Author Archives: aseasyasriding

Placefaking

Posted on July 3, 2014 by aseasyasriding

There’s a section early in the newly-released London Cycle Design Standards about ‘responding to context’ – the types of cycle infrastructure that should be expected on a variety of streets and roads, according to the movement or place (or both) … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, placemaking, Shared Space, The Netherlands, Town planning | 31 Comments

Let’s get vehicular

Posted on July 1, 2014 by aseasyasriding

The new edition of Cyclecraft was published last week. I haven’t had a chance to give it a good read yet, but at first glance it appears to contain much of the same dogma previous editions contained. For instance, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyclecraft, Infrastructure, John Franklin, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 26 Comments

Designing for existing mode share

Posted on June 25, 2014 by aseasyasriding

There’s been plenty of discussion already about Camden’s West End Project – on Cyclescape, and in detailed blog form on Fitzrovia News, City Cyclists, I Bike London, VoleOSpeed and Rachel Aldred, as well as this open letter from the Movement for Liveable London. A summary can also be found on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 34 Comments

The trouble with our physical environment

Posted on June 19, 2014 by aseasyasriding

A device that offers mobility to people who have great difficulty walking, that is limited to a maximum speed of 8mph, and poses little or no danger (at least relative to other forms of transport like the private car) should never … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Road safety, The media | 24 Comments

Perspectives on Poynton

Posted on June 16, 2014 by aseasyasriding

The Poynton ‘shared space’ scheme has attracted a large amount of attention, both in the UK, and abroad – attention driven principally by this seductive video, produced by Martin Cassini, an advocate of the removal, or reduction, of priority seen in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 221 Comments

‘Critical mass’

Posted on June 12, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Over the last few years it has seemed (to me at least) that the notion of a ‘critical mass’ of riders being a key plank of cycling policy has lost its credibility. The idea of ‘safety coming from numbers’ has, … Continue reading →

Posted in 20 mph limits, critical mass, Subjective safety | 28 Comments

Fears about ‘kamikaze’ motorists put Cambridge road scheme on hold

Posted on May 28, 2014 by aseasyasriding

News just in. A road scheme in Cambridge, which would involve giving motorists ‘priority’ along a road, has been put on hold due to concerns about the behaviour of a minority of motorists. Plans for a new Cambridge road scheme involving ‘junctions’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 13 Comments

Transferring responsibility

Posted on May 27, 2014 by aseasyasriding

A building in town is being renovated. There is scaffolding around the exterior, and around that is some wooden boarding, protecting the public from the building work inside. There’s an entrance door to the site; it has a warning to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 21 Comments

The unanswerable case for pedestrian helmets

Posted on May 22, 2014 by aseasyasriding

From the Bristol Post – Hanham mum: My son’s pedestrian helmet saved his life after crash WEARING a pedestrian helmet was a choice that saved one 12-year-old boy’s life. Charlie Baggot was walking to Hanham High School when he was hit by … Continue reading →

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The connection between walkability and high cycle use

Posted on May 20, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Figures for cycling in Bruges are a little hard to come by, but from this Fietsberaad document [pdf], cycling in the city seems to form between 15-20% of all trips. It’s certainly the most ‘Dutch’ place I’ve visited outside of the Netherlands, … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Infrastructure, Strasbourg, Subjective safety, Sustainable Safety, The Netherlands, Walking | 17 Comments