'Greener, fairer city': Transport for London gears up major cycling drive

Cecilia Keating
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'Greener, fairer city': Transport for London gears up major cycling drive

Investment in cycle network and boost to road safety key components of transport body’s plan to increase appeal of cycling to new communities

Transport for London has unveiled a plan to grow the number of cycle journeys taken in the capital by a third by building out the cycle network and delivering new measures to improve road safety. The...

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