Category Archives: Infrastructure

The death of the zebra crossing?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The Daily Mail reports – The zebra crossing is facing extinction just as it prepares to celebrate its 60th anniversary in Britain, experts have revealed. The iconic crossing is being phased out and replaced with more sophisticated substitutes after a rise … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Infrastructure, Road safety, Town planning, Transport policy, Uncategorized | 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

What should ‘Going Dutch’ mean?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Matthew Wright’s article in the Guardian yesterday was entitled There’s more to ‘going Dutch’ than having a separate cycling lane To which the obvious, superficial, response is ‘no shit Sherlock’, and the longer, more detailed response would be as follows. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling renaissance, Infrastructure, John Franklin, LCC, London, The Netherlands | 5 Comments

Friday Facility No.5 – Springfield Road, Horsham

Posted on October 21, 2011 by aseasyasriding

In which an initially promising idea – a kerb-separated contraflow cycle lane – disintegrates into a confusing mess in the space of a few yards. The entrance. So far so good. We can turn left here, but motor vehicles can’t. … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday facility, Horsham, Infrastructure, Town planning, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

‘Road peril’

Posted on October 21, 2011 by aseasyasriding

On the 22nd September, the West Sussex County Times printed this article. Entitled Councillor warns of road “peril”* it runs COMPLAINTS of ‘rogue’ road users in Horsham has [sic] driven a district councillor to brand the town’s ‘great deal of reckless … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Road safety | 19 Comments

Cycling to the station

Posted on October 19, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Yesterday afternoon I caught a train to Brighton from Three Bridges station, in Crawley. On the platform, I was one of three people with a Brompton. Each and every one of us had, presumably, arrived at the station by bike. … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Road safety, The Netherlands, Town planning, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council, WSCC LTP | 12 Comments

Friday Facility No.4 – Southgate Avenue, Crawley

Posted on October 14, 2011 by aseasyasriding

I’m not sure whether the ‘Dismount’ is for the bin, or the bus stop. Either way, this is one location where there is, quite clearly, no space for separated cycle paths of decent width. The photograph was taken at 5:30 … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday facility, Infrastructure, Town planning, West Sussex County Council | 1 Comment

Friday Facility No. 3 – Worthing Road Roundabout, Horsham

Posted on September 16, 2011 by aseasyasriding

This week our winning facility is an off-road cycle track, designed to allow cyclists to negotiate a busy roundabout at the southern entrance to Horsham town centre. The first section starts on the pavement to the left. The roundabout we … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Friday facility, Horsham, Infrastructure, Town planning | 4 Comments

Friday Facility – no.2, North Street, Horsham

Posted on September 9, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Never mind the quality, feel the width. This excellent facility runs from a shared-use overbridge that connects directly into Horsham town centre, to… nowhere in particular. It runs alongside North Street in Horsham, towards the railway station, for about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Friday facility, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, West Sussex County Council | 1 Comment