In the 1930s big auto dreamed up freeways and demanded massive car infrastructure. Micromobility needs its own Futurama—one where cars are marginalized. Terenig TopjianOctober 18, 2019 Perspective Why We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes In the 1930s big auto dreamed up freeways and demanded massive car infrastructure. Micromobility needs its own Futurama—one where… [Read More]
Archives for January 2020
Cycleways are getting more Londoners in the saddle, says new TfL report | road.cc
The share of trips undertaken by bike in the capital is going up, with particularly strong growth seen in areas where high-quality cycling infrastructure has been put in place, according to new figures from Transport for London (TfL). In its latest Travel in London report, TfL says that on an average day, 2.5 per cent… [Read More]
Oslo has virtually eliminated pedestrian and cyclist deaths – Curbed
Alissa WalkerJan 3, 2020, 1:50pm EST Imagine a city the size of Washington D.C. going an entire year without any pedestrians or cyclists being killed on its streets. That’s exactly what happened in Oslo, where officials reported this week that zero pedestrian or cyclist fatalities occurred on the city’s roads in 2019. City data for… [Read More]
Globe editorial: Canada’s cities are about to add millions of new residents. They can’t all drive to work – The Globe and Mail
Published 1 day ago Canada has recently been the fastest growing country in the G7, with a population rising at double the pace of the United States and United Kingdom, and four times that of France and Germany. According to Statistics Canada’s projections, our country could have 48.8-million people by 2050. And that’s the agency’s… [Read More]
Convenience not weather keeping Scots in their cars says cycling commissioner | road.cc
Scotland’s Active Nation Commissioner says it’s a myth that the nation’s weather deters people from cycling. Former pro mountain biker Lee Craigie says that most people in Scotland continue to get in their cars purely because it remains the most convenient option. In an interview with inews.co.uk, Craigie said her first year in the role… [Read More]
Feet First: Stop Building New Highway Lanes, Fund Local Streets and Transit First | The Urbanist
Feet FirstDecember 27, 2019 Feet First believes in walkable places to improve our quality of life–communities with safe walking conditions, nearby jobs, stores, services, parks and gathering places, all connected to each other by frequent and reliable transit. We know we have far to go to reach that vision, and the passage of Initiative 976… [Read More]
February 2016) How Britain missed chance to ‘Go Dutch’ in the 1970s | road.cc
Simon MacMichael February 14 2016 Did the UK miss an opportunity to ‘Go Dutch’ in the 1970s, just at the time that across the North Sea the Netherlands began prioritising people on bikes, putting policies in place that four decades on have resulted in the country becoming the envy of campaigners around the world? Conservative… [Read More]
Councils need to take ‘unpopular’ decisions to convert drivers into cyclists says councillor in Cumbria | road.cc
Alex Bowden January 3 2020 Local councils will need to make ‘unpopular’ political decisions to convert car drivers into cyclists, according to a councillor in Cumbria. The Westmorland Gazette reports that there have been complaints of motor traffic holdups after work began on a cycle path on Shap Road, Kendal, and also following similar work… [Read More]
Barcelona’s car-free smart city experiment – BBC News
02 January 2020 In the centre of bustling and busy Barcelona there is unusual quiet: just the babble of children playing in a small playground and the sound of the birds. There is virtually no traffic and the space where cars would have parked is given over to play areas, trees and even a running… [Read More]
We welcome Camden’s initiative for Gray’s Inn Road
– Letter from John Chamberlain to Camden New Journal, 10 January, 2020