Year on year figures for first quarter up 27% -Campaigners call for government action

  By Laura Laker • Published 7 August 14

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  Census reveals no growth in proportion of people cycling to work in UK

  Whilst numbers of those cycling to work has grown in some cities, over the whole of Britain there has been no growth in percentage over past 10 years

  By Laura Laker • Published 26 March 14

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  Cycling to work: how and why businesses should help

  As Britain celebrates Cycle to Work day, we take a look at what can be done in the workplace to encourage more commuting by bike

  By Laura Laker • Published 12 September 13

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  Chris Boardman backs 20's Plenty campaign

  British Cycling's policy advisor, Chris Boardman, calls a campaign to reduce the default national speed limit to 20mph as 'utterly logical'

  By Laura Laker • Published 13 March 15

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  Dangerous lorries to be banned from London to reduce cyclist deaths

  Heavy Goods Vehicles without side guards and safety mirrors to be banned from capital as early as next year

  By Laura Laker • Published 29 July 14

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  Botched and derisory: the verdict on Government's cycling plan

  DfT's new cycling plan gets a mauling in Parliament

  By Laura Laker • Published 16 October 14

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  Bristol hopes to double riding population by 2020

  Laura Laker visits Bristol, named Britain's first official cycling city in 2008, and with its riding population hoped 
to double by 2020, examines what the future holds

  By Laura Laker • Published 21 October 13

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  Car parking 'free for all' would damage cycling levels

  Eric Pickles' parking "free for all" is out-of-date thinking, which could increase car dependency and harm walking and cycling levels, say campaigners

  By Laura Laker • Published 3 September 14

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  Wiggle launches own-brand sports nutrition range

  Retailer launches energy gels and electrolyte tablets, with energy bars due to be released later in year

  By Laura Laker • Published 1 July 14

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  Lorries posing danger to cyclists to be banned from London

  Any vehicle weighing over 3.5 tonnes must be fitted with equipment designed to ensure safety of cyclists on London's roads

  By Laura Laker • Published 30 January 14

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  Taxi drivers "wasting their money" with judicial review, says cycling commissioner

  The London Taxi Drivers Association have threatened a judicial review after Boris Johnson approved the cycle superhighway across London

  By Laura Laker • Published 29 January 15

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  MPs call for £10 per head cycling budget for Britain

  Transport Select Committee publishes report based on expert evidence - £10 per head spending to get more people cycling - Report recommends more 20mph speed limits - Government must respond to report

  By Laura Laker • Published 18 July 14

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  Rail operators awarded for cycle friendliness

  Greater Anglia trains, Colchester and Peckham Rye stations were among those voted best for cycling at the ninth annual ATOC Cycle Rail awards

  By Laura Laker • Published 20 November 13

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  Great British cycling cafes: where to refuel on your ride

  Coffee and cake are just as important as carbon fibre, so here’s our pick of Britain’s many and varied cycling cafes

  By Laura Laker • Published 20 October 17

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  80% in support of new London Cycle Superhighways, as consultation ends

  The majority of 14,000 respondents to the new Cycle Superhighways consultation are supportive of the plans

  By Laura Laker • Published 10 November 14

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  London businesses join forces to back Cycle Superhighways

  Array of companies show support for newly revealed plans for cross-London cycle routes

  By Laura Laker • Published 17 September 14

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  'Cycle helmets bill' nothing more than hot air

  Bill up for debate in the House of Commons tomorrow aims to instigate research into merits of compulsory helmets for cyclists aged under 14

  By Laura Laker • Published 11 September 14

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  Robert Goodwill MP is new British 'cycling minister'

  Norman Baker replaced as cycling minister - Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Department for Transport - by Robert Goodwill

  By Laura Laker • Published 14 October 13

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  Call for cabinet level leadership to 'Get Britain Cycling'

  Police admit not enforcing 20mph limit at Get Britain Cycling inquiry

  By Laura Laker • Published 5 March 13