Eight-country poll shows people view climate crisis as priority over migration and terrorism Matthew TaylorWed 18 Sep 2019 23.00 BST A majority of the public recognise the climate crisis as an “emergency” and say politicians are failing to tackle the problem, backing the interests of big oil over the wellbeing of ordinary people, according to… [Read More]
Climate change is morally wrong. It is time for a carbon abolition movement | The Guardian
Eric BeinhockerFri 20 Sep 2019 11.45 BST Human-induced climate change is a moral wrong. It involves one group of humans harming others. People of this generation harming those in future generations. People in the developed world harming those in the developing world. Each of us is emitting carbon that is harming those caught in climate-driven… [Read More]
The GP who ‘prescribes’ cycling
By Katie Walter Friday, 30 August 2019 Dr Kate Walter is a GP in Inverness and she works hard to encourage and help her patients to cycle. She explains how seeing cycling help her long term patient Mick Heath, led to her to promote cycling, then create WheelNess and other projects to share the health… [Read More]
“The industry will never unlock new sales without safe infrastructure,” says ECF at Eurobike
Mark Sutton9 September, 2019 Kicking off last week’s Eurobike trade show came the Cycling Industry Leaders’ Breakfast, a meet of the trade’s CEOs and influentials and the meet struck a welcome tone with much of the discussion centred on horizon broadening. The bicycle industry has come under much criticism for its focus on the sport… [Read More]
Why buying an e-bike online is not as bad as I thought | TreeHugger
A lot of readers have had good experiences and saved a lot of money. In my post, “Why I think buying an e-bike online is a really bad idea,” I suggested that e-bikes should be bought from and maintained by people who know what they are doing. I have always believed that we should support… [Read More]
Why I think buying an e-bike online is a really bad idea | TreeHugger
If e-bikes are going to replace cars, they should be taken seriously and maintained properly by people who know what they are doing. As we often say on TreeHugger, e-bikes will eat cars. On Forbes, Scott Kramer reviews an e-bike and writes, “I am officially selling my car to ride an electric bike full time…. [Read More]
The Ranty Highwayman: Suburban Serenity
Long before I got interested in how our urban places are put together I read about the city of Freiburg in southwest Germany and more specifically, the neighbourhood of Vauban which was built as a low-car eco-development. A few weeks ago I finally managed to visit as we’d picked Freiburg im Breisgau (to give the… [Read More]
Good Cycling Facility of the Week: 12th September 2019
This week’s Good Cycling Facilty is a newly-surfaced cycle path, with a noise barrier, alongside a main road in the outskirts of the Dutch city of Gouda. The path is smooth and wide. It runs next to a fast road, so a noise barrier (composed of thick glass) has been installed to minimise noise disruption… [Read More]
How can we store our bikes securely in our front garden? | Money | The Guardian
We’re fed up with them cluttering up our hall but are worried about the risk of theft Sat 14 Sep 2019 Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper. My… [Read More]
Why Paris will be the first post-car metropolis | Financial Times
‘The city’s parking spaces will become bike or scooter paths, café terraces or playgrounds’ The MethanistSeptember 7, 2017 In Lima next Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee will rubber-stamp Paris as host of the 2024 Games. By the time the Games begin, Paris will be transformed. “Vehicles with combustion engines driven by private individuals” could well… [Read More]