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Now that cycling is increasingly a ‘mainstream’ mode of transport, there’re calls for cyclists to conform to the road rules. But it prompts the question why some cyclists don’t in the first place

Bicycling Australia has given me two copies of its Where to Ride book series on cycling in Australian cities to give away to readers of The Urbanist. The winners can choose which city they want

The Herald-Sun and the RACV are united in their opposition to plans by Melbourne Cty Council to take roadspace in the CBD away from cars and give it to cyclists. Do they have a case?

A new US study compares cycling by children in States with helmet laws against those without. It concludes the laws reduce children’s head injuries but do it by reducing cycling. But is it convincing?

New research indicates bicycle helmets are very good for your head even if you collide with a motor vehicle. However helmet-wearing rates by teenagers and children involved in accidents are very low

Some Coroners make recommendations with wide-ranging implications, often based on just one or a handful of very specific cases. They should increase their policy skills or be a little more modest about their abilities

The environmental and health benefits of bikeshare schemes are way too small by themselves to justify repeal of the helmet law. Any debate on changing the law should be evidence-based and inclusive

A new Canadian study confirms what cyclists intuitively know: providing quality cycling infrastructure reduces the risk of accidents and serious injuries

It’s extraordinary that the inner suburbs of our major cities don’t already have comprehensive networks of safe low-cost cycling routes where cycists have priority over cars

We’re cycling to work in increasing numbers but we’re less inclined to ride locally. On the face of it, local trips would seem better suited to cycling. Perhaps it’s about the attractiveness of the alternatives