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Transport bosses to discuss changes to controversial bus cuts in Sheffield
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West Midlands and Liverpool take control of billions of infrastructure funds
The Chancellor today hails devolution deals with the West Midlands and the Liverpool City Region, which will see local leaders handed control of £1bn of funds each for economic development and further transport funding.
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
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- Fold-up helmets and sandwich bikes: 12 designs that revolutionised cyclingChoppers, Stumpjumpers, fold-away helmets and a flatpack DIY bike kit ... as the Design Museum’s new exhibition Cycle Revolution hits the tarmac, here are 12 innovations that reinvented the wheelBecause without a good saddle your buttocks are on a road to bruised and throbbing misery. The moulded leather Brooks saddle is, of course, a design classic – clean, traditional, warm and beautiful. But what you may not know is that John Boultbee Brooks was working in Birmingham making horse harnesses until the mid-1800s, when the untimely death of his horse forced him to borrow a bike. He found the se...
Times Online
- Cycle Revolution at the Design Museum: the hottest show on two wheels [subscription]A celebration of cycle aesthetics featuring machines used by Bradley Wiggins will thrill the middle-aged Lycra brigade
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