Monthly Archives: January 2011

AWWTM: Pie in the Skyride

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Joe

Boris Johnson is “doing an awful lot to try to encourage cycling“. He’s doing Skyrides. Did he mention that he’s doing Skyrides? He is, you know. He’s doing Skyrides. Continue reading at At War With The Motorist…

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AWWTM: An invitation

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Joe

The Mayor of London is “doing an awful lot to try to encourage people to cycle”: telling us that there is a cycling revolution going on and all he needs us to do is get on out on the lovely … Continue reading →

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The appeal to fair play

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Joe

This is another archival repost, originally written for the old blog in march 2007. Shockingly, it’s a new article on the blog. Even more shocking: there will be several more following over the next few weeks. “All those people who … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: The golden age of the motorway

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Joe

“The great highway will never look empty again.” When they opened, the first motorways were the sparsely populated playgrounds of the privileged few — the few who could afford a car.  They could drive as fast as they liked and … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Participatory democracy (London edition)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Joe

Central government have decided to roll back their red tape and give power back to the people!  In reality, this is power going to the county and borough councilors (who don’t have the budgets needed to do anything productive with … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Utter tripe in the outer boroughs

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Joe

It was Transport Question Time at City Hall this week: the 25 London Assembly members’ monthly-ish check up on the chair and the commissioner of Transport for London — Boris Johnson and Peter Hendy respectively.  If you’re as big a … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Waiting for God

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Joe

I stopped off at Ludgate Hill one morning in October, after reading this on Cyclists in the City: …most of the elected politicians [in the square mile] don’t seem to care about cycling or walking. What they do care about … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Get help.

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Joe

Henry Ford is often quoted as saying: If I’d asked customers what they wanted, they would have said “a faster horse”. VAT and fuel duty have just risen, while petrol prices continue to rise as it becomes increasingly difficult and … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Crap cycling and walking in car sick Glasgow

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Joe

On Sunday I took a look at Glasgow, a town I have previously only passed through without stopping.  Here’s my commentary: a mix of cameraphone and proper camera photos; some of the commentary comes from the live tweets that accompanied … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Car-free holidays: Keswick by bus

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Joe

The Lake District is generally agreed to be England’s finest national park.  Unlike last week’s Scottish Highlands suggestion, though, during spring and summer in the Lakes you won’t be alone in the wilderness: you’ll meet hundreds of others out enjoying … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Are we winning? Part 2

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Joe

I’ve not had a moment to write anything this week.  Instead, here are some more videos, from monday morning between 8 and 8:15. Continue reading at At War With The Motorist…

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AWWTM: How will High Speed 2 help?

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Joe

It’s hard to define what you mean when you ask whether something helps — whether it is helpful to do something.  What I mean is, whose lives will be better when HS2 is running?  That question isn’t really any less … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Are we winning?

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Joe

I’ve just been scrolling through Google Reader clearing a couple of months worth of posts with videos that got saved-for-later when using a mobile connection.  Peter at Pedestrian Liberation asks whether we are winning, citing London Bridge as evidence that … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Punch and Judy town planning policy

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Joe

“Pickles and Hammond to end the war on motorists.” The Department for Communities and Local Government put these words in a press release and today 221 national and local newspaper journalists* copypasted them into their newspapers, noticing nothing nonsensical in … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Car-free holidays: bicycle over Rannoch Moor

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Joe

It’s January and all the magazines are overflowing with supplements trying to sell you Mediterranean cruises and horrible beach holidays 4,000 miles away.  AWWTM will therefore overflow with easy-to-organise alternative holidays, giving far greater satisfaction at a fraction of the … Continue reading →

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