Sentence examples for cyclists governments from inspiring English sources

As the negotiations between cyclists, governments, and other road users played out, one assertion commonly made by those who cycled appeared incontrovertible: "We are traffic".

During the summit, cyclists and government officials alike touted the health, environmental, recreation and economic benefits of cycling versus driving.

Labour said roads had become less safe for cyclists under this government.

The Justice Department on Friday joined a federal whistle-blower lawsuit claiming that Lance Armstrong, his former team manager and the company that owned his cycling team defrauded the government because cyclists on the team, sponsored by the United States Postal Service, were engaged in a systematic, covert doping scheme.

Helmets are not compulsory in the UK, unlike in Australia and parts of the US, yet the government encourages cyclists to wear one.

There is, it seems, a wider Labour plan for cycling, the estimable road.cc website found, saying Labour would deliver the new Infrastructure Bill by setting out "an ambitious and long-term cycling and walking investment strategy" by summer 2016, overseen by a cross-government Cyclist and Pedestrians Advisory Boardd.

Groups representing cyclists have urged the UK government to back the changes.

No one in government, even the fringes of national politics, is thinking about making cyclists take tests, for all sorts of reasons.

"Even if your daily commute is not affected," he said of cyclists, "there's a clear message from the government that they're trying to do something".

While the NSW government was raking in the cash from cyclists, the new "safe cycling" legislation had led to only four motorists being fined for not passing cyclists at a safe distance.

Taking the lane is recommended by government-approved cycle training scheme Bikeability, because cyclists are safest where they can see the road and be seen.