Carlton Reid, Contributor

Paris is to close one of the city’s principal streets to cars to allow more space for cyclists and pedestrians during the lockdown.

Scotland joins New Zealand as nation willing to invest in temporary cycle and pedestrian infrastructure during the lockdown.

“Whenever feasible, consider riding bicycles or walking,” recommended the World Health Organisation (WHO) on April 21 in new technical guidance on moving around during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The physical, emotional, and psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children should not be underestimated, warns the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.

The DfT’s rule change gives local authorities the power to quickly and easily make roads car-free, widen footways, or install temporary cycle lanes.

Key workers in the U. K. who want to start cycling to work, or keep their bicycles on the road, can now locate their nearest open bike shops and also get details on offers introduced during the lockdown, including the free use of bicycles.

Despite providing an essential service, including getting key workers to and from their jobs, transit companies around the world have been hit hard by the current pandemic. But now an Israeli company has a tech solution.

I am raring to go, but despite being locked and loaded since the middle of last week I’ve yet to receive my first NHS Volunteer Responder alert.

Brompton of London wants to supply NHS staff with its iconic folding bikes and launched a £100,000 crowdfunder on April 2 to build 1,000 machines, all to be painted in NHS colors.

The Netherlands is to tackle the spread of coronavirus by closing all schools, sex shops and cannabis cafes, but bike shops will remain open.