Category Archives: Infrastructure

Some statistics from the latest Travel in London Report

Posted on December 26, 2013 by aseasyasriding

Transport for London’s latest Travel in London report was released just before Christmas, and, as always, it is packed full of statistics. One of the most telling graphs comes early in the report – The distance travelled by motor vehicle has … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Gilligan, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Transport for London | 14 Comments

How failure to design properly makes death more likely

Posted on December 20, 2013 by aseasyasriding

Back in late 2011, I wrote a post about how the TfL policy of ‘smoothing traffic flow’ is antithetical to the creation of space for cycling. Creating ‘smooth flow’ means attempting to push as many motor vehicles through a green … Continue reading →

Posted in HGVs, Infrastructure, London, Safety, Space for Cycling, Transport for London | 10 Comments

The Nag’s Head scheme – are TfL paying any attention at all?

Posted on December 16, 2013 by aseasyasriding

On 6th August 2011, Samuel Harding was killed on Holloway Road in north London. As he passed a parked car, the driver opened his door without checking, striking him, and sending him into the path of a passing bus, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Infrastructure, London, Space for Cycling, Subjective safety, Transport for London | 44 Comments

Not culture, not history – physical change

Posted on December 13, 2013 by aseasyasriding

I was struck by two details from yesterday’s blogpost by Mark Wagenbuur, about early protests for child-friendly streets in Amsterdam in the 1970s – details that highlight the importance of the quality of the physical environment for enabling cycling, over … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Infrastructure, Permeability, Subjective safety, The Netherlands | 52 Comments

The difference between walking and cycling safety

Posted on December 5, 2013 by aseasyasriding

At the end of my last post about ‘dangerising’, I mused about why, despite the presence of many pedestrians – and speeches from pedestrian campaigners – at the Die In last Friday, nobody appeared to voice any concern that people … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, London, Subjective safety, The Netherlands, Walking | 29 Comments

Dangerisation

Posted on December 3, 2013 by aseasyasriding

The subject of ‘dangerisation’ – the idea that we are discouraging people who might be tempted cycle in London from doing so by talking about danger and safety – is back on the agenda, following the ‘Die In’ outside TfL … Continue reading →

Posted in HGVs, Infrastructure, London, Safety, Subjective safety, The media, Transport for London, Walking | 22 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

Better cycling through design – how to really ‘Go Dutch’

Posted on November 18, 2013 by aseasyasriding

On Friday evening Newsnight carried a very good report on the issues of cycling, and cycling safety, in London. It’s worth watching in full, if you haven’t seen it already – it’s a sensible, measured analysis of the issues, featuring … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Bow Roundabout, Cycling policy, David Hembrow, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Omafiets, Promotion, Sustainable Safety, The Netherlands, Transport for London | 23 Comments

Superhighway 5 on diversion

Posted on November 4, 2013 by aseasyasriding

Late last year, the initial plans for Cycle Superhighway 5 were released by Transport for London. The Superhighway was routed over Vauxhall Bridge, and straight up Vauxhall Bridge Road, to Victoria station, where it ended as it met the current … Continue reading →

Posted in 20 mph limits, Andrew Gilligan, Boris Johnson, Go Dutch, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Space for Cycling, Subjective safety, Transport for London | 20 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