Blackfriars junction: a redesign by cyclists, for cyclists

Mike Cavenett: Frustrated with the prioritisation of cars, we at the London Cycling Campaign have come up with our own way for cyclists and pedestrians to share this space with cars

On the road: Bullitt Bluebird freight bike

Helen Pidd's moving home – will this bike be up to the job?

19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists’ roads

Car drivers assume the roads were built for them, but it was cyclists who first lobbied for flat roads more than 100 years ago

How to get children cycling to school

Laura Laker: Schools open in a month so there's time to get your kids – and you – confident on your bikes, and to plan the best routes

Toronto’s removal of bike lanes marks opening salvo in ‘war on cycling’

Anna Soper: Mayor of Toronto is doing little to diminish tensions between cyclists, pedestrians and drivers

For Zimbabwe’s women, a bicycle can be a tool of liberation

Jane Madembo: Cycling can free women from the daily ordeal of Harare's public transport, and avoid predatory men

Two Dutch cycle couriers want to know how bicycles change cities

Maxton Walker: Sven Prince and Jorrit Spoelstra chose five major cities for their documentary, Genre de Vie, but they need money to make it

Bike hire schemes may save lives, researchers say

Frederika Whitehead: A study on the Barcelona bike hire scheme suggests averted carbon emissions saves 12 lives each year

London’s worst 10 gyratories for cyclists

Laura Laker: The urban planner's dream of moving large volumes of traffic fast is terrifying by bike. Which are the ones to avoid?

Has London’s cycle hire scheme been a capital idea?

Twelve months after its launch, London's cycle hire scheme has accounted for 6 million journeys across the capital. But, writes Tim Lewis, problems persist – poor organisation, spiralling costs and suggestions that the bikes are used almost exclusively by rich, middle-aged men…