London's mayor, Boris Johnston, has appointed a fellow Daily Telegraph journalist, Andrew Gilligan, as his "cycling commissioner", The Times reported (picking up on the earlier Snipe blog report).
It is a part-time post for Gilligan, who has blogged regularly about cycling as the Telegraph's London editor and frequently discussed the topic on his LBC radio show. He will evidently work "one or two days a week."
But it does mean that Gilligan is stepping down from his current role at the Telegraph. He explains on his own blog:
"I'll continue in my day job, covering national and international news for the Telegraph, though I will no longer be called London editor or cover any matter related to City Hall or Boris Johnson."
He added: "I'm very pleased to be doing this at a time when London cycling stands on the cusp of quite ambitious change."
Sources: Snipe/The Times/Gilligan blog
