How to tell if you’re a gentrifier
City links: A US gentrification calculator, a solar-panelled South Korean cycle highway and Moscow’s scheme for selfie safety top this week’s best city stories
On the road: Charge Grater 3 Mixte – bicycle review
‘This bike seems like my perfect match – but is it too good to be true?’
Do 20mph speed limits actually work?
Slower cars should mean fewer accidents and less serious injuries – but some studies show 20mph limits only reduce car speeds by an average of 1mph
Could the bicycle have been invented earlier than it actually was?
Readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts
Bikes vs Cars: why it’s war between cyclists and drivers on city streets
In Toronto, they’ve painted over the bike lanes. And in São Paulo, a cyclist got his arm torn off by a car that didn’t even stop … A new film reveals it’s a fight to the death on the world’s crowded roads
Unless we stop driving cars, all other sustainable transport plans are pointless
Doubling bus use across the UK would only reduce car driving by 1.3%, according to expert Steve Melia. We ask him about the best ways to restrict car use
Cycling ‘near misses’ – your stories
Lack of awareness, poor infrastructure and even outright aggression can make the UK roads a dangerous place to cycle at times. Our readers shared their experiences of close shaves
Genesis Croix de Fer 20 2015 Adventure Bike – review
‘I breezed through the winter debris. It was good on my pothole-ridden commute too’
Woman killed by lorry while riding London Boris bike
Thirty-year-old is fourth cyclist to die after being hit by a truck in capital this year
Cyclists fight back: the sticker project that’s shaming cars parked in bike lanes
City links: this week’s best city stories explore sticker activism reclaiming bike lanes, Jordan’s first skate park and beer that’s helping treat urban wastewater
On the road: Brompton M3R folding bicycle – review
‘It makes a mockery of every other folder I’ve ridden,’ says Helen Pidd
Spaniards face sanctions if found to be drunk in charge of a pair of legs
Pedestrians to be breathalysed, and even be subject to speed limits, in proposed effort to make pavements safer
Audi TT: car review
Audi’s much-loved TT has some surprising new touches… Like what have they done with the speedo? By Martin Love
City in Florida changes bike lanes back into roads
City links: This week’s best city stories take us from a city in Florida that is reversing cycling infrastructure to a human chain in Skopje to save a modernist shopping centre and new kiosks in India for women to report sexual assault
Roads Were Not Built for Cars by Carlton Reid – review
A meticulously researched demolition job on petrolhead myths of road ownership, writes Sam Jordison