The Burning Man festival in the US is a great example of a festival engaging with cycling in a most positive way. Recently, there has been a significant rise in the number of people cycling to festivals to not only reduce transport costs but to support efforts to reduce emissions. How well are British festival organizers providing facilities for bicycles at our biggest festivals? Festival sites cater for all types of festival goers demanding different food, accommodation and of course, music. Transport options of all [...]

Ken Worpole in the Guardian laments the low patronage of UK’s National Cycle Network: A couple of weeks ago I cycled a fair stretch of Sustrans route three (Bristol to Land’s End) with some friends. We followed the route from Bath in North Somerset to Sampford Peverell in Devon, during what was predicted to be the hottest weekend of the year. Indeed, the weather was perfect: warm and mostly cloudless. The journey meandered through the countryside, along carefully signposted lanes and back roads, as well [...]

Scott Larkin of go by bicycle reports: “Clear Channel is a huge media conglomerate here in the US. Last year some of their dj’s started inciting violence against cyclists as a “joke,” but some people took it seriously. There was major pressure put on them by advocacy groups (including mine), and now the president of Clear Channel Outdoor (which does billboards) has offered to team up with me to do a public service campaign to promote bikes. They need to renew their license, so they [...]