:excerpstart@ChesterCyclingNo f’in way are you getting that close to my son and I and getting away with it.:excerptendlink to original article
Helsinki, which has had a ~75% drop in road deaths over the last thirty years – David Zipper – Twitter
@DavidZipper
Today I met with officials in Helsinki, which has had a ~75% drop in road deaths over the last thirty years (including recent years with no ped/cyclist deaths at all). Me: “How much of a role has IT played in reducing crashes?” City official: “Zero. We simply slowed down cars.”
Cycle lane and double yellow lines scheme in Great Yarmouth divides local residents | road.cc
Simon Macmichael 15/9/2022
Residents of Great Yarmouth are divided over a scheme to introduce a cycle lane and double yellow lines on a street in the Norfolk seaside town.
Norfolk County Council is currently consulting on the proposals for Jellicoe Road, which runs due east from the beach towards Caister Road, and which has a primary school on it as well as being adjacent to the town’s racecourse, reports the Great Yarmouth Mercury(link is external).
The eastern part of the road, running from the roundabout by one of the entrances to the racecourse to the sea and divided by a central reservation already has double yellow lines on either side.
According to local Conservative councillor Paul Hammond, more residents are opposed to the proposals than are in favour of them.
Why did the Queen’s death receive saturation media coverage while the future of the Earth goes largely ignored? | theguardian.com
Euan Ritchie
The death of Queen Elizabeth II continues to reverberate globally. The ensuing media frenzy, rabid and ravenous at times, has been quite something to behold. I cannot think of another event or issue that’s received even remotely a similar amount of attention in recent times.
I am not here to argue about the merit and contributions of the Queen and the royal family though, nor a long overdue transition to an Australian republic, or the far too often overlooked, disregarded and darker history and confronting issues, including maintenance of power structures and the ongoing damage and ravages of state-sanctioned colonialism. That is not my place nor area of expertise, and I genuinely want to extend my sincere condolences to all who are saddened and suffering, whatever their reason, and whatever cultural background, political and personal persuasion they may have.
Shaking. On my way back from the school drop I’ve just been deliberately swerved at and v close passed on Kings Heath high st – Dr Francesca Berry – Twitter
@FrancescaBerry9
Shaking. On my way back from the school drop I’ve just been deliberately swerved at and v close passed on Kings Heath high st by a driver who said he wanted to kill me because “it’s against the law for cyclists to be on the road”.
@grantshapps and @DailyMailUK see what you do??
Street clutter: ‘If you are not disabled you don’t see it’ – .transportxtra
Disability rights campaigner Christine Clarke describes how the impact street clutter has had on her family and how she’s fighting for change
Street clutter, such as cars on pavements and badly placed bins and signs, clogs up pavements and makes it difficult – and dangerous – for people to get around.
Clarke and her daughter have formed a local Living Streets group after hearing about the Cut The Clutter campaign. She has been interviewed as a witness for the Welsh Government Cross Party Group as part of its active travel act review.
The Five Borough Bikeway – RPA
Critical infrastructure connecting New York City
As described above, the vision for the Five Borough Bikeway is a fully constructed network of lanes, but if certain stretches can be developed with more short term, “quick-build” approaches (paint and bollards, parked car separation, etc.), those should be pursued in an effort to put the Bikeway on the map, but with a clear commitment and timeline for more complete construction.
New UK Transport Secretary Was Road Campaign Chief, Denied Climate Change – Forbes
Carlton Reid
Anne-Marie Trevelyan was last night appointed as the U.K.’s transport secretary in the first cabinet reshuffle of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s new administration. The former Secretary of State for International Trade tweeted that she was “thrilled” to have been appointed to her new role, adding that “transport is crucial to our lives.”
Among the emojis on her tweet, there was a train, a bicycle, and a spaceship but no pedestrian or bus.
Before entering parliament in 2015 as the MP for Berwick, Trevelyan was the campaign director for “Dual the A1 Campaign,” a lobbying group she founded in 2007.
In 2014, then PM David Cameron pledged $330m to widen parts of the A1 road between England and Scotland. However, earlier this year the plan for the road was halted subject to a new decision expected in December.
“Having campaigned and stressed to Government on the importance of this scheme for over a decade, I have no intention of stopping now,” Trevelyan said in March.
A “dual the A1” petition to parliament set up by Trevelyan in 2012 attracted just 624 signatures over six months.
£18 billion required to deliver cycling masterplan, says Boardman – Cycling Industry
Laura Laker 7 September 2022
Chris Boardman says England would need up to £18bn to grow cycling equitably between rural and urban areas, against a current pot of up to £3.8bn.
Active Travel England (ATE), of which Boardman is head, is tasked with meeting the target that half of all journeys in towns and cities are made by cycling and walking by 2030, and Boardman acknowledges to meet that target with the current budget they need to focus on high-yield urban routes.
While Boardman stresses his role is not as an advocate, he told a Transport Committee this morning while ATE will deliver some rural routes, he’d love to see a “more equitable approach”.
He said targeted increases in active travel to meet the 50% target would cost £9bn, while doing so equally across rural and urban areas would cost double that, adding “this is what it takes to deliver the product. And then it’s a political decision of how important you think it is”.
Cancer breakthrough is a ‘wake-up’ call on danger of air pollution | Cancer research | The Guardian
Scientists uncover link between car fumes and lung cancer that helps explain why so many non-smokers develop disease
Hannah Devlin
The findings outline how fine particulates contained in car fumes “awaken” dormant mutations in lung cells and tip them into a cancerous state. The work helps explain why so many non-smokers develop lung cancer and is a “wake-up call” about the damaging impact of pollution on human health.
“The risk of lung cancer from air pollution is lower than from smoking, but we have no control over what we all breathe,” said Prof Charles Swanton of the Francis Crick Institute, who presented the findings at the European Society for Medical Oncology conference in Paris on Saturday.
“Globally, more people are exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution than to toxic chemicals in cigarette smoke, and these new data link the importance of addressing climate health to improving human health.”
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