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Showing items 1 to 100 from total of 4,229 items. Ordered by date descending.
Photo of the day on | Photo | Year taken | Caption (by us, not the user) | Categorisation |
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12th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 12th Aug 2014 | Big cattle grid on these forestry roads. | Road environment: Good practice road |
11th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 11th Aug 2011 | Cycleway crosses a junction in Oslo. | Road environment: Infrastructure road |
10th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 10th Aug 2016 | Shuttle bus with bike trailer in the Vanoise National Park | Other: Good practice general |
9th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 9th Aug 2018 | Bikes at the Sark Island Hall | Cycle parking: Infrastructure cycleparking |
8th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 8th Aug 2021 | Bollards in the road to stop rat running but enable cycling and walking. | Road environment: Good practice road |
7th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 7th Aug 2013 | NCN5 coastal cycleway by the sea wall. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
6th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 6th Aug 2021 | Velo Verde cycle café, Screveton | Destination: Good practice destinations |
5th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 5th Aug 2020 | Excellent - there's space for two bikes on the Carlisle-Edinburgh buses | General sign/notice: Good practice signs |
4th Aug 2022 | ![]() | 4th Aug 2015 | Small Eurosport bike shop, Sighet | Bike shop: Infrastructure bikeshops |
3rd Aug 2022 | ![]() | 3rd Aug 2019 | Fietsstraat ("Cycle street") in Utrecht. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
2nd Aug 2022 | ![]() | 2nd Aug 2015 | Folk festival temporary cycle parking area. | Cycle parking: Event cycleparking |
1st Aug 2022 | ![]() | 1st Aug 2021 | The replacement Sighthill footbridge is now in place across the M8 motorway. | Roadworks: Infrastructure roadworks |
31st Jul 2022 | ![]() | 31st Jul 2020 | Tins path, Cambridge | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
30th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 30th Jul 2020 | NCN route 665, a functional but unattractive route alongside the A64. | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
29th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 29th Jul 2021 | When a black triangle is shown the bicycle section is at that end of the train. | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs |
28th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 28th Jul 2013 | Tourists in Trebon, the cycle tourism capital of the Czech Republic | Bicycle: Event bicycles |
27th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 27th Jul 2016 | Cyclists dismount and push through the Braunschweig station underpass | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs |
26th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 26th Jul 2020 | Cargo bikes in Cork | Bicycle: Event bicycles |
25th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 25th Jul 2021 | Old railway route, Aldeburgh | Track: Infrastructure track |
24th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 24th Jul 2018 | Inside the Union Canal's Falkirk Tunnel. | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
23rd Jul 2022 | ![]() | 23rd Jul 2021 | The West Street access point to the canal could use a dropped kerb. | Obstruction: Problem obstructions |
22nd Jul 2022 | ![]() | 22nd Jul 2021 | Rennsteig long-distance hiking and cycle track | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
21st Jul 2022 | ![]() | 21st Jul 2020 | Cycle stands and route signs on NCN route 4 at Bathampton. | Cycle parking: Infrastructure cycleparking |
20th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 20th Jul 2020 | Bike shop and parking at Bath Spa station. | Bike shop: Infrastructure bikeshops |
19th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 19th Jul 2020 | Electro-assist handcycle from www.teamhybrid.co.uk to attach to a wheelchair. | Bicycle: Good practice bicycles |
18th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 18th Jul 2021 | Over the hills | Road environment: Infrastructure road |
17th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 17th Jul 2021 | Pop up park / modal filter on James Street in Preston. | Temporary closure: Good practice closure |
16th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 16th Jul 2016 | Approaching Hanbury Hall | Destination: Infrastructure destinations |
15th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 15th Jul 2021 | An example of how not to lock a bike. | Cycle parking: Problem cycleparking |
14th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 14th Jul 2018 | A ferry for pedestrians and bikes on the river Elbe. | Other: Infrastructure general |
13th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 13th Jul 2019 | Cycle contraflow and mountainbike rental, Verbier | General sign/notice: Good practice signs |
12th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 12th Jul 2021 | Useful map explaining walking and cycling routes. | General sign/notice: Good practice signs |
11th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 11th Jul 2016 | The after-school rush, Offenburg (and cycle parking) | Road environment: Event road |
10th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 10th Jul 2016 | Cyclists on the riverside route, Basel (and the Hoffman-La Roche tower) | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
9th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 9th Jul 2009 | Cycling on the new Addenbrooke's Access Road | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
8th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 8th Jul 2021 | Cycle parking on Market Place, Thirsk | Cycle parking: Infrastructure cycleparking |
7th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 7th Jul 2021 | Widened path levelled and nearly ready for tarmac | Other: Infrastructure general |
6th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 6th Jul 2013 | Royston cycleways - a sign explains that this route is not a public right of way | General sign/notice: Good practice signs |
5th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 5th Jul 2020 | Cycle exit lane from A1. Looks unused, full of dirt and rubbish | Cycleway: Problem cycleways |
4th Jul 2022 | ![]() | 4th Jul 2021 | New cycleway now in use, supposedly. | Obstruction: Problem obstructions |
3rd Jul 2022 | ![]() | 3rd Jul 2021 | Parent with children cycling on Mill Road, now it’s safer | Road environment: Good practice road |
2nd Jul 2022 | ![]() | 2nd Jul 2016 | Contraflow in Winchester | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
1st Jul 2022 | ![]() | 1st Jul 2021 | A new cycle storage hangar in Wilton Street, one of a number around the city. | Cycle parking: Good practice cycleparking |
30th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 30th Jun 2021 | Modal filter, Chipping Norton | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
29th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 29th Jun 2013 | Barnwell Road cycle path | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
28th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 28th Jun 2020 | Becoming overgrown reducing path width and visibility | Road environment: Problem road |
27th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 27th Jun 2021 | Histon Road, now with two wider cycle lanes and carriageway without centre line. | Road environment: Infrastructure road |
25th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 25th Jun 2018 | Is Bowling over the bridge? No. | Route sign: Problem routesigns |
24th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 24th Jun 2021 | A 'covid-19' cycle lane that provides protection by means of wands, Bradford. | Road environment: Good practice road |
23rd Jun 2022 | ![]() | 23rd Jun 2021 | Bus advertising used for a safe passing campaign in York. #SafePassYork | Other: Good practice general |
22nd Jun 2022 | ![]() | 22nd Jun 2021 | A diagonal road filter retro-fitted with full cycle access. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
21st Jun 2022 | ![]() | 21st Jun 2020 | Narrow barrier spacing | Obstruction: Problem obstructions |
20th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 20th Jun 2020 | Warning of closure of this busy section of shared use foot and cycleway. | General sign/notice: Event signs |
19th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 19th Jun 2016 | Cycle superhighway, London | Dutch-style cycleway: Good practice dutchcycleways |
18th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 18th Jun 2014 | Smoothie making at Science Park event #spoketacular | Other: Event general |
17th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 17th Jun 2020 | Link from Trumpington Park to the busway | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
16th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 16th Jun 2009 | Cycle parking rather tight and difficult to access. | Cycle parking: Problem cycleparking |
15th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 15th Jun 2021 | 'Beware of Cycles' on various roads joining Inchinnan Road. | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs |
14th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 14th Jun 2021 | One-way road closure and cycle contraflow, Sheffield | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
13th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 13th Jun 2021 | The Garscube Road cycle track at the entrance to the Oakbank Trading Estate. | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
12th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 12th Jun 2021 | Traffic-calming with cycle bypass, Kendal | Road environment: Infrastructure road |
10th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 10th Jun 2021 | Seating and tunnel on the excellent Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Path | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
9th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 9th Jun 2018 | Backhill tunnel cycle path, Milton, Didcot. | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
8th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 8th Jun 2014 | Plenty of space here for proper cycle tracks | Road environment: Problem road |
7th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 7th Jun 2015 | Cycle counter in Sandviken, just outside Bergen centre, showing counts. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
6th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 6th Jun 2013 | Cycleway alongside the water in Fairlands Park, Stevenage. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
5th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 5th Jun 2021 | Pop-up cycle lane, Camden | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
4th Jun 2022 | ![]() | 4th Jun 2021 | Newly resurfaced Trans Pennine Trail at Toll Bar, South Yorkshire. | Route sign: Good practice routesigns |
3rd Jun 2022 | ![]() | 3rd Jun 2021 | Cycling through the Longleat Estate. | Other: Misc general |
2nd Jun 2022 | ![]() | 2nd Jun 2019 | An 'End of Cycle Route' sign on the towpath, but which route ends here? | Route sign: Problem routesigns |
1st Jun 2022 | ![]() | 1st Jun 2012 | Cycleway leads to a NO CYCLING sign | Cycleway: Problem cycleways |
31st May 2022 | ![]() | 31st May 2015 | Bicycles and recumbent bikes on the Oldenburg to Bremen cycle route. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
30th May 2022 | ![]() | 30th May 2021 | Wildflowers at the rail station end of Scarborough Bridge, York. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
29th May 2022 | ![]() | 29th May 2021 | Blue cycle lane on Harborne Lane, Selly Oak, near Battery Retail Park. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
28th May 2022 | ![]() | 28th May 2021 | Tier electric hire scooter and cycle parking bays in Monkgate, York. | Bike share: Infrastructure bikeshare |
27th May 2022 | ![]() | 27th May 2021 | Trike etc at the Draper's Arms, north Bristol | Bicycle: Misc bicycles |
26th May 2022 | ![]() | 26th May 2016 | Dutch tourer arriving at Vensac | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
25th May 2022 | ![]() | 25th May 2021 | West Midlands bike-sharing station below the Coventry ring road | Bike share: Infrastructure bikeshare |
24th May 2022 | ![]() | 24th May 2008 | Road works on Hills Road Bridge. | Obstruction: Problem obstructions |
23rd May 2022 | ![]() | 23rd May 2016 | Steep dunes on the the Boucle des Cavalles, Maubuisson | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
22nd May 2022 | ![]() | 22nd May 2019 | Hamelin Road, Leicester | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
21st May 2022 | ![]() | 21st May 2021 | Cycling with easel. | Road environment: Good practice road |
20th May 2022 | ![]() | 20th May 2005 | On the bank of the River Cam. | Other: Misc general |
19th May 2022 | ![]() | 19th May 2013 | The Cornish Hundred audax event | Road environment: Event road |
18th May 2022 | ![]() | 18th May 2021 | Vintage road sign on NCN route 1 | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs |
17th May 2022 | ![]() | 17th May 2021 | Link to shops from the Bawsey Drain cycleway, King's Lynn | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
16th May 2022 | ![]() | 16th May 2021 | Cyclists Ahead - leading to the shared-use path from Swaffham Prior to Burwell | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs |
15th May 2022 | ![]() | 15th May 2017 | Two different approaches to the bad situation at Arbury Road junction. | Road environment: Problem road |
14th May 2022 | ![]() | 14th May 2018 | New cycle bridge over the M5, Exeter | Cycleway: Infrastructure cycleways |
13th May 2022 | ![]() | 13th May 2019 | Cycling with an umbrella on the main roundabout in Shköder, Albania. | Road environment: Infrastructure road |
12th May 2022 | ![]() | 12th May 2021 | Some nice ice-cream bikes. | Other: Event general |
11th May 2022 | ![]() | 11th May 2017 | Cycle Bradford art event - cycling through the central square fountains | Bicycle: Event bicycles |
10th May 2022 | ![]() | 10th May 2021 | Cycleway in Rome. | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |
9th May 2022 | ![]() | 9th May 2021 | Ridiculous barrier at Manor Lane, Rawcliffe, York. | Obstruction: Problem obstructions |
8th May 2022 | ![]() | 8th May 2017 | Sign warning against rat running through Addenbrooke's | General sign/notice: Infrastructure signs |
7th May 2022 | ![]() | 7th May 2018 | Routing #ReachRide arrivers to the cycle parking at Reach Fair 2018. | Destination: Event destinations |
6th May 2022 | ![]() | 6th May 2020 | Approach to Torness | Track: Misc track |
5th May 2022 | ![]() | 5th May 2015 | Street furniture placed to block access to the new cycle parking - bizarre! | Obstruction: Problem obstructions |
4th May 2022 | ![]() | 4th May 2021 | The on-road option for cycling from Aikenhead Road onto Polmadie Road. | Road environment: Infrastructure road |
3rd May 2022 | ![]() | 3rd May 2019 | Cyclists at road closure in Pajë, Kosova | Cycleway: Good practice cycleways |