TED Talk) How do you talk to someone who doesn’t believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we’ve been discussing for years, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. In this inspiring, pragmatic talk, Hayhoe shows how the key to having a real discussion is to connect over shared values like family,… [Read More]
TfL to invest £2.3 billion on “transformative projects” to make London’s roads safer
Cycle Industry News) Hayley Everett13 December, 2018 Transport for London (TfL) has set out its latest plan to deliver “vital improvements” to make London’s roads safer and healthier. The body announced that it will invest £2.3 billion on “transformative projects to make London’s streets safer, better places for everyone.” New high-quality cycle routes in Greenwich,… [Read More]
DfT proposes 50 new measures to make cycling safer (but no funding stream)
Cycle Industry News) 4 December, 2018 The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a new two year action plan to make cycling and walking safer, with 50 proposed measures. Over 14,000 people took part in the consultation, with respondents and DfT’s stakeholders setting out “a clear vision for the future.” According to the report, people… [Read More]
Truck driver who hit and killed pregnant cyclist walks free
London Evening Standard) A tipper truck driver who ran over and killed a pregnant prep school teacher as she cycled to work has avoided jail. Jason Edmunds, 44, failed to indicate before he hit Charlotte Landi, sending her under the wheels of his lorry. Mrs Landi, 36, a maths and English teacher at Hampshire School… [Read More]
Cutting emissions proves a sticking point at Poland climate talks
The Guardian) Slow progress on 2015 Paris agreement comes as scientists warn of need to get on track Last modified on Fri 14 Dec 2018 Negotiators at the climate conference in Poland have inched closer to an outcome, as the official deadline for finishing a deal ran out. The conference was meant to approve a… [Read More]
A youth activist on the climate crisis: politicians won’t save us
the guardian) Fri 14 Dec 2018 For 24 years, world leaders have annually talked each other instead of to one another in hopes of reaching an agreement on how to mitigate the climate crisis. In all that time, they have barely scratched the surface of an issue that the world’s top climate scientists say we… [Read More]
Cyclists ‘exposed to less air pollution than drivers’ on busy routes
the guardian) Study shows people in cars and buses spend longer in toxic air, as do walkers on main roads Last modified on Thu 13 Dec 2018 Cyclists are the least exposed to air pollution on daily commutes into a congested city centre, research has shown. People in cars and buses spent longer in toxic… [Read More]
GPS bike-share program in China credited with reducing gridlock and smog
CBC News) The smog hangs thick over Beijing. It’s a brownish haze with a vaguely smoky smell, shrouding lanes of traffic and pedestrians wearing face masks. The main culprits are nearby steel factories and coal-burning heating plants. But the city’s five million cars add much to the toxic mix, creating air that’s frequently rated “hazardous”… [Read More]
Car-free or car-light? A common sense approach to transportation
Datadriven Investor) Most Dutch people own cars. And they bike, too. ginnaNov 21 I’m reading an incredible book called Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality. It’s about a Canadian family — the Bruntletts — who decided to start driving less. Every time they had a trip of just a couple miles, they biked. After a… [Read More]
Cycles for cigarettes: city gives bikes to children if a relative quits
The Guardian “Support us and let’s make this a model city, one of bicycles, a healthy lifestyle and a culture of coexistence,” he says. “Perhaps Kilis will become a bicycle city, like [one in] Holland.” Paul Benjamin Osterlund in Kilis Last modified on Tue 11 Dec 2018 14.22 GMT The bicycles are given to children… [Read More]
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