Cycling Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:44:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Cycling Archives - Positive News 32 32 What went right this week: a fossil fuel exit strategy, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-48-of-2025/ Fri, 28 Nov 2025 07:00:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=554408 Nations promised a roadmap to quit fossil fuels, new asthma jab ‘encouraging’, and the best cycling cities revealed, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: China’s shrinking emissions, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-20-of-2025/ Fri, 16 May 2025 05:59:21 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=526159 China’s emissions shrank, scientists made a breast cancer discovery, and Europe’s best cycle city was revealed, plus more

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]]> Back in the saddle: the bike brand staffed by prison leavers https://www.positive.news/society/xo-bikes-bike-brand-staffed-prison-leavers/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:56:26 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=469177 At a bike brand that employs prison leavers, donated sets of wheels are helping to break the cycle of reoffending

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]]> The pedal-powered revolution that’s coming to a town near you https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/the-bike-bus-movement-thats-coming-to-a-town-near-you/ Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:21:13 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=431414 It all started in a small town in Catalonia. Now a citizen-led initiative to get kids to school safely by bicycle is going global

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]]> What went right this week: the Great Pacific garbage patch cleanup, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/positive-news-stories-from-week-30-of-2022/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 15:51:23 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=398861 The Great Pacific garbage patch cleanup hit a milestone, tiger numbers stabilised, Botswana bested HIV, and much more

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]]> What went right this week: closing the health gap, plus more positive news https://www.positive.news/society/positive-news-stories-from-week-29-of-2022/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 16:42:53 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=398443 The UK moved to boost women’s health, climate groups won a landmark court case, and a lost species returned, plus more

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]]> The bicycles that grow on trees https://www.positive.news/science/innovation/the-bicycles-that-grow-on-trees/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 13:18:34 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=384626 A furniture maker in Wales has branched out into wooden bikes. Can his creations put the wheels in motion for a cycling revolution?

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]]> The UK is about to get its first on-demand, e-cargo bike-sharing scheme https://www.positive.news/society/the-uk-is-about-to-get-its-first-cargo-bikes-sharing-scheme/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 12:55:28 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=369009 People will be able to use the bikes to do the shopping and move furniture. Those behind the idea hope it will catch on elsewhere

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]]> A bicycle library has opened in an empty shop in London https://www.positive.news/society/a-bicycle-library-has-opened-in-london-to-get-more-people-pedalling/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 16:12:45 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=368178 The library loans out bikes for free and provides advice for novice riders. It's all part of a plan to boost cycling in London

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]]> The rules of the road are changing in Great Britain, benefiting walkers and cyclists https://www.positive.news/society/the-highway-code-is-changing-benefitting-walkers-and-cyclists/ Fri, 30 Jul 2021 10:19:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=366194 The Highway Code is being overhauled to sustain the increase in active travel seen during the pandemic

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