On your bike

London, Paris, Milan, New York and other usually gridlocked cities are giving cyclists new emergency cycleways as lockdown restrictions continue, and the hope is that the trend will carry on once the COVID-19 crisis is over. In May, London mayor Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) published their Streetspace for London programme that will rapidly repurpose the capital’s streets to transform them to accommodate more walkers and cyclists while social distancing. TfL says that some of the changes, including new temporary cycle lanes, wider pavements and traffic reduction measures on residential streets, could become permanent.

In May, transport secretary Grant Shapps also announced a £250m emergency travel fund to create pop-up bike lanes, safer junctions and bus-only corridors across England.

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