Category Archives: Walking

You don’t solve design problems with bells

Posted on July 25, 2018 by aseasyasriding

There’s recently been some silly-season noise about making the use of bells compulsory in our newspaper of record, The Times. Frothing gibberish on Page 3 of The Times today. Remember when this paper took cycling safety seriously? pic.twitter.com/iemsfa2seJ — Mark … Continue reading →

Posted in Inclusivity, Infrastructure, Social safety, Subjective safety, Walking | 26 Comments

Squeezing out walking and cycling for a few extra car parking spaces – local planning in action

Posted on July 18, 2017 by aseasyasriding

Why do we want people to walk and cycle for short trips, instead of driving? One of the main reasons, of course, is public health. If we cycled as much as the Dutch and the Danes in urban areas, figures … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Horsham, Horsham District Council, Infrastructure, Parking, Town planning, Walking, West Sussex County Council | 15 Comments

Inconsistency

Posted on March 14, 2017 by aseasyasriding

Why is it that cycling is regarded as a serious potential risk in ways that motor traffic travelling at greater speeds (and with much greater momentum) is not? Part of the explanation must lie in the fact that we have lived … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Royal Parks, Safety, Sustainable Safety, Walking | 21 Comments

Total inconsistency from the Royal Parks

Posted on February 11, 2015 by aseasyasriding

I can’t really add much to Cyclists in the City’s excellent and thorough analysis of the problems facing the East-West Superhighway route through the Royal Parks – problems, it seems, that are entirely being caused by the Royal Parks themselves, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Gilligan, Evening Standard, Infrastructure, London, Royal Parks, Superhighways, Walking | 18 Comments

Taking responsibility for social safety

Posted on January 20, 2015 by aseasyasriding

Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, iniichael Dugher, gave an interview with the Mirror in December, which attracted a fair bit of attention, principally because it resembles a transparent attempt to court the ‘motorist vote’ (whatever that may be) – presenting Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Infrastructure, Social safety, The Netherlands, Transport policy, Walking | 18 Comments

Pedestrians and the Superhighways

Posted on October 9, 2014 by aseasyasriding

The Cyclists in the City blog has cast its eye over the City of London’s latest response to the Superhighway proposals [pdf], interpreting it as suggesting that the City are supporting their proposals, and actually demanding even more radical change. I’d really … Continue reading →

Posted in City of London, London, Superhighways, Transport for London, Walking | 14 Comments

The connection between walkability and high cycle use

Posted on May 20, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Figures for cycling in Bruges are a little hard to come by, but from this Fietsberaad document [pdf], cycling in the city seems to form between 15-20% of all trips. It’s certainly the most ‘Dutch’ place I’ve visited outside of the Netherlands, … Continue reading →

Posted in Car dependence, Infrastructure, Strasbourg, Subjective safety, Sustainable Safety, The Netherlands, Walking | 17 Comments

Do you hate humans? Take it out on them through design

Posted on May 8, 2014 by aseasyasriding

Last week I was staying in Leeds for the Cycle City Expo, and the Space for Cycling campaigners conference. My hotel was quite convenient – only half a mile from Leeds Town Hall where the Expo was being held, and about … Continue reading →

Posted in Absurd transport solutions, Car dependence, Town planning, Walking | 31 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

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