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DB32 and ‘sufficient cycling demand’
I recently acquired a copy of Residential Roads and Footpaths: Layout Considerations. Exciting. It’s a 1977 Department for Transport publication, perhaps more commonly referred to as ‘DB32’ (Design Bulletin 32). It has (in theory) been superseded by the Manual for … Continue reading
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Do Dutch pedestrians get a raw deal?
My post last week – about vehicular cycling being enabled by Dutch infrastructure – prompted a tweet from Jon Usher, wondering where the pedestrian infrastructure was in the Netherlands. @steinsky @lofidelityjim Where’s the pedestrian infrastructure in the Netherlands? Honest question … Continue reading
Designing for existing mode share
There’s been plenty of discussion already about Camden’s West End Project – on Cyclescape, and in detailed blog form on Fitzrovia News, City Cyclists, I Bike London, VoleOSpeed and Rachel Aldred, as well as this open letter from the Movement for Liveable London. A summary can also be found on … Continue reading
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Perspectives on Poynton
The Poynton ‘shared space’ scheme has attracted a large amount of attention, both in the UK, and abroad – attention driven principally by this seductive video, produced by Martin Cassini, an advocate of the removal, or reduction, of priority seen in … Continue reading
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Fears about ‘kamikaze’ motorists put Cambridge road scheme on hold
News just in. A road scheme in Cambridge, which would involve giving motorists ‘priority’ along a road, has been put on hold due to concerns about the behaviour of a minority of motorists. Plans for a new Cambridge road scheme involving ‘junctions’ … Continue reading
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Transferring responsibility
A building in town is being renovated. There is scaffolding around the exterior, and around that is some wooden boarding, protecting the public from the building work inside. There’s an entrance door to the site; it has a warning to the … Continue reading
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The unanswerable case for pedestrian helmets
From the Bristol Post – Hanham mum: My son’s pedestrian helmet saved his life after crash WEARING a pedestrian helmet was a choice that saved one 12-year-old boy’s life. Charlie Baggot was walking to Hanham High School when he was hit by … Continue reading
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Crumbs
At the Leeds Cycle City Expo, the keynote speech was given by Robert Goodwill, the Under Secretary of State for Transport, with special responsibility for cycling. It was full of pleasant soundbites and encouraging noises, but when he had to depart … Continue reading
Five minutes in Utrecht
On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, I was taking pictures outside a supermarket on Biltstraat in Utrecht – watching people coming and going by bike. I’d estimate there are around forty to fifty bicycles parked outside the shop here; a steady … Continue reading
Why can’t we get visualisations right?
Last night I was discussing plans for the centre of Enfield, as part of that borough’s ‘mini-Holland’ bid, during a London Cycling Campaign seminar on designing well for walking and cycling. The plans themselves – if they are not watered … Continue reading
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