The cycling lobby does itself no favours by engaging in tribal finger-pointing in an effort to excuse bad cycling behaviour … read more
Tag: Behaviour&Legal
Despite Government efforts to get more people to walk, cycle, or use public transport, three out of every four journeys are still being made by car, according to a new overview of the country’s transport sector. Read article More detail
Only 40 per cent of drink driving cases listed before the country’s District Courts since January 2013 resulted in convictions, new figures show. Read more
This ECF evaluation shows that three of the four cities (London, Milan, Gottenburg & Stockholm) applying a system of congestion charging use part of the revenues from their respective schemes for measures related to cycling, especially London & Milan. Read full report
So 70% of parents think cycling in London is too dangerous. With this week’s acquittal of Aslan Khayardi, you can see why. Apparently it is acceptable for a driver to break the 30 mph speed limit by over 20mph on a road “shared” with vulnerable road users, while overtaking a cyclist at less than half the recommended safe passing distance. Read more
“Biking in the middle of the lane like that sure looks dangerous.” Driving in the middle of the lane actually protects cyclists against the most common motorist-caused crashes: sideswipes, right hooks, left crosses, and drive-outs. A bicycle driver’s top safety priority is to ensure he or she can be seen by motorists with whom they might potentially be in conflict, and bicycling in the middle … Continue reading FAQ: Why do you ride like that?
With the general election just around the corner, cyclists have set out their political demands! Our vision is for everyday cycling to be normal part of life for all ages and abilities (the ‘8 to 80’ cohort as it is sometimes put) – very similar to the ways it is in many northern European countries. Remember also that #COP21 is a game changer – we need radical … Continue reading Cyclists Set out their Demands ahead of Election 2016!
Vulnerability and risk. Statistics and ethics. Solutions or fixes. Top-down interventions or individual actions. These are the core issues in the long-running bike-lane (or cycle track)-versus-integration argument and in the book Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (better known for his previous book, The Black Swan). Antifragile is a long and complex read, but the author managed to summarize it while metaphorically standing on one foot: “Everything … Continue reading China Cups and Butterflies; Options and Ethics