10 June 2020 Finally, I was allowed to go to Utrecht again for work! It was only for one time, but I hadn’t been in my place of birth for almost two months. This had happened only once before in my life. You can’t imagine how happy I was to simply find my bicycle back… [Read More]
Archives for 2020
Air pollution in China back to pre-Covid levels and Europe may follow | The Guardian
Cleaner skies were a silver lining of pandemic but data indicates air quality receding as lockdowns eased Niko KommendaWed 3 Jun 2020 09.18 BST Traffic in Beijing. Air pollution had dropped during the lockdown but is back to pre-pandemic levels. Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images Air pollution in China has climbed back to pre-pandemic levels, and… [Read More]
Blue-sky thinking: how cities can keep air clean after coronavirus | The Guardian
Jonathan WattsSun 7 Jun 2020 15.00 BST Many urban dwellers have gazed in awe at their newly clean cities over the last few months. But three – Copenhagen, Oakland and Mexico City – are leading the way in making such transformations permanent. How? For those not directly affected, the ability to breathe more easily and… [Read More]
Should cyclists have insurance and a penalty points threat? | This is Money
Stricter rules for cyclists should be introduced immediately to combat the increased number of two-wheeled law breakers hitting the road due to the Government’s recommendation for people to avoid public transport. Ministers ‘must introduce emergency legislation to tackle a boom in the toxic cycling which has emerged during the lockdown period’ and that ‘for too… [Read More]
RAC hits out at ‘truly shocking’ lockdown speeding offences | The Guardian
Data reveals police recorded seven incidents of motorists in UK driving over 130mph Lisa O’CarrollTue 2 Jun 2020 00.01 BST Two-thirds of Britain’s police forces caught people driving in excess of 100mph during the first three weeks of the coronavirus lockdown, new data has shown. The extreme speeds were not confined to motorways, as drivers… [Read More]
Bicycling Will Save Tomorrow’s Cities, Predicts Deloitte – Forbes
Carlton Reid12:15pm EST Robots. AI. Podcasts. 5G. All of these are the sort of subjects you would expect to find plugged in a long-running annual tech predictions report. Bicycles? Not so much. But in a major innovations publication issued on December 10, 200-year-old bicycling is highlighted as a technological solution to many modern urban ills…. [Read More]
Lisbon Latest City To Rein Back Car Use With 34 Miles Of Pop-Up Cycleways Installed By September – forbes
Carlton Reid Jun 4, 2020, To Milan, London, Berlin, and Paris, Lisbon can now be added to the major European cities using the pandemic to reshape streets. Portugal’s coastal capital city is to remove car parking spaces and replace them with alfresco cafes and restaurants; speed limits will be lowered to 18 miles per hour… [Read More]
DfT’s re-shape streets edict: weeks, not months, to deliver change – transportxtra
Highway and traffic authorities have been told by the Transport Secretary to take measures to deliver ‘transformative change’ to their urban streets within an urgent timeframe. If they don’t, they could be in breach of new Statutory Guidance. Robert Huxford explored how local authorities could best respond in his contribution to last week’s LTT online… [Read More]
Chris Boardman: “Next two weeks will set the transport agenda for the next two decades” | road.cc
SIMON_MACMICHAEL WED, JUN 03, 2020 17:04 Campaigner urges government to include cycling statisticcs in daily briefings to encourage people into the saddle Chris Boardman has warned that “decisions made in the next two weeks will set the transport agenda for the next two decades” as the government introduces further easing of the lockdown in England,… [Read More]
New Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Phase 2
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods Programme Phase 2. June 5th 2020. Construction of Prowse Place, Red Lion Street, Swains Lane and Dane Street schemes is scheduled for week commencing 22nd June 2020.
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