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0412 - the big ride go dutch

10,000 Brave The Rain For Go Dutch Big Ride

10,000 wet souls celebrate cycling breakthrough as London sets course to ‘Go Dutch’.

The Tour Du Danger, last november (Photo by Zefrog from the Londonist Flickr Pool)

Cycling In The City Talks Elections

Blogger Danny Williams tells us what he’d like to see the Mayor and Assembly do for cycling.

0412 LCC Big Ride

Traffic Free Cycle Ride To Demand Traffic Free Cycling This Saturday

Big friendly cycle ride on Saturday, big angry protest tonight!

0412 Green Manifesto

Green Election Manifesto: Jenny’s Agenda

Jenny’s manifesto for a Green London, another tome we’ve read on your behalf.

0412 better crossrail640

A Modest Proposal To Improve Crossrail

We review the Daily Mail’s concerns about Crossrail’s route, and suggest some modest improvements.

Boris hates this, so put it on the front of his Culture Strategy in 2009.

Boris Attacks Ken Over Sultan’s Elephant, Which He Said Was Brilliant

Boris condemns wasteful public art he called ‘brilliant’, ‘magical’ and ‘bewitching’.

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Mayoral Election: Transport Promises You Shouldn’t Trust

Prepare yourself for the Mayoral Election with out guide to undeliverable transport promises…

The previous Blackfriars Protest ride, photo by ibikelondon.com

Cyclists To Hold Parliament Square Protest Ahead of CycleSafe Debate

A flash protest this Wednesday to ask Parliament to make cycling better for all.

The Standard, 2007 - The Times, 2012

Standard Criticises Times Cycling Campaign, Similar To Its Own

The Standard’s Simon Jenkins goes off on one against a campaign his paper sort of started. Odd.

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London Underground Looks Pretty When Speeded Up

Look how pretty the Tube is when you speed it up to some funky music.