There's finally been a nice stretch of weather, but if you still need that final push to get out on your bicycle then this weekend is the end of your excuses: Bike Week 2008 kicks off Saturday 14 June until the 22nd with lots of fun for two-wheelers. Events span bike inspections for those of you that have let your rides get a little rusty, workshops for those adjusting to cycling around London, as......

Despite being pro-bicycle, Boris announced yesterday that motorcycles will be allowed to share bus lanes with buses and cyclists. Making good on his campaign promise, the mayor has made his decision based on trials run in Bristol as well as on East India Dock Road, Streatham High Street/Brixton Hill/Brixton Road, and Finchley Road. Boris claims that not only has the change not made the roads any more dangerous, it will actually lead to a......

Transport for London wants you to ride your bicycle and as usual Londonist is right there to support this idea. The latest push comes by way of the Workplace Cycle Challenge, a campaign encouraging offices to sign up en masse over the month of June to pedal to work. Bringing out that secret (or not so secret) competitive side in all of us, there will be prizes for the company with highest percentage of......

Here at Londonist, we haven’t been shy about our support for cycling. Getting exercise while avoiding the congestion charge or mass transit is definitely positive. But there are some who need to take mass transit in order to get into London – or have an impossibly long journey and need to take the Tube part of the way – and cycle from that point on. We salute these efforts, but not everyone is so......

Spring is in the air: The warm weather’s finally here, it’s light well into the evening, and the tube workers may or may not be striking. If you’ve ever flirted with the idea of adopting the bicycle as your means for getting around town, then the current climate is bound to make cycling seem a bit more attractive. But for many people who’ve dabbled with the idea of peddling around London, the question remains......

Here’s what we’ve learned whilst you’ve been resolving to train for the marathon next year: Draconian new litter laws for motorists are to be piloted in London. The London Cycling Campaign are worried by a delay in new safety legislation for HGVs. Now BA pisses off all the other airlines by delaying the move of its long-haul operations to T5 until later on this year. Freud’s naked London civil servant is set to fetch......