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What a difference a week makes. After an unseasonably mild autumn, the chilly morning commute is back with a vengeance. We've given away these dhb merino long-sleeved jerseys before, but they're so effective when teamed up with a base layer or outer jacket that this cold snap has inspired us to buy another. They say that cyclists of old...

From next year, all new homes & non-residential buildings, including supermarkets and workplaces, will need to have a charge point installed under new legislation. The announcement by Boris Johnson yesterday follows news that two thirds of local authorities have no plans to install EV chargers. A freedom of information request by...

A strengthening of UK law means police will be able to more easily prosecute drivers using a hand-held mobile phone at the wheel. It's already illegal to text or make a phone call (other than in an emergency) using a hand-held device while driving. However, next year laws will go further to ban drivers from using their phones to take photos...

It's been a decade since Royal Mail decommissioned its fleet of delivery bicycles in favour of hand carts and diesel powered van drops. It's a shame because other European countries continue to use specially adapted cargo bikes to deliver the mail in a sustainable, healthy and quiet way. If there's a silver lining to the decommissioning of...

This Sunday marks The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR). Commemorated annually on the third Sunday of November, World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims provides a platform for road traffic victims and their families to: remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads acknowledge the crucial work...

It might not look like much in the photo, but we've tested a fair few cycle lights over the years and this has to be our favourite. The Knog Cobber in the largest of its three size options is an outstanding bit of kit. Belting out either 270-lumens, 170-lumens or 50 lumens, a wrap-round design ensures light is visible from angles up to...

Confronted by a laissez-faire attitude towards road danger, people are taking matters into their own hands. Twitter user @HerbieGreen this week shared photos of a bird box in Billingham disguised as a speed camera, but this kind of imaginative DIY traffic calming isn't limited to these shores. Folk all around the world are demanding safer...

How will the driverless cars of the near future recognise and avoid cyclists and pedestrians? It's a crucially important question because while autonomous vehicles will bristle with sensors and cameras, the tech is far from fool-proof when it comes to spotting people and bicycles. Transponders fitted to motorised vehicles will allow them to...

In January 2020, the government pledged £500 million for the Restoring Your Railway Programme which is designed to reopen lines and stations. The Department for Transport (DfT) invited MPs, local councils and community groups across England and Wales to propose how they could use funding to reinstate axed local services and restore closed...

New research by YouGov has revealed that 29 per cent of pedestrians have been hit by a car or suffered a near miss at a side road. The research was commissioned by Living Streets, which alongside national transport organisations, motoring bodies and charities, has issued a joint statement asking national government to authorise the use of...