Category Archives: Uncategorized

Cycling to the station

Posted on October 19, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Yesterday afternoon I caught a train to Brighton from Three Bridges station, in Crawley. On the platform, I was one of three people with a Brompton. Each and every one of us had, presumably, arrived at the station by bike. … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Cycling policy, Infrastructure, Road safety, The Netherlands, Town planning, Uncategorized, West Sussex County Council, WSCC LTP | 12 Comments

The subtle enslavement of parents

Posted on October 4, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Idly thumbing through a local freesheet while on my coffee break this morning, I encountered a news article entitled ‘Dads Sentenced to a Year Behind The Wheel.’ It turned out to refer not to a curious punishment meted out by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Cycling policy, The media, The Netherlands, Uncategorized | 24 Comments

A small slice of the Netherlands, in Horsham

Posted on September 26, 2011 by aseasyasriding

One of the most pleasant streets to cycle on in Horsham is the Causeway. (Photo from geograph.org.uk) It’s a chocolate-box perfect Sussex street, that – despite being very close to the centre of town – has little traffic on it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling Embassy Of Great Britain, Horsham, The Netherlands, Town planning, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

Acceptable and proportionate

Posted on September 6, 2011 by aseasyasriding

The video below – taken from an episode of BBC’s Traffic Cops, aired on Thursday 14th July – shows the aftermath of a road traffic accident. On a 60 mph stretch of the A6 north of Bedford, a car turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Dangerous driving, Department for Transport, Road safety, The judiciary, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Brompton rim tape – does it have to be this bad?

Posted on September 4, 2011 by aseasyasriding

I picked up a Brompton on Thursday – an M3L. After whizzing around on it for a few miles on Friday, my initial verdict is that it is tremendous fun to ride, and the folding mechanism is a delight. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

‘Gridlock Nation’ – a review

Posted on August 31, 2011 by aseasyasriding

Kwasi Kwarteng is one of the bright young things of the Conservative Party. Back in 1995, he managed to win University Challenge ‘supposedly singlehandedly’ (Private Eye 1282) while a King’s Scholar at Trinity College Cambridge. Armed with a double first, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book review, Car dependence, Uncategorized | 9 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 →

Posted in Cycling policy, Infrastructure, LCC, London, Uncategorized | 3 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