Analysis: The politics behind the schemes is going to be hard for the prime minister, writes Jon Stone
policies yesterday: chiefly a £2bn infrastructure fund to build segregated bike lanes in towns and cities across the country, a major update to the design standards councils have to follow and changes to the Highway Code. The main message is that from now on, cycling infrastructure has to be more than a bit of paint.
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