European cities offer a roadmap for life with fewer cars James NeviusJan 29, 2020, 8:00am EST put over 13,000 miles on their vehicles every year. If car commercials are to be believed, this is all done off-roading into the woods and driving sports cars through empty, rain-slicked city streets.In reality, much of this mileage is […]
This week’s Good Cycling Facility is a new bi-directional cycleway in the city centre of Delft. This is an area formerly dominated by the railway running through the city on a raised concrete viaduct. The railway has been buried underground, and the surface has been redeveloped. This path runs through this development along the line
Friday, 31 January 2020 A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison by a court in Brussels for the theft of a bicycle from a metro station in Auderghem last year. The judge at the trial of repeat offender Charles S. qualified the theft as an “ecological crime,” as it had forced
Drivers were given the opportunity to be educated on safe passing distances and the hazards cyclists face Police in Ipswich have this week held a close pass operation targeting motorists who fail to give cyclists enough room when overtaking them or who put them in danger through issues such as tailgating or left hooks. The
With an Ultra-Low Emission Zone(ULEZ) in central London, a growing network of Cycleways and several ‘mini-Holland’ boroughs the capital has attracted international attention for its progress on transport strategy. But other UK cities are developing thier own solutions to the challenges of climate change, poor air quality and liveability. Birmingham is the latest to announce
Critical Mass is listed alongside neo-Nazi, far-right and Jihadist groups A cycling advocacy group has been named on the counter-terrorism watch list issued by the Home Office alongside far-right, neo-nazi and jihadi groups, reports the Independent. Critical Mass is a cycle safety and advocacy group that campaigns for more environmentally friendly forms of transport and
Cities follow others including Birmingham and York in looking to restrict motor traffic Manchester City Council is to consider introducing an ultra low emissions zone (ULEZ), similar to that introduced in London, as well as possibly banning through traffic from the city centre. The news follows other cities such as Birmingham drawing up plans to
Across the country the Bikeability programme has taught three million kids how to be safer on the roads A cycling programme is celebrating ten years of delivering safety awareness training to more than 50,000 school children. Cumbria County Council and Cyclewise Ltd are celebrating a 10 year partnership that has brought important cycle training and
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
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
