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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: New Zeeland Stories, Part 2
In my last post from Zeeland province, I took a look at the new bypass around the village of Vogelwaarde. In this post, I will have a look at some interesting things on a trip across the border to...
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Build A Belgian Burger: Flemish Style
Back in the Spring of this year, I visited the Netherlands where I took a look at a village bypass scheme, but this post is from across the border, just outside Antwerp in Belgium.As we cycled to Hulst...
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Monopoly? Walked It Mate
May is Living Streets' National Walking Month and for the third year in a row, and so a few weeks ago, I decided to undertake another long walk. This time I wanted to visit the Monopoly board locations...
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: New Zeeland Stories, Part 1
For my latest adventures traveling by cycle and train in the Netherlands, I headed south and west in a trip which included a foray into Belgium to visit Antwerp. However, this post comes from Zeeland...
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Traffic Signal Pie: Double Standards
Something crystalised in my mind a little while back as I contemplated crossing a side street at a signalised junction - the idea of double standards in traffic signal design. The idea had been in my...
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It's Not As Simple As That
Back in August 2020, there was a report claiming that a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) in Ealing showed an increase in driven trip miles over 50%. In the last few days, we have had more of this on a...
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A Street Corner In Rotterdam
Back in the summer, I visited Rotterdam, one of my favourite Dutch cities and this time, stayed in a neighbourhood on the southern edge of the city centre.Rotterdam is a great city to explore and it's...
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Back To The Future In East Oxford
I have been doing some work in Oxford, and on a recent visit, I had the chance to look at some historic traffic calming in East Oxford which has sent me down some research rabbit holes.If "East Oxford"...
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: Spring 2025 Part 2 - Dafne...
My Spring 2025 trip to the Netherlands included some time in Utrecht, one of my favourite cities, and another chance to have a look at an interesting piece of design.My first post from this trip where...
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Liveable Leicester: Redux
Back in the summer of 2015, I spent a great couple of days with the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain having a look at what the City of Leicester had been doing for cycling and more.I reported on what I...
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What makes side road junctions pedestrian-friendly?
Here is something a little unusual as I am cross-posting a blog post from my City Infinity website, because I think it needs as wide an audience as possible. I hope you enjoy it, regardless of where...
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Sunny Scheveningen
Over the summer, I returned to the Netherlands for a few days holiday with some of my family. On one of the days, we jumped on the train from Rotterdam to Den Haag and then took a tram hop to the...
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Brilliant Bradford
The first time I visited Bradford, it was for the train driver to change ends at the station as I travelled between Manchester and Leeds, so a proper visit was long overdue. I put this right a couple...
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The Lonely Walk
May is National Walking Month and this year I decided to go for a long and lonely walk which, quite frankly, I hated.Last year, I walked from the boundary of London just beyond Junction 28 of the M25...
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: Spring 2025 Part 1
At the beginning of April, I was fortunate to be able to make another trip to the Netherlands, my ninth since 2015, and this will be the first of a few posts talking about what I saw.I am of course...
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Bouncing Around Bournemouth
At the end of March, I visited Bournemouth where I gave a talk at the BCP Council Transport Conference called "Movement, Place, Choice & Space" which I have written about on my business blog over...
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Floating Bus Stops: Redux
I write this with a deep sigh. Not because it's an unimportant subject, it's just that it comes up every so often and I need to remind people that floating bus stops are not the starting position, they...
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Stratford Streets
Boxing Day called for a little bit of fresh air and with the Elizabeth Line closed, I took my folding bike out for a trip to Stratford (East London) via the District Line for a little post-Christmas...
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Not Invented In Norwich
A couple of weeks back I had the afternoon off and jumped on a train to Norwich to give a talk at the Norwich Cycling Campaign's AGM called "Not Invented Here". At some point, I will produce a video of...
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A Tram To Trafford
Earlier this week I was in Manchester for a conference. I didn't have time for a proper look around at what's new, but I did manage to jump on a tram to Stretford before it got dark on the day I...
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