Cycle network and route planning, as discussed, should be based on supply and demand. Cycle planners need to know where cyclists want to ride and they need to know what routes are feasible. The best available data on actual usage, …
Lambeth Cycling Strategy should be based on Strava Metro Data Read more »
Really good news, I hope. Andrew Gilligan is to join the Prime Minister’s team as transport adviser. Previously, Gilligan was Johnson’s cycling commissioner at the Greater London Authority GLA. His new duties must including cycling and I believe that, with …
Andrew Gilligan to be new government cycling adviser Read more »
Summary of the benefits from investing £6.2bn/year in cycling infrastructure for bicycle mass transit (1) Every town in the UK will have a safe and segregated Cycleway Network of the kind being built, far too slowly, in London (2) The …
40:1 Benefit:Cost ratio for cycling mass transport infrastructure Read more »
The National Cycling Protest will take place on 7th September 2019: 12 Noon Assemble in Lincolns Inn Fields, London 1 pm Procession 2-3.30 Rally in Parliament Square The rally will call for: £6.2 billio/year to be invested in cycling infrastructure …
National Cycling Protest UK 7th September 2019 in Parliament Square London Read more »
Should London’s cycling infrastructure be planned for a mode share of 9% or 41%? And when should the plan be implemented? The TfL 2018 London Cycle Action Plan is strong on intentions, vague on phasing and vague on costings. So here’s …
This draft cannibalised for a post on cycle deaths The London Cycle Network LCN is dead but unburied London cycling commissioner Will Norman declares in the video that ‘Cycling is very safe in London.’ But there are twice as …
London is a great place to learn about planning cycle infrastructure Because it has made many mistakes and because of its recent success. It has learned what to do and what not to do. Drawn from London’s 84 years of …
1. Cycling in London is unsafe. Everybody knows this. London has 3.6 times as many accidents/1000 cyclist commuters as Copenhagen. 2. The London Cycle Network did almost nothing for the safety of London cyclists. I therefore look forward to its …
Congratulations to Donnachadh Mcarthy. He organised a great pro-cycling demo on 13.10.2018 – and he’s dead right: much more of the transport budget must go on cycling infrastructure only a major national demo will bring this about. therefore all pro-cycling clubs …
UK cyclists must campaign together for cycle infrastructure #Campaign4Cycling Read more »
I heard the head of a London bus company on the radio this week saying that cycle lanes should be de-segregated because they were only used during the morning and evening rush hours. He should have a look at the …
Trafalgar Square has an amazing number of empty buses Read more »