aseasyasriding On a sunny September day last year, I headed out from the city centre of Utrecht to take a look at the town of Bilthoven, about five miles away. Despite being a fairly small settlement (Bilthoven itself only has a population of around 20,000 people, although it closely adjoins the larger town of De… [Read More]
Archives for 2020
Good Cycling Facility of the Week: 27/2/20 | 2-way protected cycleway with a floating bus stop in Stratford, London – CEoGB
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is a two-way protected cycleway with a floating bus stop in Stratford, London. This road was formerly part of the Stratford gyratory system, but has been converted to two-way flow for motor traffic, with the addition of protected cycleways. This two-way cycleway passes a bus stop on a new island,… [Read More]
CCC Meeting Minutes 17 Feb 2020
Quarterly meeting report; Monmouth Street; Camden Town and Kentish Town Healthy Streets; road closures
Proposed Camley Street Zebra Crossing
Dates: consultation 17th February 2020; 13th March 2020; Officers: Adam Iqbal; Transportconsultations@camden.gov.uk; CCC member dealing with it Jean Dollimore. RESPONDED 11 March 2020
When a junction turns people cycling into lawbreakers, how do you fix it? | As Easy As Riding A Bike
As with many British towns in the wake of the 1963 Traffic in Towns report, Horsham responded to the coming age of the motor car with a mixture of enlightenment and destructiveness. In doing so, it largely reflected the nature of the Report itself, which presciently diagnosed the enormous problems mass motoring would present, but… [Read More]
World Bicycle Relief has now distributed 500,000 Buffalo Bikes in developing nations | road.cc
Buffalo Bikes help people in rural areas get access to education, health services, and economic opportunities The non-profit organisation World Bicycle Relief has distributed its 500,000th Buffalo Bike. The charity believes its efforts have positively impacted the lives of more than 2.5 million people. WBR was founded in 2005 in response to the 2004 Indian… [Read More]
China’s Overloaded Cycle Carriers | Amusing Planet
French photographer Alain Delorme became fascinated by the piles of stacked products migrant Chinese workers loaded into their bicycles. The precariously overloaded packages often assume unusual forms. His documentation of the packed bicycles forms a series of photographs entitled Totems, which are both aesthetically glorious and astoundingly indicative of daily life in China. The images… [Read More]
Switching to cycling and public transport “essential” to hit sustainability targets, says EEA – Cycle Industry News
Jonathon Harker21 February, 2020 Shifting to walking, cycling and public transport is crucial if Europe has any hope of meeting its long-term sustainability targets and policy objectives defined by 2019’s European Green Deal. The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a report assessing how green and sustainable ‘first and last mile’ transport options truly are,… [Read More]
Perfect storm for cycling as study points to green transport surge – Cycle Industry News
20 February, 2020 A 20,000 person study published by Kantar on the topic of urban mobility points strongly toward a decline in car use in favour of green transport forms. Coming on the back of the news that cities like York and Birmingham will phase out city centre private car use, the study drew upon… [Read More]
Parisians keep cycling following transport strikes as mayor pledges 100 per cent bike friendly city | road.cc
Anne Hidalgo has promised a bike lane on every street in French capital if re-elected Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, who is seeking re-election in next month’s municipal elections, has promised a bike lane on every street in the French capital, with her pledge coming as data reveal that locals who took to their bikes… [Read More]