Monthly Archives: June 2013

A significant majority

Posted on June 14, 2013 by aseasyasriding

There was an interesting comment nestling in a report of an inquest into a cyclist’s death, from road.cc yesterday – Police Constable Ian Clark said it was “likely” the cyclist had been wearing earphones at the time of the collision … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Dangerous driving | 24 Comments

Don’t misunderstand the Fietsstraat

Posted on June 12, 2013 by aseasyasriding

The Times’ excellent correspondent, Kaya Burgess, is currently in the Netherlands on a fact-finding mission, along with London’s Cycling Commisioner Andrew Gilligan, Scotland’s Minister for Transport Keith Brown, and others. I hope they like what they are seeing (it’s impossible … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Gilligan, Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, David Hembrow, Go Dutch, Infrastructure, Street closures, Strict liability, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, The Times | 22 Comments

The environment and legality

Posted on June 10, 2013 by aseasyasriding

There’s an interesting piece by London’s Cycling Commissioner, Andrew Gilligan, in today’s Evening Standard. It’s actually pretty good. The focus of the article is, broadly, compliance with the law by cyclists, and by motorists. It has a silly headline about … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Gilligan, Bollards, Car dependence, Horsham, Infrastructure, London, The Netherlands | 5 Comments

When people demonstrate they don’t want to cycle with traffic, why don’t we listen?

Posted on June 4, 2013 by aseasyasriding

Over the recent bank holiday weekend I went out for a brief ride up and down the Downs Link in Sussex. This is the old railway line that used to run between Guildford and Shoreham, and now – like so … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, Cycling policy, David Hembrow, Hierarchy of Provision, Infrastructure, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 92 Comments