Category Archives: Road safety

London’s cycle infrastructure, and reallocation of road space

Posted on February 2, 2012 by aseasyasriding

This post is somewhat tangential to the big news today, of the Times’ launch of their Cities fit for cycling campaign, which I wholeheartedly support. I can think of no clearer reason for doing so than the words of Kaya Burgess, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, London, Road safety, Shared Space, Smoothing traffic flow, Transport for London | 8 Comments

The Association Of British Drivers

Posted on January 26, 2012 by aseasyasriding

On Tuesday morning, Malcolm Heymer, of the Association of British Drivers, was a witness at the House Of Commons Transport Select Committee, discussing ‘Road Safety’. You can hear the whole session here, if you choose to, but I have transcribed … Continue reading →

Posted in Dangerous driving, Road safety, Speeding | 21 Comments

Road safety update

Posted on January 23, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Some ‘road safety’ news from the last few days – In Sussex – A 61-year-old man has sadly died from injuries sustained when he collided with a white Ford Focus on the eastbound carriageway of the A27 at Chichester, between … Continue reading →

Posted in Assault, Dangerous driving, Drink driving, Driving ban, Road safety, Speeding, The judiciary | 4 Comments

In no hurry to get there

Posted on January 18, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A short clip from the 1947 film The Bishop’s Wife, starring Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young. In this scene, Sylvester the taxi driver (James Gleason) identifies ‘the main trouble with this country’ – There are too many people … Continue reading →

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Blackfriars – redesigned for pedestrians

Posted on January 17, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Much of the talk from Transport for London around the time of last summer’s protest on Blackfriars Bridge – a protest that centred on the failure to keep a lower 20 mph speed limit through the junction, and to design … Continue reading →

Posted in 20 mph limits, Boris Johnson, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Road safety, Smoothing traffic flow, Transport for London | 14 Comments

An ‘inexperienced’ driver

Posted on January 16, 2012 by aseasyasriding

A commenter, Mark, draws my attention to another story from the ‘any excuse will do’ file. As he says, this one is closer to home – AN INEXPERIENCED driver knocked a cyclist off his bike after a “momentary misjudgement”. Susan Maries, … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Crawley, Dangerous driving, Road safety, The judiciary | 11 Comments

Any excuse will do

Posted on January 13, 2012 by aseasyasriding

There comes news today of the sentencing of Lee Cahill, an eighteen-year-old who killed a man on a bicycle, Rob Jefferies, with his car. Cycling Weekly reports Lee Cahill was driving along the A351 near Wareham, Dorset, on 26 May … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Dangerous driving, Driving ban, Road safety, The judiciary | 9 Comments

‘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

Treating the symptoms, not the cause – the uses and abuses of ‘shared space’

Posted on January 9, 2012 by aseasyasriding

Note – The upcoming Street Talks on Shared Space, and a recent Radio 4 programme, have generated a number of critical pieces of the concept. This post is my contribution, which I hope can be read alongside the articles written … Continue reading →

Posted in Department for Transport, Horsham, Infrastructure, London, Parking, Road safety, Shared Space, The Netherlands, Town planning, Transport for London | 18 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