Category Archives: Infrastructure

Horsham Cycling Review – Route 2 (High Priority)

Posted on September 5, 2011 by aseasyasriding

This post forms part of a series, documenting the recommendations of Cycling Review commissioned by Horsham District Council. The background is described here, and in the first post of the series here. Route 2 runs from North Heath Road, at … Continue reading →

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The Cycling Embassy is launched

Posted on September 5, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The sun shone on Saturday for the official launch of the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain. My short ride from Victoria station to Lambeth Bridge – the launch location – took me down Vauxhall Bridge Road, where I attempted to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Transport for London | 2 Comments

LCC’s curious image choice

Posted on August 30, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The London Cycling Campaign members have voted to ‘Go Dutch‘ as their campaigning strategy for the London 2012 Mayoral elections, this option winning an outright majority of the votes. What I find rather interesting, in retrospect, are the images that … Continue reading →

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“Where will your bike take you?”

Posted on August 26, 2011 by aseasyasriding

It’s nearly time for the “Mayor of London’s Sky Ride.” Which also means it is, habitually, time for Boris to cavort around with Kelly Brook on a nice safe patch of grass just outside the London Assembly. Nice horn, Boris. … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Cycling policy, Helmets, Infrastructure, London, Road safety | 2 Comments

How to access an eco-development

Posted on August 23, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Intrigued by this comment What I want to know is why cycle lanes are not being designed into every new development? We have a massive “Eco” development near us – Upton, Northampton – and there is not one cycle lane … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Town planning, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

The extraordinary claims of an anti-infrastructuralist

Posted on August 21, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The homepage of an organization that apparently considers cycle lanes and tracks to be ‘irrelevant.’ Last week, on the website Cyclechat, a contributor by name of Tommi posted a large list of academic papers that showed – or purported to show – … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling policy, Europe, Infrastructure, The Netherlands, Uncategorized | 82 Comments

A tale of two bridges, and two cities

Posted on August 20, 2011 by aseasyasriding

London is allegedly undergoing a cycling revolution – an apparent sea-change which has seen a proliferation of pointless paint across the capital, the emergence of a bike hire scheme, the occasional mass cycling event when roads are closed to traffic, and… … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Europe, Infrastructure, Road safety, Transport for London, Transport policy | 5 Comments

If you needed an indication of how far behind the Netherlands we are…

Posted on July 2, 2011 by aseasyasriding

… this is it. Wolvenstraat, Utrecht – a bicycle-only street. I wonder how long it will be before we see a street like this in Great Britain? We can only dream…

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The chutzpah of Richard Tracey

Posted on July 1, 2011 by aseasyasriding

In a letter written to Danny of the Cyclists in the City blog, Richard Tracey, the Conservative group transport spokesman on the London Assembly writes that it is important to be clear that many Londoners do not have unlimited choice over … Continue reading →

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East Street, Horsham – A shared space that can’t be shared?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Back in February, I wrote quite enthusiastically about East Street in Horsham. This narrow road, in the centre of the town, was converted by our local councils into a ‘shared space’ environment over the summer of 2010. It was an … Continue reading →

Posted in 20 mph limits, blue badge abuse, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Road safety, Shared Space, Town planning | 8 Comments