Monthly Archives: July 2012

A trip to the Olympic Men’s Road Race

Posted on July 31, 2012 by aseasyasriding

On Saturday I made my way to Box Hill to catch a glimpse of the Olympic Road Race. Not having tickets for the ‘zig zag’ section of the course, I had decided to head to Box Hill village, where although … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Bradley Wiggins selling onions

Posted on July 25, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A cartoon from the current edition of Private Eye, that made me smile. The joke, of course, lies in the new dominance of British cycling in a French race, and an extension of that dominance, beyond cycle sport, to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle sport, Cycling policy, Cycling renaissance, The media, The Netherlands | 5 Comments

Priority of cycle tracks across side roads

Posted on July 11, 2012 by aseasyasriding

In summarising the results of their recently-conducted survey into the opinions of both members and non-members into varying types of cycling infrastructure, the CTC had this to say on the particular matter of cycle tracks – Respondents were offered a set … Continue reading →

Posted in CTC, Department for Transport, Infrastructure, London, Priority, Road safety, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 51 Comments

Man bites dog

Posted on July 6, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A story doing the rounds at the moment is the case of Andrej Schipka, who knocked down a man in central London while cycling through a red light, leaving him with a fractured skull. Schipka was found guilty of careless … Continue reading →

Posted in Road safety, The media | 23 Comments

A new arrangment on Parkway, Camden

Posted on July 4, 2012 by aseasyasriding

It does feel slightly wrong to make criticisms of a scheme that has vastly improved the streetscape in a particular area, especially when you’ve just left an excellent talk given by a great traffic engineer and designer who happened to … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Go Dutch, Guardrail, Infrastructure, LCC, London, One-way streets, Pavement parking, Transport for London | 2 Comments

The tragedy of Stratford High Street

Posted on July 3, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Having written last week about the flaws in the essentially useless Cycle Superhighway 2, today I’m going to take a look at the continuation of that route, Stratford High Street, in the London Borough of Newham. The original plan was … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Boris Johnson, Bow Roundabout, Infrastructure, London, Stratford High Street, Town planning, Transport for London | 6 Comments

An argument that has been heard before

Posted on July 2, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Mark Wagenbuur, of Bicycle Dutch, has provided us with an excellent translation of a Dutch newspaper article from 1935 on cycle paths and their construction. It’s very much worth reading in full, but one of the arguments made in that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyclists' Touring Club, History, Infrastructure, The Netherlands, Transport policy | 6 Comments