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Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Category Archives: at war with the motorist
AWWTM: In pictures: Britain’s once proud stations
A petrol station on Clerkenwell Road has been turned into a cinema. This is a disaster; an act of war on the Motorist that must be condemned. The BBC’s Andrew Sully explains why this epidemic of sudden garage death should … Continue reading
AWWTM: Helmets and seatbelts
From At War With The Motorist today… From the World Health Organisation’s Multi-Sectoral Forum on Road Safety in China (March 2008), on driving in a country where over a quarter of a million die on the roads each year: Both … Continue reading
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Tagged beijing, china, helmets, safety, seatbelts
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AWWTM: Beijing: a burgeoning car dependency
The BBC reports that a 62 mile long standstill on a motorway just north-west of Beijing has entered its tenth day. Motorists on the road between Jining and Huai’an, including hundreds of trucks from the coal fields of Inner Mongolia, … Continue reading
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Tagged beijing, car dependency, china, jams, motorways
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AWWTM: A Hundred and One Wankers
From At War With The Motorist, on our co-blogger Dawn’s new creation: Somebody called Dawn Foster writes in The Grauniad Bike Blog today about her latest blog, A Hundred and One Wankers, a rigorous academic exercise mapping London’s wankers — … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 wankers, abuse, cycling, cyclist jealousy, sexism
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AWWTM: Final reminder: Congestion Charge consultation
TfL’s consultation on proposed changes to the Congestion Charge ends today. This is your final chance to send in your comments. Briefly, the notable proposed changes are these: Abolish the Western Extension Zone (WEZ) — the section in Kensington and … Continue reading
AWWTM: Bike Hire: the bikes are just the start of the process
Over at At War With The Motorist I consider what the effects of the London Bike Hire scheme will be — how the bikes will be used, and how they will change London. The conclusion is that they should make … Continue reading
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Tagged bike hire, cycling, drunk cycling, london, taxis
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AWWTM: Catch up with recent posts
Last week, a quick dig at crap websites trying to promote discounts for the Rube Goldberg railfares system. And a review of a crap cycle path through Southwark Park. And from the weekend, an exclusive exposure of the leftist conspiracy … Continue reading
AWWTM: Parliament Square
As the “democracy village” are turfed out of their camp in the scorched and smelly square outside the home of democracy, I take the opportunity to review one of central London’s least impressive locations, an isolated and inaccessible grass and … Continue reading
AWWTM: When you start paying road tax…
London’s authorities are to be fined £300 million for failing to prevent the serious air pollution that we’re experiencing. More importantly, an estimated 4-5,000 people will die prematurely this year because of the city’s polluted air. But nobody seems quite … Continue reading
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Tagged boris johnson, congestion charge, london, low emission zone, mayor of london, politics, polution, tax, taxis
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AWWTM: What point are you trying to make, mate?
I done a Critical Mass. Critical Mass provokes some interesting responses from people who are sure they know what it’s all about, and sure they disagree with that. But when you bring the best part of a thousand people together … Continue reading
At War With The Motorist: Superhighways
On At War With The Motorist, a short review of the London “cycle superhighways”, after a quick go on “CS3″. They’re exactly what you’d expect from the sort of “super” infrastructure that can be installed for pennies within a couple … Continue reading
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Tagged bristol, crap cycleways, cycle superhighways, infrastructure, london, tower hamlets
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At War With The Motorist: posts this week
A flurry of new posts this week to launch the blog that all the kids are already calling AWWTM: On Tuesday, In pictures: Bollard collides with motor vehicle, an introductory post to a series that will discuss the complicated role … Continue reading
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Tagged bollards, london, oxford street, river thames, tower bridge, war on the motorist
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New blog: At War With The Motorist
At War With The Motorist reports from the front line of the civil war for Britain’s city streets. We will uncover the bollocks public transport, bullshit cycling infrastructure, bad town planning, and injustice, given out by the Motorist government and … Continue reading