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Category Archives: Modal share
‘Morally superior’ – Boris’s bogus logic on transport
I haven’t really got much to add to the excellent commentary on yesterday’s mayoral cycling hustings from Cyclists in the City, I Bike London and Vole O’Speed, the latter in particular doing an especially good job in forensically analysing Boris’s skin-deep … 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
Clarkson gets it almost entirely right, but gets a couple of things wrong
You are no doubt aware that Jeremy Clarkson has been singing the praises of Denmark, and Copenhagen particularly, in his latest Sunday Times screed/car review; he names the Danish capital one of the world’s best cities because, in his words … Continue reading
‘As a group’ – James Cracknell, and confusion about bicycle users’ responsibilities
James Cracknell has come in for a bit of flak following his piece that featured in Saturday’s Times on the subject of cycle safety. Now I think Cracknell’s heart is definitely in the right place; following his accident, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling policy, Helmets, James Cracknell, Modal share, Road safety
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The Understanding Walking and Cycling report – an assessment
The full text of the Understanding Walking and Cycling report, produced by academics from the Universities of Lancaster and Oxford Brookes, has finally appeared, following an interim report that was summarized in the Guardian. Despite the conclusions of this report being … Continue reading
Supermarkets and Transport for London – conspiring to stop people shopping on foot or by bike?
Last month Cyclists in the City showed how Tesco have apparently failed to consider that anyone might want to cycle to their new shop on Clapham Road, even though it lies directly on a ‘Cycling Superhighway’ (which despite their faults have … Continue reading
Rehabilitating the image of cycling – lawlessness
Waiting at a red light on my bicycle in Horsham yesterday (because I am an obedient cyclist, who does not wish to bring vengeance raining down on my collective species – on this, more below), I had to pause for … Continue reading
A Reality Check
“Is cycle commuting about to go MASSIVE?” This is the kind of statement you can routinely find on internet cycling forums. Now, I don’t doubt that some commuting cyclists are seeing a few more people cycling when they are heading to … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling renaissance, Horsham, Modal share
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