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‘The tranquility frees you’: Bogotá, the city that shuts out cars every week

Born out of an anti-car protest in 1974, the Colombian capital closes many roads to cars every Sunday, leaving them free for bikes, skates and pedestrians

Cuts to England’s cycling and walking budget challenged in court

Campaigners say loss of £200m from active travel budget is illegal and resulted from Treasury pressure

EVs are booming but electric bikes are really cutting emissions

Ebikes and mopeds, known as electric micromobility, were responsible for two-thirds of the 1.5m barrels of oil displaced a day by EVs in 2022

Salary sacrifice: how British workers can take home more by getting paid less

Once a way to save money on a bike to work, the scheme is now a ‘life hack’ to lessen a tax bill or to qualify for free childcare

I thought selling my car was the right thing to do, but now I wonder why I bothered

Despite my local council claiming to favour walkers and cyclists, it seems to be actively making my life more difficult

Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around

Riding a bike is not a political act, yet cyclists have become the bete noire for the anti-woke, anti-green, anti-liberal crowd, writes Zoe Williams

Boost walking and cycling in towns and cities, urges UK government adviser

Chair of Office for Space says move would boost prosperity, health and personal freedom and could help solve housing crisis

Dutch cargo bike firm Babboe ordered to halt sales amid safety concerns

Regulator demands recall of two models, understood to affect about 10,000 of the popular products

Rise in dashcam submissions leads to more dangerous drivers being caught

More than 33,500 videos sent to police in England and Wales in year to November, up 30% on 2022

Why I quit complaining about cyclists, scrapped my car and chose public transport

During the pandemic I fell for the beauties of nature and a slower pace – and revised my thoughts about men in Lycra, says freelance journalist Yvette Caster

Keeping your car and bike on the road this winter

A checklist for mostorists and riders as the clocks going back heralds the cold seasons

‘People feel scared about walking’: the cost of car culture in Birmingham

After pedestrian deaths and assaults on traffic wardens, a city designed for motorists is fighting for change

Sunak ‘backs drivers’ with curbs on 20mph limits and bus lanes

Low-traffic neighbourhoods and fines also face clampdown under plans condemned by active travel groups

Road casualties have become normal in Britain. But there is another way

A parliamentary group has compiled 10 recommendations to make our roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists

The rows over ‘anti-motorist’ Ulez and LTNs lose sight of the truth: they save lives

While Rishi Sunak spouts pro-motorist rhetoric, Amsterdam, Paris and Edinburgh are leading the charge to be healthier cities, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University

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