Cardiff Cycle City

10/06/2026

🚴 It's !

Why not swap four wheels for two? Cycling is great for your health and for the environment.

Discover fantastic cycling routes in Cardiff - find a route here: https://orlo.uk/8a5rI

Cycling UK Pedal Power Cardiff

05/06/2026

Summer’s here which means the foliage is going crazy on the ! (This is the section next to Ysgol Glantaf)

01/06/2026

We were delighted when Cardiff Council announced last year that they would be providing secure bike parking in key sites around the city. The first tranche was supplied by Spokesafe and performed well. Recently, new lockers installed by Bike Dok have appeared in a number of locations, they seemed sturdy and a real boon to cyclists nervous about leaving their bike in the open.

However, we now have real concerns about the reliability of the app that controls whether you can get your bike into and out of the Bike Dok lockers, and the support available if something goes wrong. We have taken up these issues with the council, asking them to urgently review their operation.

We will keep you informed of progress in getting the system to work properly. In the meantime, if you have tried to use the Bike Doks, please let us know how you got on by emailing [email protected].

01/06/2026

Two Wheels, Two Capitals: Surviving the London to Paris Cycle

Cardiff Cycle City committee member Dan shares his recent experience of cycling from London to Paris and (most of the way) back:

I know many cyclists of all ages who have a “bucket list” of challenges that they aspire to tick off during their lifetimes. One of the items on my list was to cycle from London to Paris. It’s been a goal of mine ever since I bought myself a copy of the “Avenue Verte” guidebook from the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust / SUSTRANS bookshop, over ten years ago...

Cardiff Cycle City committee member Dan shares his recent experience of cycling from London to...

31/05/2026

Edinburgh's Leith Walk cycle lane has been called a lot of things over the years. A design disaster. Transport hell. The worst cycle lane in the world. None of it seems to be putting anyone off riding it.

This spring the lane set a new all-time record. According to analysis of its official counter by Edward Tissiman, 2,568 cyclists used it in a single day on 30 April. That figure beat last year's record, which itself has now been broken at least ten times as cycling numbers surged again after a slower 2025. Reported injuries on the route have fallen too.

Here is the awkward part for the critics. The lane has attracted complaints since it opened, from a now-amended zig-zag layout and lanes deemed too narrow, to a traffic light button placed where a person on a bike cannot reach it. By the usual standards of good design it has plenty of flaws. And yet the numbers keep climbing.

That is the quietly important lesson buried in the record. People do not wait for perfect infrastructure before they start cycling. They wait for infrastructure that exists, that feels safer than mixing with traffic, and that takes them where they want to go. Build something, even something imperfect, and riders will use it, then keep using it in greater numbers.

It is a useful counter to a familiar argument, the idea that a flawed scheme proves cycling investment does not work. Leith Walk suggests the opposite. A lane far from perfect is still moving thousands of people a day under their own power, cutting cars from the street and shifting what feels normal in the city.

The best cycle lane is the one that gets built. Leith Walk is making that case better than any design award could.

31/05/2026

Thousands of Edinburgh cyclists take to streets to 'demand safer conditions'

'I know just how important it is that we make our streets safe for cycling'

29/05/2026

Imagine a road where cars are not allowed to overtake bikes. If you can't, go to Cambridge and visit Adam's Road - England's first 'cycle street', which has just opened to the public. Here, pedallers and pedestrians have been given complete priority.

A cycle street is not one closed off to cars, and neither is it simply a road with dedicated cycling lanes – it lies somewhere between these two things. Motorised vehicles are still permitted to drive along Adams Road, but signage makes it very clear that drivers must remain behind people riding bikes.

Footpaths have also been widened to make access better for pedestrians, on-road parking has been drastically reduced and the street has been resurfaced, re-coloured (red) and made narrower, to further deter drivers from overtaking cyclists.

In the Netherlands and Belgium such roads are known as Fietstraat, and they're relatively common in cities across the country, on streets where cars are considered guests not gods. The concept is a pretty new one for Britain, however, with just one other example in Cardiff, Wales.

Read the full story on the Cycling Weekly website, via the link in the comments.

📷 courtesy of the Greater Cambridge Partnership

29/05/2026

are you able to help? These new bike lockers are causing a lot of problems!

21/05/2026

16/05/2026

Have your say on Cardiff’s Active Travel Network Map 🚶‍♀️🚲

We want your views on plans to improve walking, wheeling and cycling routes across the city over the next 15 years.

The updated map brings together existing routes and future proposals to help make everyday journeys healthier, safer and less reliant on cars.

Your feedback will help shape priorities from safety and access to key destinations, to supporting greener travel and healthier communities.

👉 Find out more about the plans: https://orlo.uk/nkJt0

👉 Have your say here: https://orlo.uk/yipjJ

Consultation closes 3 August.