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• Architecture for bikes – in pictures

  16 Oct 2014: From Calgary’s space-age Peace bridge to Eindhoven’s floating roundabout and the Copenhagen apartments with a cycle path straight up to the 10th floor, Gavin Blyth’s Velo City highlights some of the world’s best cycling infrastructure

• Innovation in, lycra out: what Copenhagen can teach us about cycling

  16 Oct 2014: From ‘green wave’ traffic lights and majestic harbour bike bridges to digital countdowns and foot rests at junctions, the Danish capital is full of clever ideas to improve city cycling

• Reality check: will 'Crossrail for bikes' bring gridlock to central London?

  10 Oct 2014: London could soon be home to the longest continuous, substantially segregated urban cycleway in Europe – but lobbyists are raising concerns about the impact on congestion, pedestrians and businesses. Do they have a point?

• TfL claims taxi app Uber is no threat to the classic black cab

  Sponsored feature, 1 Oct 2014: London’s transport commissioner insisits tech startups will not usurp the cabbie, but compares sharing lifts to ‘hitchhiking’. Liam Kelly reports

• New Forest officials criticised for turning down bike scheme funding

  15 Aug 2014: New Forest National Park Authority set to refuse £2m to create public bike hire scheme because of 'anti-cycling sentiment'

• A day in the life of a New York Citibike

  26 Jul 2014:

  From an investment banker at 7.50am to a solar product start-up entrepreneur more than 12 hours later, Solvej Krause follows the fortunes of a New York Citibike for a day

• A day in the life of a London Boris bike

  26 Jul 2014:

  Two brothers on a pilgrimage, a surgeon, a stunt double, a student in a rush: who rides a city bike, and why? Paula Cocozza tags along for a day

• What's the worst thing about cycling? Other cyclists

  5 Jul 2014:

  Two wheels are more popular than ever, but there's a new breed of inconsiderate riders bringing danger to the streets – and giving the rest of us a bad name, says one jaded cyclist

• London looking for a new sponsor to stump up £37.5m for Boris bikes

  2 Jun 2014: TfL seeking at least £5.5m annually over seven years for cycle hire scheme after Barclays decides not to continue sponsorship

• Cycling paths in your city: share your pictures

  4 Mar 2014: What are the pleasures of cycling in your city? And what difficulties and risks do you encounter when you ride your bike? We want to see what cycling infrastructure is like in cities all over the world – share your images and stories via GuardianWitness

• No pain, no gain? Getting the most out of exercise

  13 Jan 2014:

  Staying in shape has all sorts of benefits, from maintaining heart health to warding off dementia and cancer

• Norman Foster unveils plans for elevated 'SkyCycle' bike routes in London

  2 Jan 2014: Plan for 220km network of bike paths suspended above railway lines could see commuters gliding to work over rooftops

• Boris Johnson: wheels and wings are wobbling on signature transport schemes

  11 Dec 2013:

  Transport schemes closely linked with the London's mayor's media image are encountering considerable difficulties

• Boris Johnson's e-bikes? Cycling is supposed to be puffy, panty and sweaty

  25 Oct 2013:

  Paul MacInnes: I'm miffed the London mayor is going to trial electric bikes in the capital. Old-fashioned pedalling is virtuous – and safer

• Boris Johnson plans e-bike trial in London's hilly Haringey

  24 Oct 2013:

  Hilly areas of capital around Muswell Hill to host trial of electric cycle hire scheme as an extension to 'Boris bike' network

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