{"id":262871819,"date":"2013-05-01T11:56:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T11:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=262871819"},"modified":"2013-05-01T11:56:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T11:56:59","slug":"cut-speed-limits-to-get-millions-more-cyclists-on-the-road-urge-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=262871819","title":{"rendered":"Cut speed limits to get millions more cyclists on the road, urge MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By NIGEL MORRIS,  The Independent<br \/>\nThe speed limit in towns should be cut to 20mph and more dangerous drivers jailed in an effort to persuade millions more people to take up cycling, MPs of all parties say in a report today.<br \/>\nThey are also calling for a ban on heavy lorries using city centre streets at the busiest times, along with more bike parking at stations and the construction of cycling lanes with their own traffic lights.<br \/>\nPoliticians are urged to take immediate action \u2013 including a vast increase in spending on cycling \u2013 with the aim of achieving a 10-fold increase in bicycle journeys.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/cut-speed-limits-to-get-millions-more-cyclists-on-the-road-urge-mps-8585277.html\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/cut-speed-limits-to-get-millions-more-cyclists-on-the-road-urge-mps-8585277.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NIGEL MORRIS, The Independent The speed limit in towns should be cut to 20mph and more dangerous drivers jailed in an effort to persuade millions more people to take up cycling, MPs of all parties say in a report today. They are also calling for a ban on heavy lorries using city centre streets &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=262871819\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cut speed limits to get millions more cyclists on the road, urge MPs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262871819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262871819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262871819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262871819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262871819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262871819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262871819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}