Category Archives: Boris Johnson

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 →

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‘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

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

Cycle safety in London – getting worse, not better

Posted on December 26, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Transport for London’s latest Travel in London report is out – the fourth. In the section on ‘Road Safety’, we are told that The year 2010 was the target year for both national and more stringent London-specific targets for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Department for Transport, London, Road safety, Targets | 24 Comments

Just what is ‘smoothing traffic flow’?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by aseasyasriding

In last week’s London Assembly motion on Cycle Safety (which you can view again here, around four hours in) Labour’s AM Val Shawcross made the following comments about Transport for London’s ‘smoothing traffic flow’ agenda, and how the policy is, in … Continue reading →

Posted in 20 mph limits, Boris Johnson, Car dependence, Dangerous driving, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Smoothing traffic flow, Speeding, Transport for London | 3 Comments

How ‘smoothing traffic flow’ is needlessly causing death and serious injury

Posted on December 13, 2011 by aseasyasriding

I am indebted to Olaf Storbeck of Cycling Intelligence for the background to this post. He has published an open letter, written to Camden’s Culture & Environment Scrutiny Committee, by Kenji Hirasawa, the boyriend of Deep Lee, the young woman killed … Continue reading →

Posted in ASL Abuse, Boris Johnson, Car dependence, Cycle Superhighways, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, The Netherlands, Town planning, Transport for London, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

Kulveer Ranger on BBC Radio London, and how safety is not a priority for the Mayor

Posted on November 14, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The Mayor’s Director of Environment and Cycling Kulveer Ranger appeared on Vanessa Feltz’s BBC Radio London show this morning. Below is a transcript – VF – Let me go straight to Kulveer Ranger. He’s director of environment at the Mayor’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Transport for London | 5 Comments

The Tour Du Danger

Posted on November 13, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Some thoughts on Saturday’s Dangerous Junctions Tour – or, as it has come to be known, the ‘Tour du Danger.’ The original purpose of the ride, as stated by one of its organisers, Danny of Cyclists In the City – … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Transport for London | 1 Comment

Time to get angry

Posted on November 11, 2011 by aseasyasriding

I can’t think of a better illustration of the CTC’s preoccupation with appearance over substance than the comments from Chris Peck, their policy co-ordinator, that appear in this Guardian article about ghost bikes. Despite their eerie poignancy, some cycling campaigners … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, CTC, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Transport for London | 16 Comments

The death of Brian Dorling

Posted on October 29, 2011 by aseasyasriding

On the morning of Monday 24th October, during the rush hour, a cyclist was killed by an HGV on the north side of the Bow roundabout. From the photograph on the London Cycling Campaign website here, the cyclist was hit … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Infrastructure, London, Transport for London | 3 Comments