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Wednesday, 18 January 2017

Times Online

• Lighting the way ahead in a green blaze of glory [Subscription]Forget about painting the town red. For five years Emily Brooke has wanted to make the night-time streets of the world’s great cities glow green, yet it was only at the end of last year that her bright idea started to dazzle the City’s great and good.

London Evening Standard

• Cycling campaign groups slam black cab protest over traffic ban at Bank stationCycling campaign groups have slammed a taxi protest over plans to close Bank junction off to most traffic, saying drivers are supporting "the right to poison Londoners".

Green Miscellany

• New law will say yes to the 30 mph electric bicycleIt looks like European law is finally about to catch up with a new breed of faster electric bicycle. And it’s about time, too. While the uptake of electric cars remains painfully slow, the popularity of the 30 mph speed pedelec is soaring. Sales in Holland increased by over 30 per cent last year alone. One such speed pedelec is the Stromer… The post New law will say yes to the 30 mph electric bicycle appeared first on ETA.

Other News Sources

• Chris Grayling under fire for implying in Parliament that cyclists are not road users "If he truly thinks the roads are not for cyclists then what am I paying my taxes for?" said Olympic cycling legend Chris Boardman in reaction to the MP's comments