But the name Beelines cannot be used for Greater Manchester’s nascent £500m walking and cycling network after a copyright tussle with a company based in London. Last June, Chris Boardman, the Olympic cyclist who is Greater Manchester’s walking and cycling commissioner, announced Beelines: 75 miles of Dutch-style segregated cycle lanes and safe pedestrian crossings, the largest such network in the UK. Negotiations to buy the name never got off the ground after Greater Manchester’s mayor, Andy Burnham, refused to authorise funds, the Guardian understands. Boardman said: “Beelines is a wonderful and catchy term and, because of that, it is in wide use around the transport world. The first stages of the network formerly known as Beelines are out for consultation.

Source: The Guardian January 11, 2019 12:01 UTC