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The vast majority of women are unwilling to use e-scooters due to a lack of safe infrastructure. The new research endorsed by Women in Transport reveals 79 per cent do not feel safe hiring e-scooters to use on the road. E-scooters remain illegal to use on public roads unless part of the officially sanctioned trials taking place across the...

When Dervla Murphy was ten, she was given a bicycle and an atlas, and within days she was secretly planning a trip to India. At the age of thirty-one, in 1963, she finally set off and this book is based on the daily diary she kept while riding through Persia, Afghanistan and over the Himalayas to Pakistan and India. Undaunted by snow in...

Amazon is the latest distribution giant to launch a fleet of e-cargo 'bikes' to replace many of its van deliveries in London. Faced with crippling congestion and the prospect of an enlarged ULEZ (ultra low emissions zone), the online retailer is launching a micromobility hub in Hackney. The addition of the electric-assist pedal cargo bikes...

Slinging a hammock is one of life's simple pleasures. If you have a few metres of space and two minutes of sun this summer, what better way of whiling away your leisure time than snoozing, reading a book or simply daydreaming? And even if you don't have the space yourself, a hammock is small and light enough to take with you on your...

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 to clip a light. Win a Camelbak If...

Riding a bike in amongst a group of cyclists so large that it dominates the road space around you is an experience you never forget - it's a phenomenon known as critical mass and it's been used as a form of protest against car-centric town planning for over half a century. The 1992 documentary about bike culture, Return of the Scorcher,...

Grass-root organisations can be a powerful instrument of change. A bottom-up approach allows small groups of like-minded people to define their own goals and how to achieve them. For example, the fact that the climate emergency is not being prioritised by governments can feel overwhelming - unless we take matters into our own hands. Woking...

Have you ever become frustrated by the time it takes for the lights to change at a pelican crossing? It's an irritation that inspired the idea of upgrading the pelican crossing request button screen so as to make it possible to play Pong with a fellow pedestrian waiting opposite on the other side of the road. For the analogue among you,...

Eric Schmidt runs a car like millions of his fellow Californians, but his 1971 VW beetle is cleaner than most because he himself is the engine. No fossil fuel, no electricity, just human power. The pedal-powered bug weighs about 360 kg empty so, as you can imagine, it moves slowly. But that's not the point. On his website, Schmidt writes:...

The plug-in car grant scheme, which first started in 2011 and has subsidised the purchase of nearly 500,000 electric cars over the last decade, has been scrapped. The scheme originally offered £5,000 off the price of an electric car, but that amount was halved before being reduced from £2,500 to £1,500 in December. The government has said...