SUNDAY, 14 JULY 2019 For the first time in a very long time, I have been lucky enough to have had the chance to read lots of guidance and to catch up a little on designing for cycling. This post was going to be a bit of a review of what is out there, but… [Read More]
Campaign for Yorkshire cycle tunnel is backed by landowner | Life and style | The Guardian
David Sunderland says he will block works to close disused Queensbury rail tunnel Maya Wolfe-RobinsonLast modified on Mon 15 Jul 2019 17.09 BST The campaign to turn a disused railway line in Yorkshire into England’s longest cycle tunnel has received a boost in the form of a defiant landowner who refuses to let it stay… [Read More]
What’s Up With That: Building Bigger Roads Actually Makes Traffic Worse | WIRED
WIRED Staff I grew up in Los Angeles, the city by the freeway by the sea. And if there’s one thing I’ve known ever since I could sit up in my car seat, it’s that you should expect to run into traffic at any point of the day. Yes, commute hours are the worst, but… [Read More]
TfL sets out plans for new London walking and cycling link – BikeBiz
Transport for London (TfL) has set out the first phase of its proposals to transform streets in east London, by linking Dalston and Clapton with a new cycleway. It is part of a wider route between Lea Bridge and Dalston which would link with the recently expanded cycleway network in Waltham Forest, where over seven… [Read More]
‘It’s already begun’: Feedback loops will make climate change even worse, scientists say I news.yahoo.com
David Knowles When the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its dire report in October warning of humanity’s fast-approaching reckoning with global warming, one factor adding to the urgency was a new estimate about how much additional carbon dioxide was being added to the atmosphere as a result of the warming of… [Read More]
First climate assembly in UK draws up wishlist for council action | The Guardian
Camden council officials say they intend to implement at least some of the panel’s ideas Mark Rice-OxleyFri 19 Jul 2019 12.45 BST Britain’s first climate assembly culminates on Saturday when 56 north Londoners will decide on measures they want their council to enact to confront the climate crisis. Camden’s Citizens Assembly, convened to interrogate what… [Read More]
How Shell Greenwashed its Image as Internal Documents Warned of Fossil Fuels’ Contribution to Climate Change | DeSmog UK
Read time: 9 mins By Mat Hope • Wednesday, April 11, 2018 – 10:52 Shell knew about the relationship between burning fossil fuels and climate change as early as the 1980s. So what did the company decide to do about it? Stop burning fossil fuels? link to original article
In New Climate, California’s Wildfires Are 500% Larger – The Atlantic
“Each degree of warming causes way more fire than the previous degree of warming did. And that’s a really big deal.” Robinson Meyer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers climate change and technology. Facebook Twitter Email Jul 16, 2019 On a hot July evening last year, a rancher tried to use… [Read More]
Want to do something about global warming? Talk about it with your family and friends
by Julia Rosen, Los Angeles Times There’s the old saying that you should never discuss politics or religion in polite company. Nowadays, it seems climate change has joined that list. Barely more than a third of Americans broach the subject often or even occasionally, according to a recent survey by researchers at the Yale Program… [Read More]
Cycling Accident Statistics 2019 – UK vs Europe — BikeParts.co.uk
In this article, we’ll take a deep dive at the data around cycling accidents in the UK and EU. We’ll focus on how the UK compares to the EU in terms of cyclist safety, I’ll look at contributory factors to accidents in the UK to see if there are any actionable tips that you can… [Read More]