Author Archives: aseasyasriding

An ‘inexperienced’ driver

Posted on January 16, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A commenter, Mark, draws my attention to another story from the ‘any excuse will do’ file. As he says, this one is closer to home – AN INEXPERIENCED driver knocked a cyclist off his bike after a “momentary misjudgement”. Susan Maries, … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Crawley, Dangerous driving, Road safety, The judiciary | 11 Comments

Cycling in Holland

Posted on January 14, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A video showing some cycling in Holland. Holland Road, that is – in London W14. As you can see, the road is aptly named, given that its conditions for cycling match up so perfectly with the Dutch model. It took … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Car dependence, Infrastructure, London, Smoothing traffic flow, The Netherlands, Transport for London | Leave a comment

Any excuse will do

Posted on January 13, 2012 by aseasyasriding

There comes news today of the sentencing of Lee Cahill, an eighteen-year-old who killed a man on a bicycle, Rob Jefferies, with his car. Cycling Weekly reports Lee Cahill was driving along the A351 near Wareham, Dorset, on 26 May … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Dangerous driving, Driving ban, Road safety, The judiciary | 9 Comments

‘Scooting down’ Euston underpass

Posted on January 12, 2012 by aseasyasriding

At Mayor’s Question Time on the 10th of November last year, Boris Johnson was quizzed at some length on cycle safety. Shortly after making his now rather infamous remarks about Elephant & Castle being ‘fine’ to negotiate on a bike, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Transport for London | 19 Comments

Treating the symptoms, not the cause – the uses and abuses of ‘shared space’

Posted on January 9, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Note – The upcoming Street Talks on Shared Space, and a recent Radio 4 programme, have generated a number of critical pieces of the concept. This post is my contribution, which I hope can be read alongside the articles written … Continue reading →

Posted in Department for Transport, Horsham, Infrastructure, London, Parking, Road safety, Shared Space, The Netherlands, Town planning, Transport for London | 18 Comments

Pedestrians and cyclists don’t mix?

Posted on January 7, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Some video taken this Saturday afternoon, on East Street in Horsham. Everyone rubbing up alongside each other quite happily. Although this is often described as a ‘shared space’, it is instead – as you can see from the sign upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Shared Space, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council | 9 Comments

D is for Death

Posted on January 6, 2012 by aseasyasriding

On the day that the Evening Standard publishes a letter from two trauma surgeons, urging action to separate cyclists from HGVs at junctions – One of the immediate dispatch criteria for the aircraft or fast response car is when someone is … Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Boris Johnson, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Transport for London | 31 Comments

Friday Facility no.9 – Booth Way, Horsham

Posted on January 6, 2012 by aseasyasriding

The facility in question is an off-road path of a decent width, that cuts between Booth Way, and Depot Road, in Horsham. It is shared with pedestrians – the white line divides the pedestrian side from the cyclist side. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday facility, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure | 3 Comments

A small bit of Groningen, in Horsham – some good news

Posted on January 5, 2012 by aseasyasriding

I wrote last year about the difficulties involved in getting to a couple of stations in West Sussex – Three Bridges, and Horsham – by bicycle and by foot. Horsham station is currently being redeveloped, with the western forecourt of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle Stands, Horsham, Horsham Cycling Review, The Netherlands | 3 Comments

‘Safe, direct and continuous’

Posted on January 4, 2012 by aseasyasriding

London’s Cycle Superhighways are frequently referred to as ‘safe, direct and continuous.’ This was, for instance, the wording used in the Mayor’s Cycling Revolution document from May 2010 – London’s Cycle Superhighways will provide cyclists with safe, direct, continuous, well marked and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycle Superhighways, Infrastructure, London, Parking, Road safety, Smoothing traffic flow, Transport for London | 4 Comments