Author Archives: aseasyasriding

Utter bollocks on local radio

Posted on November 26, 2013 by aseasyasriding

If you tuned into BBC Radio Gloucestershire early on Thursday morning, you might have heard the presenter discussing cycling safety. Here’s a thought, and a suggestion, we haven’t heard before. Something we haven’t heard before? What’s that then? Surely something … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Infrastructure, The media, The Netherlands | 8 Comments

Hogan-Howe’s comments, and social attitudes to cycling

Posted on November 23, 2013 by aseasyasriding

The comments made on BBC 94.9 by the Met’s Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, prompted a bit of controversy over the last few days. I’ve transcribed the exchange that provoked the debate. Nestor [presenter]: Would you ride a bike in London? Hogan-Howe: … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, London, Subjective safety | 15 Comments

A sign of trouble

Posted on November 21, 2013 by aseasyasriding

A good indication that a design for cycle traffic is compromised is if there have to be signs attempting to tell you how to use it. This example – where the Superhighway 2 Extension meets the Stratford Gyratory – fits … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Better cycling through design – how to really ‘Go Dutch’

Posted on November 18, 2013 by aseasyasriding

On Friday evening Newsnight carried a very good report on the issues of cycling, and cycling safety, in London. It’s worth watching in full, if you haven’t seen it already – it’s a sensible, measured analysis of the issues, featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Bow Roundabout, Cycling policy, David Hembrow, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Omafiets, Promotion, Sustainable Safety, The Netherlands, Transport for London | 23 Comments

The headlines from Safetytown

Posted on November 11, 2013 by aseasyasriding

From the Safetytown News – A police chief has gone head-to-head with an MP after calling for compulsory pedestrian helmets. Sir Graham Dense, Safetyshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, wants a change in the law to force pedestrians to wear helmets. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Helmets, Road safety | 18 Comments

Look Out!

Posted on November 7, 2013 by aseasyasriding

This week Lancashire Police have started running a campaign, ‘Let’s Look Out for Each Other’, which amounts to the usual strange attempt to make drivers and people cycling ‘more aware of each other’, as if anyone riding a bike isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Helmets, Road safety | 20 Comments

Superhighway 5 on diversion

Posted on November 4, 2013 by aseasyasriding

Late last year, the initial plans for Cycle Superhighway 5 were released by Transport for London. The Superhighway was routed over Vauxhall Bridge, and straight up Vauxhall Bridge Road, to Victoria station, where it ended as it met the current … Continue reading →

Posted in 20 mph limits, Andrew Gilligan, Boris Johnson, Go Dutch, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Space for Cycling, Subjective safety, Transport for London | 20 Comments

How to stop people cycling on the pavement

Posted on November 1, 2013 by aseasyasriding

With the opening of the Superhighway 2 Extension yesterday, I found myself looking through some photographs of Stratford High Street, before the new cycle tracks appeared. This one in particular caught my attention – Some young kids being ‘antisocial’, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Pavement cycling, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 36 Comments

Lord Wolfson’s flyovers

Posted on October 30, 2013 by aseasyasriding

In September last year, the chief executive of Next, Lord Wolfson – also a Conservative Party donor and former advisor, who happens to be married to an aide to George Osborne – wrote an opinion column in the Times (£), calling … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Infrastructure, Lord Wolfson | 27 Comments