Category Archives: Absurd transport solutions

Asking the wrong questions

Posted on November 22, 2016 by aseasyasriding

At the weekend I went along to the Cyclenation/Cycling UK Campaigners Conference in St Albans, where I was one of many people making presentations to a large audience. My one was on Sustainable Safety, and afterwards I chatted briefly to … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Helmets, Infrastructure, Sustainable Safety | 24 Comments

Taking responsibility for social safety

Posted on January 20, 2015 by aseasyasriding

Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, iniichael Dugher, gave an interview with the Mirror in December, which attracted a fair bit of attention, principally because it resembles a transparent attempt to court the ‘motorist vote’ (whatever that may be) – presenting Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Infrastructure, Social safety, The Netherlands, Transport policy, Walking | 18 Comments

Natural character

Posted on December 17, 2014 by aseasyasriding

What is ‘natural’? The word, formally, means something that is not made, or caused, by humans. But this strict definition is very rarely employed. We use the word ‘natural’ to describe all kinds of things that are not ‘natural’ at … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Car dependence, Dual network, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Mobility, Natural character, Safety, Southwater, Sustrans, The Netherlands, Town planning, Transport policy | 100 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

Do you hate humans? Take it out on them through design

Posted on May 8, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Last week I was staying in Leeds for the Cycle City Expo, and the Space for Cycling campaigners conference. My hotel was quite convenient – only half a mile from Leeds Town Hall where the Expo was being held, and about … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Car dependence, Town planning, Walking | 31 Comments

Ducking the issue with electric cars

Posted on February 10, 2014 by aseasyasriding

The car industry seems to have convinced itself – understandably enough, from their perspective – that the solution to transport in urban areas is simply to convert existing private motor vehicles to run on electricity, rather than combustion engines. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Space for Cycling | 76 Comments

If driving in Britain was like cycling in Britain

Posted on January 24, 2014 by aseasyasriding

You need to make a short trip with your children, by car. The first thing to do is to dress them (and yourself) appropriately. That means ensuring you are wearing dayglo reflective tabards, and crash helmets. Driving a car is … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, The Netherlands | 34 Comments

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

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

An outbreak of silliness in Brighton

Posted on October 1, 2013 by aseasyasriding

The proposed roll-out of 20 mph limits on residential streets in Brighton has been greeted with such a storm of wailing and gnashing of teeth you would think that the council had decided to ban motoring completely. The immensely daft Unchain the … Continue reading →

Posted in 20 mph limits, Absurd transport solutions, Brighton | 10 Comments