Category Archives: Infrastructure

Continual improvement

Posted on March 13, 2014 by aseasyasriding

We often hear that we are ‘forty years behind’ the Netherlands – for instance, Andrew Gilligan stated last year that It took 40 years to turn even Amsterdam into Amsterdam, with the kind of cycle facilities it has now This statistic … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, The Netherlands | 6 Comments

The problem with (British) zebra crossings

Posted on March 11, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Zebra crossings are, in principle, the ideal way for pedestrians to cross the road. They give pedestrians priority, and mean they can cross without delay. But there are a number of regulatory difficulties which make them rather less than ideal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, Walking, Zebra crossings | 131 Comments

Dealing with a historical failure to consider cycling

Posted on March 7, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Way back in the 1970s, Horsham built a stub of inner ring-road, a dual carriageway that was later extended in two stages to (almost) encircle the town centre. It’s called Albion Way. It involved almost entirely demolishing a church… and … Continue reading →

Posted in Horsham, Infrastructure, One-way streets, Pedestrianisation, Permeability, Street closures, West Sussex County Council | 18 Comments

Junction capacity

Posted on March 6, 2014 by aseasyasriding

The cycling schemes in Bedford and Southampton – the ‘Turbo’ roundabout, and the Itchen Bridge junction, respectively – have been hitting the headlines recently. A post by SmallTown2K (who has been taking a thorough look at the Southampton scheme) goes … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, Smoothing traffic flow, The Netherlands | 12 Comments

Cycling is (or should be) FUN!

Posted on February 27, 2014 by aseasyasriding

I couldn’t make it to Street Talks on Monday, to hear Mustafa Arif of the London Cycling Campaign discuss the Space for Cycling campaign, although I did manage to follow some of the discussion on Twitter. One tweet in particular … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure | 13 Comments

A kerb nerd protests

Posted on February 21, 2014 by aseasyasriding

The epithet ‘kerb nerds’ seems to have been coined to describe those people who think that, on roads that carry a certain volume of motor traffic, travelling at a certain speed, cycling as a mode of transport should not share … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 25 Comments

Gridlock

Posted on February 7, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Along with concerns about surrendering the road to motor vehicles, one of the main reasons for opposition to the physical separation of cycling from motor traffic is a fear of being ‘held up’. This is the worry, from people who … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, London, Space for Cycling, The Netherlands, Uncategorized | 23 Comments

The steps

Posted on February 5, 2014 by aseasyasriding

There is a small entrance to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, from St Giles’. It brings you into the grand central courtyard from the east, through a corridor in the building, rather than via the direct and obvious entrance from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Guardrail, Gyratories, Horsham, Infrastructure, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, Walking | 26 Comments

The natural impulse to protect, and what it means for the school run

Posted on January 8, 2014 by aseasyasriding

A couple of days ago I was sent this email circular from PTRC, a company that runs training courses for transport and planning. It’s by David Jilks, the PR manager for CILT (the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport). Running … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Safety, Space for Cycling, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 54 Comments

One activity can have different forms

Posted on January 3, 2014 by aseasyasriding

We use words to describe things. They are useful. A small problem, however, is that there aren’t enough of them. Human beings can only remember a finite number of words, and that means, inevitably, that there aren’t enough words to … Continue reading →

Posted in Helmets, Infrastructure, James Cracknell, The Netherlands, Uncategorized | 31 Comments