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BUT IT'S GOING TO COST A FORTUNE!
a technical question in the office quite often turns into a wider discussion, debate or indeed a rant. what started as a question about how to build a small access to a site ended in row over spending...
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Sign & Vote (Please!)
Short post this week with me asking if my readers would consider signing a really important petition and vote to give recognition to a Lottery-funded walking and cycling project.First, we have a...
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Investing In Britain's Future?
George "ten quid burger" Osborne has undertaken his spending review and he has decided to free up funding for capital projects over the next several years.Silly Burger: Gideon Geoffrey George Osborne...
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If You Go Down To The Woods Today...
I had a very interesting day out of the office this week at the transport research laboratory in the woodlands of sunny (nearly) berkshire. The purpose of my visit was to take part in the 'Safer...
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Crossrail Should Be Accessible For All...
transport for all is a campaign group for accessible transport across greater london. its latest campaign is for crossrail to be accessible at all of its stations.The £14.8bn scheme being built by...
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CS2 At Aldgate East - Just One Junction.....
The death of Philippe De Gerin-Ricard on London's Cycle Superhighway 2, near Aldgate East Station on the A11 Whitechapel Road, has been covered by many others, but what will it take to make the area...
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A Summer CS3 Safari...
Every 6 weeks or so, I like to go on a longish ride. I find it a good way to wind down and have a think, but I do take the odd photo of things of interest (yes, normally highway infrastructure - a...
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Populist Pickles' Petroleum Powered Pro-Parking Primrose Paint Permission...
in work, i sometimes end up speaking to a "customer" who pushes a certain button which leads me down a path which will become an argument and maybe a formal complaint! The news item about Communities...
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Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle
Today was the start of a weekend of cycling in london starting with the Ridelondon freecycle taking in 8 miles of The City and Westminster on traffic-free routes, with all the famous sights.Just a few...
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If you go back to the woods today
well, back to the transport research laboratory this week for a new cycle safety trial: this time, bus stop bypasses (or floating bus stops)A TfL impression of a cycle bypass/ floating bus stop for...
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I Am Not A Cyclist, I Am A Voter
david cameron thought he could silence cyclists with a few quid for a few places (which is dwarfed by his road spending plans), so it is even more important to keep the pressure on him to take cycling...
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Kerb Your Enthusiasm
Kerbs are actually quite interesting things, even if you didn't realise it. They are multi-functional, can be used to send messages and come in a huge array of shapes and sizes. So, let's hear it for...
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A summer of Space for Cycling
2012 was billed as the summer of cycling and although we did well at the Games, for me 2013 has been the real summer of cycling. Well, at least for me!Last week's kerb love in post was a bit hard-core...
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Sheppey September Souper Smash Shows Safety Shambles?
Last Monday saw a 130 vehicle pile-up on the New Sheppey Crossing in Kent, which carries the A249 across The Swale between Sittingbourne and the isle of sheppey, then onto the port of Sheerness.First,...
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Why Do I Bother?
the interesting ideas come from discussion with others and in this post, I will try and answer the following question;"how do you square your conscience with working for people who are committed to a...
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Magical Modelling, Digital Deceit and Swept-path Subterfuge
This week, a Twitter debate about traffic modelling has inspired me to lift the lid on a couple of the shortcomings and sharp practices used in traffic engineering where the use of computer modelling...
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Wow! I Never Saw Him Coming
I was going to post something about cycle route design this week, but unexpectedly I am covering something which happens all the time - poor driver behaviourA cheap camera mount with a boltsticking out...
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Barking, Bazalgette, Camden & Canals
OK, I promised a post on route planning this week, but I have been sidetracked (again). Last Sunday was blazing hot and so I took the opportunity to explore a bit more of london on...
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If we are going to do it properly, let's plan it properly first!
Despite the general doom and gloom about a lack of funding for cycling, I seem to have been spending quite a bit of time looking at very early scheme ideas for funding bids, but I am also worried.I...
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The Infrastructure That Will Power The Cycling Revolution
Not my own work, the title of this post, but the title of a lecture i attended this week at the institution of civil engineers, organised by its london branch. here is a roundup and some more opinion...
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