Peter Walker Thu 30 Jan 2020 00.03 GMT Report says UK one of only three EU nations where pedestrian casualties rose in last decade Significant reductions in road casualties for vehicle occupants across Europe in the last decade have not been matched by equivalent safety gains for pedestrians and cyclists, a report has shown, with… [Read More]
Archives for 2020
European Transport Safety Council calls for urgent active travel protection
Cycle Industry News) Mark Sutton31 January, 2020 The European Transport Safety Council has call for urgent action to protect those making active travel choices as it has been revealed cyclist deaths have fallen eight times as slowly as deaths in motor vehicles across Europe. The authors of a new report on the topic found that… [Read More]
Electric scooters can help cities move beyond cars v pedestrians | The Guardian
Alex HernFri 31 Jan 2020 12.10 GMT If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that being hit by a scooter hurts less than being hit by a bike. That may sound like a strangely negative place to start, but it’s sort of fundamental to why I’m glad the government is finally showing… [Read More]
Bikeways And Business On Bloor Street – Before & After Bikeway Installation: Research Summary
Before & After Bikeway Installation: Avenue Road To Shaw Street There are more customers on Bloor after the bikeway installation. Average number of customers served per weekday Customer spending grew more on Bloor than surrounding areas, and about the same as rest of the city overall. Bikeway installedPeople who bike or walk to Bloor visit… [Read More]
Brighton, Bristol, York … city centres signal the end of the road for cars | The Guardian
The city with the only Green MP in the country is the latest council to consider banning private vehicles from its centre to reduce pollution and improve citizens’ quality of life Harriet SherwoodSun 26 Jan 2020 10.35 GMT In a multi-storey car park in the centre of Brighton, Peter Willcocks – on hand in a… [Read More]
TfL to use artificial intelligence to help fuel London’s cycling boom – Cycle Industry News
Hayley Everett24 January, 2020 A UK-first trial of artificial intelligence (AI) technology could make it much easier to plan and operate new cycle routes in the capital. Until now, Transport for London (TfL) has relied mainly on manual traffic counts to record how many people are cycling on any given road, with this information used… [Read More]
Weatherwatch: walkers and cyclists first in York’s winter safety plans |The Guardian
Research shows that cyclists and walkers are three times as likely as motorists to be injured in icy conditions. Are York’s ‘baby gritters’ the solution? Kate RaviliousFri 24 Jan 2020 21.30 GMT Two years ago we had an icy winter in York. For those of us who like to walk or cycle it became treacherous… [Read More]
Camden Cyclists News January 2020
Routes to school – finding the barriers
Camden Climate Action Plan
Dates: consultation 20th January 2020; 29th February 2020; Officers: greencamden@camden.gov.uk CCC member dealing with it Jean Dollimore. RESPONDED 27 Feb 2020
A radical transport response to the climate emergency | Policy and insight
Transport is now the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK and emissions are rising. This briefing outlines far-reaching changes to deliver the reductions needed and ensure a decent transport system that works for everyone. Lynn Sloman and Lisa Hopkinson, Transport for Quality of Life 26 Oct 2019 Summary This paper – written… [Read More]
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