Reinforcing the myth A mistake we can all make is being drawn into responding, to challenge or de-bunk the myth rather than simply asserting the positive case. We then risk inadvertently reinforcing the myth by repeating it, instead of highlighting, for example, the incredible benefits from investing in walking and cycling infrastructure. One excuse for […]
September 5, 2019 Following the Netherlands’ lead in introducing safe cycle infrastructure would bring health benefits to all, says Cleo Kenington During my maternity leave I arranged a “keeping in touch day” where I was covering a shift as a registrar in general surgery. Soon after I started the day, the emergency bleep went off:
Researchers quantify the emissions of every road and building in the nearly 5,000 square miles of the Los Angeles metro area. Your city could be next. Matt Simon 08.26.2019 09:00 AM Hovering above the iconic Hollywood sign is Southern California’s other icon: smog. After decades of gains fighting the menace, LA is now losing ground,
Elijah ChilandSep 3, 2019, 9:10am PDT Keisha Saravia, 38, was crossing Main Street in front of her house last month in Broadway-Manchester when she was struck by a white sedan. The driver did not stop to see if Saravia—then nine months pregnant with her sixth child—was all right, or even to call 911. The car
One key interval of particular interest during the Pliocene is the mid-Piacenzian Warm Period – some 3.264 to 3.025 million years ago – when temperatures were 2 to 3º Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels. “The interval also marks the last time the Earth’s atmospheric CO2 was as high as today, providing important clues about what
By Conor LCC on 7 days ago The school climate strikers will hold our generation to account if we don’t take action says Ashok Sinha. I have A blue metal water bottle with ‘Not Stupid’ printed on the side. A souvenir from a past life, the slogan occasionally elicits curious glances: exactly who or what
Former railway lines up and down the country now offer great, family-friendly off-road cycle trails – and some even go up and down a bit Dixe WillsSat 31 Aug 2019 07.00 BST Former railway lines up and down the country now offer great, family-friendly off-road cycle trails – and some even go up and down
Bike riding courses run in Wellington are such a hit that ReBicycle is urgently looking for more volunteers Eleanor Ainge RoyLast modified on Sun 1 Sep 2019 22.52 BST Leila Rahimi was so scared when she first moved to New Zealand that she struggled to leave the house and would spend days working up the
Martin LoveSun 1 Sep 2019 05.59 BST One of the reasons parents in Britain give for not ferrying their kids about by bike is safety. But over in Holland and Germany, cargo bikes are how many families deal with the transport admin of daily life – from the school run to shopping trips. (Maybe these
