Progressive policies help get people on their bike, even in below-freezing conditions Peter WalkerSat 8 Feb 2020 08.00 GMT In London, where I live, the idea of winter cycling generally involves little more than remembering some gloves and making sure your bike lights are charged. In Joensuu, the compact city in eastern Finland, where I […]
Peter WalkerLast modified on Fri 7 Feb 2020 18.40 GMT The temperature, even at 9.30am, is -13C, and light snow is falling on the already white-blanketed playground. But dozens of primary-age children are out, and doing something you might not expect in such conditions: riding bikes. Teachers say about half of the children at Joensuu
I’m looking across at the mainland again this week towards Sweden and the country’s Vision Zero programme. Sweden is held up as a progressive nation when it comes to dealing with road death, but it wasn’t always the case with road death being treated as an everyday occurrence. The change in approach came in 1995
7 February, 2020 The first report back to Parliament on the progress of the statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy says that the UK has “some way to go to deliver the ambition” and that a spending review due later in 2020 will “be the vehicle for identifying both the scale and type of investment
This week’s Good Cycling Faciltiy is a protected bi-directional cycleway in the city centre of the Hague in the Netherlands. There is an entry point for motor traffic here into a business park – the movements of cycle traffic and motor traffic are completely separated, via traffic signals. There is an induction loop mounted in
Year-long trial will begin with March introduction of 400 electric bikes engineered by Uber and operating in more than 30 countries Thu 6 Feb 2020 A new Uber-owned electric bike-sharing service will put hundreds of bikes on Melbourne’s streets as part of a one-year trial. The cities of Yarra and Port Phillip have signed a
Mark Sutton5 February, 2020 There are links the world over connecting the conversion of space to something more pedestrian and safe cycling friendly to improved retail spend and customer dwell time. Should this be the bike industry’s main campaign aim, asks Laura Laker… It’s a simple fact that every industry needs new customers for it
This Man Created Traffic Jams on Google Maps Using a Red Wagon Full of Phones By pulling 99 phones down empty streets, artist Simon Wreckert made it look like they were gridlocked on Google Maps. By Matthew Gault Feb 3 2020, 6:07pmShareTweetSnap Matthew Gault In Tech Artist Simon Wreckert walked the streets of Berlin tugging
Transport correspondent, London @BBCTomEdwards on Twitter With growing pressure to cut carbon emissions and reduce the number of vehicles on the road, some small cameras could help provide the answer to London’s emission woes. You could easily miss it. It’s a small triangular grey box high up on a lamp-post but it could hold the
Mayor urges backing as report sets out predicted gains from walking and cycling scheme Lucy CampbellTue 28 Jan 2020 06.00 GMT A joined-up cycling and walking network in Greater Manchester could provide a national blueprint for reducing congestion and air pollution and improving health, a report says. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, and
