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Category Archives: John Franklin
A letter from Zohra
I recently chanced upon this amazing letter, written to the British Medical Journal, almost exactly 13 years ago. Why do school children cycle on the continent, but not in the UK? Dear Editor, I have been reading the responses to … Continue reading
They built it, and they didn’t come – the lesson of Milton Keynes
To those who point to the provision of cycle paths alongside roads with high volumes of traffic, or with high speed limits, as one of the principle ingredients of Dutch cycle policy – an ingredient that serves, partly, to explain … Continue reading
Cycling on the pavement
I wrote a rather long piece a few months ago about a West Sussex County Times article entitled Councillor warns of road ‘peril’. This was an article that, for some reason, decided to focus entirely on the dangers of ‘selfish cyclists’ who … Continue reading
What should ‘Going Dutch’ mean?
Matthew Wright’s article in the Guardian yesterday was entitled There’s more to ‘going Dutch’ than having a separate cycling lane To which the obvious, superficial, response is ‘no shit Sherlock’, and the longer, more detailed response would be as follows. … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling renaissance, Infrastructure, John Franklin, LCC, London, The Netherlands
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John Franklin in action
I mentioned in a recent post that John Franklin – the author of Cyclecraft, and prominent U.K. advisor on cycling policy and design – appears to have one governing principle, which is that cyclists should be on the roads, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cyclecraft, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, John Franklin, Road safety
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John Franklin and Cyclecraft – Cycle safely by turning yourself into Mark Cavendish
Next month I am planning to take some Bikeability Level 2 classes. My main motivation is not really the training itself because I feel, perhaps hubristically, that I am a competent ‘vehicular’ cyclist, fully versed in the speed and positioning … Continue reading
