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How far do you need to be pushed before you take matters into your own hands? For the folk at Crosswalk Collective it was the realisation that Los Angeles officials weren't keeping pedestrians safe. Their own brand of direct action involves installing it's own zebra crossings across the city. Many of the crossings are subsequently taken...

Dismal provision for safe crossings outside schools is a nationwide scandal. Having visited York last week with our inflatable pop-up zebra crossing, we can report that schools in the north find requests for safe crossings are as likely to be ignored as those in the south. Thousands of schools are plagued by dangerous road conditions...

What's it like for a child to cycle on UK roads? We spoke to 13-year-old Emilia from London to find out. What’s your preferred way of getting to school? My preferred of travelling to school is bike, because it reduces a 20-minute journey to around 8 minutes. Does your school make good provision for the students who cycle? Luckily my school...

Insurance from the ETA already represents great value at £65 per year to cover a mobility scooter or powered wheelchair worth up to £3,500, but you can now buy the same policy to cover two people at the same address for only £90 per year - a saving of 30 per cent. You now also have the option of insuring your mobility scooter or powered...

We call it the Cyclo Sprayer and it's sole purpose is helping cyclists cool off in hot weather. Our trusty office cargo bike is like Thunderbird 2 - when there's a crisis, it turns its hand to the task in hand. So when temperatures peak, we equipped it with a pressure washer and a tank of cold water to hit the sweltering streets. The...

Whatever the weather, it pays to stay hydrated. Whether you're running, cycling or out for a long walk, this Camelbak 1.5-litre hydration pack features a narrow profile that shouldn't restrict your range of movement. The Camelbak has some neat touches including a zipped pocket, bungee overflow and a loop you can clip a light to. In really...

The first time I put my 3-year-old son on a 'balance bike', he sat silently until a boy rattled past him on a little bicycle fitted with stabilisers. 'Why can't I have one like that, daddy?' he asked me wistfully. The theory (entirely lost on him at the time) is simple: Remove a bicycle's pedals and you allow a child to concentrate fully on...

Traffication develops a bold new idea: that the trillions of miles of driving we do each year are just as destructive to our natural environment as any of the better known threats, such as habitat loss or intensive farming. Using the latest research, Paul Donald's book reveals how road traffic shatters essential biological processes,...

How do you feel about pavement parking? In an act of desperation five years ago, we invented this (spoiler alert: The problem's even worse today). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0moP21omQXc&feature=youtu.be CatClaw is the size of half a small orange and is designed to be installed in its thousands along kerbs and pavements. When a car...

Whether you're already one of the increasing number of cyclists who runs a cycle cam or are considering investing in one, how do you fancy testing one for us? A small and inexpensive mini camera caught our eye this week so we snapped it up and would like to give it away for testing. It's not intended to be a replacement for action cams like...