Author Archives: aseasyasriding

The race to construct the Shard

Posted on May 7, 2012 by aseasyasriding

I found the Channel 4 programme, The Tallest Tower – Building The Shard, which aired last week, grimly fascinating. Whether a slant had been put on the nature of the construction by the programme’s producers or not, I cannot say, … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Road safety, Smoothing traffic flow, The Shard, Transport for London | 25 Comments

Friday Facility no.12 – The High Street, Guildford

Posted on May 4, 2012 by aseasyasriding

This year’s Tour Of Britain will finish on Guildford High Street, in Surrey. It promises to be a fantastic spectacle, with the riders racing up the steep cobbled hill, surrounded on both sides by thousands of fans. Throughout the rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday facility, Guildford, One-way streets, Pedestrianisation | 7 Comments

Vanishing point

Posted on April 30, 2012 by aseasyasriding

My undoubted highlight of Saturday’s Big Ride in London was entering Piccadilly from Hyde Park Corner and seeing, for the first time, the full extent of the protest. As one of the last to set off, and having been waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, LCC, London, Road safety, Subjective safety, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign | 7 Comments

Letter of the week

Posted on April 27, 2012 by aseasyasriding

This one published in The Times, of all places, yesterday. Sir, It is sad that it should take the serious injury of a Times staff member to trigger a nationwide safety campaign targeting roads, roundabouts and junctions. But cyclists themselves … Continue reading →

Posted in Road safety, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign, Uncategorized | 15 Comments

Those baffling and misleading comments on Dutch cycle safety from Penning and Baker, in full

Posted on April 24, 2012 by aseasyasriding

From today’s House of Commons Transport Committee on Cycling Safety. You can listen to this guff yourself, if you wish, at about the 11:56 mark. Ellman [chair]– Can we learn anything on safe cycling from countries such as the Netherlands … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Road safety, Targets, The Netherlands, The Times' Cities Safe for Cycling campaign | 37 Comments

A cyclised city is a civilised city

Posted on April 23, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Boris Johnson, 2008 – I have long held the view that a cyclised city is a civilised city; but if we are to get more Londoners onto two wheels rather than four we need to provide the facilities to help … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, London, Transport for London | 2 Comments

Revisiting the past

Posted on April 18, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Joe Dunckley has been doing a lot of history recently. In a similar vein, I found this extract from a new paper by Colin Pooley (one of the authors of the Understanding Walking and Cycling report) fascinating and depressing in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Department for Transport, Infrastructure, Road safety, Subjective safety, Transport policy | 2 Comments

What is pedestrian guardrail for?

Posted on April 17, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A tragic story from Rhos-on-Sea in North Wales. A PENSIONER was killed and another woman left seriously injured after a car hit two pedestrians. The crash happened in Rhos-on-Sea, when the car mounted the pavement and struck the two women outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Guardrail, Road safety, Walking | 5 Comments