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Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Birmingham Post

• West Midlands 'bicycle licence' plan to stop cyclists being a menace on the roads Asking voters what a West Midlands mayor should do led to some surprising answers.

London Evening Standard

• Number of people using Boris bikes hits new recordOlympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has been credited with helping to set a new record for the number of people riding Boris bikes.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Safety fear over loss of bridgeA proposal to demolish Rhubarb Bridge and make cyclist and pedestrians share the road with motorists has been described as a “safety concern” by sustainable transport charity Sustrans.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Record-breaking January for Santander CyclesLondon’s cycle hire scheme has enjoyed a record-breaking start to 2017 with more than 600,000 journeys made in January. The 638,491 hires last month beats last year’s January record of 586,325, and follows a record-breaking 2016. Last year an unprecedented 10.3m hires were made using Santander Cycles – a 4.4 per cent increase on 2015. In total since the scheme was launched in July 2010, there have been more than 56m journeys. Among the improvements made to the popular scheme last year were the introduction of safety Blaze Laserlights to all 11,500 bikes, a new Santander Cy...