For most of the past half-century London’s cycle transport planners have had their heads in the sand. Instead of looking for desire lines which link origins to destinations, as other transport planners do, they have looked for underused ‘quiet’ roads …
If you would like to do an assessment of the Isle of Dogs section of NCN1, please retain your impartiality by doing the assessment before reading the post or watching the video. List of 18 London cycling posts and videos. [yasr_visitor_multiset setid=0] …
Sustrans National Cycle Network Route 1 – NCN1 on the Isle of Dogs Read more »
If you would like to do an assessment of NCN4, please retain your impartiality by doing the assessment before reading the post or watching the video. List of 18 London cycling posts and videos. [yasr_visitor_multiset setid=0] National Cycle Route 4, NCN4, runs …
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The Flying Pigeon bike (on display in London’s Design Museum) was made in Tianjin and based on the English Raleigh Roadster (which I hankered after in my teens) The Flying Pigeon Bicycle is on display in London’s new Design Museum. …
The LAA website provides an outline of the history of London open space and greenspace planning with free downloads of past examples. It is an important subject. But the lack of agreement the best name for this type of plan has resulted in conceptual confusion. Some of the names …
See also: blog posts about cycleways Just as buildings should be designed by architects with help from engineers, cycle paths should be designed by landscape architects with help from engineers. This is the only way to get cycle paths which are …
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 »
Podcast on climate change mitigation through landscape planning Landscape factors, both human and non-human, influence climate change and can be managed to mitigate adverse consequences. Human factors include agriculture, forestry, urbanisation, power generation and transport. Natural factors include changes in …
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Landscape architects care about cycling for 3 main reasons: many of us are cyclists, because we know it’s the fastest, healthiest, most sustainable and most economical transport mode ever invented we all care about a creating good urban/rural environments, saving …
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 …
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