Quite why a downhill race has any comparison to going down the shops is beyond me, of course. It’s like saying driving around town is the same as racing Formula One. Exactly. Via: RadWagon: Geraint Thomas Sports Crash and Helmets
I thought this was a new cycle lane outside the school in Killinarden, but I now suspect (due to it’s intermittent extent) that it’s to allow people get out of their cars here without having to walk on grass. It’s chock-a-block with cars during term time. I hope I’m wrong, but it only extends along […]
The "War on the Roads" explained. pic.twitter.com/mhyDmxmVvu — Bez (@beztweets) July 21, 2015
“The young driver lost his concentration and hit me from behind….” “We are on roads that were, really, built 100 years ago for far less traffic” “Putting something on that will make you scream out to drivers like me …” So, motorists not paying attention need to be shouted at to make sure they […]
I saw a (private) facebook thread recently were someone had posted a photo of them dropping their child to creche by bike, and saying how much they enjoyed it. There were a lot of likes and a couple of comments in the same vein, but there were also a high proportion of comments pointing out […]
We’ve created an immobile society, avoiding outdoors play, driving everywhere, and sitting constantly. Inserting an hour of ‘exercise’ or moving time is inadequate. Doctors and other clinicians are worried about the problems which may be stored up for the future. Big children, they say, tend to become big adults. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease often follow. […]
Those people. They are us. Sobering piece from Mark Treasure. Top comment, which explains a lot: “When I mentioned the latest casualty at Bank, a woman next to me at work said “What I don’t understand about cyclists is, they see all these accidents and people killed, what I don’t understand is….why they don’t get the […]
The Dublin Cycling Campaign posted this earlier, pointing out the complete lack of #space4cycling in this image from twitter: 7 Cyclists beside bus. Not safe. @dublincycling @copenhagenize #freethecyclelanes pic.twitter.com/II1bOU2niD — Paul corcoran (@Paulcorcoran10) June 29, 2015 Many of the replies on this thread were suggesting that the cyclists are wrong to be in that position. […]
Conor Faughnan of the AA, perhaps seeing the thin end of the wedge for private motoring in the city centre, made a well presented argument against banning cars on Matt Cooper earlier, at least before putting in extra public transport, claiming that private cars are needed to move commuters into the centre of the city. […]
Groningen is a cycling heaven, bicycles, and perhaps more importantly, people, have been put front and centre as the focus of the city, rather than focusing on moving cars around. Bikes are a normal part of life, rather than being some sort of strange hobby. “The bicycle isn’t considered to be a strange ‘toy’, it’s […]
