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Active Travel England! Mad Eccentrics! And The War On The Motorist?

Or, dare we prioritise design for walking and cycling even if a tabloid reader might get mad?

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Nov 19, 2025
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Two women cycling in the city with the caption “Blessed be the cyclists”

“Road lanes across the country are to become narrower to stop cars overtaking cyclists as part of a new war on motorists” – Mark Hookham, Mail on Sunday

Less than 27 seconds after Active Travel England (ATE) published their “Critical safety issues for walking, wheeling and cycling”, the Mail on Sunday declared that it constitutes “the latest war on motor…

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