This problem gets worse as cars get bigger and heavier, no matter what they are powered by.Three years ago I got in serious trouble with reader for a post asking Do electric cars generate as much particulate pollution as gas and diesel powered cars? It was based on a study with a simple thesis: tire, […]
Whether it is a natural feature or a man-made barrier, we sometimes need to build bridges to get our cycle routes across them. Now, I am not talking about crossing a road at surface level here, I am interested in rivers, large roads and rail where we need to be using a bridge of some
Good affordable bikes, safe places to ride, and secure places to park. After writing Study finds that e-bike riders get as much exercise as riders of regular bikes I posted it on Twitter and got the biggest response I have ever had to a tweet, with 1400 likes, 524 retweets and counting. There were many
E-bikers use their bikes more, go longer distances, and often substitute it for driving or transit. Fans of electric bikes often say they are riding further than they used to on “analog” bikes, to use a retronym coined by Andrea Learned. I have written about my own Gazelle: “I am using it more often than
17/08/19 Even as I write this post, Quietway 14 is already out of date because London’s strategic transport authority, Transport for London, is rebranding cycle routes simply as “Cycleways”. I’ll leave the branding debate alone for now, but as it stands, only the western section of the route has been completed between Tower Bridge Road
Carlton Reid 2,563 viewsMay 28, 2019, 06:27am The bicycle’s share of commuter trips in Copenhagen has risen. It increased from 43% in 2017 to 49% in 2018 – annual jumps of 6% are unusual yet Denmark’s capital city is not resting on its laurels. To improve air quality and reduce motor-traffic congestion, Copenhagen municipality’s “Cyclist
Carlton Reid Earlier this year it was reported in the U.S. that the “nation’s SUV boom is becoming increasingly deadly” after it was revealed that pedestrian deaths hit a 28-year high in 2018. A new data crunch from British transport data experts shows there may be a similar lethality problem with SUVs in the U.K.
By DuncanDollimore Thursday, 15 August 2019 Who’s in and who’s out? Cycling UK’s Head of Campaigns Duncan Dollimore takes a look at the ministerial merry-go-round, the politicians we now need to influence to increase investment in active travel, how we do it, what’s in it for them, and why we need your help now! In
By Richard Peace Thursday, 15 August 2019 Cargobikes can carry a lot more than a regular bike, but when you add on electric assist you can cycle with a load more. Cycling UK’s e-bike expert Richard Peace has been investigating how much you can carry on a e-bike and a e-cargo bike. E-bikes have the
Fri 16 Aug 2019 In the early 1930s a young William Laker would cycle the 50-odd miles from his home in Kent to Crystal Palace in south London to visit the woman who would, half a century later, become my grandmother. There is every chance Grandpa would have popped into the small bike shop at
