Monthly Archives: June 2016

Going bi-directional

Posted on June 23, 2016 by aseasyasriding

The best of the new cycling infrastructure in London is almost entirely composed of bi-directional cycleways, placed on one side of the road. This includes pretty much the entirety of CS3 and CS6 – the former running from Parliament Square to … Continue reading →

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The 25 percenters

Posted on June 14, 2016 by aseasyasriding

So I have to write a tedious blogpost about the story of a nonsense statistic, a statistic that appears in the Begg report covered in yesterday’s blog post. Namely, the claim that Mayor Boris Johnson exacerbated the problem of congestion in … Continue reading →

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Class war

Posted on June 13, 2016 by aseasyasriding

If by any chance you’ve missed it, do please read Paul Gannon’s forensic analysis of a report produced by David Begg for Greener Journeys, entitled ‘The Impact of Congestion on Bus Passengers’. I don’t really need to add much to what Paul … Continue reading →

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Maybe you didn’t notice, but you’ve had your investment already

Posted on June 7, 2016 by aseasyasriding

If you read the headlines, you might hear that Transport for London are spending ONE BILLION POUNDS ON CYCLISTS. Or that they are spending FIFTY MILLION POUNDS ON ONE CYCLE ROUTE FOR CYCLISTS. Crazy, right? That’s a huge some of money to … Continue reading →

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