FTA Cycling Code

Cycling in London has doubled in the last 10 years and the Mayor’s objective is to see it increase fourfold in the next 10. Road space will not increase at all over that period so measures to promote harmonious sharing of the road are essential.

As responsible businesses, FTA members wish to take the initiative to promote a Cycling Code of best practice to be followed by vehicle operators and their drivers, cyclists themselves and their employers.

The Cycling Code has been developed by FTA in full co-operation with the London Cycle Campaign, the Metropolitan Police, the Institute of Advanced Motorists and Transport for London (TfL). It sets out reasonable expectations of all road users and provides a standard for on-road behaviour that if observed by all would lead to a material and enduring reduction in collisions and casualties.

The Cycling Code is a strategy to reduce the number of collisions between commercial vehicles and cyclists. The approach of the Code is to identify areas of risk in the shared use of road space by cyclists and commercial operators, particularly heavy goods vehicles (hgvs), sometimes referred to as large goods vehicles (lgvs).

The Cycling Code provides a toolkit for three specific groups of stakeholders; cyclists, drivers/operators and employers.