Tag Archives: cycling

AWWTM: Democratising mobility

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Joe

Shortly before parliament rose for the summer, an unusually large audience tuned in to the entertaining spectacle of Prime-Minister’s Question Time in a week when a scandal-rag had sunk in its own great scandal. I don’t suppose anybody noticed the … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Cycling abuse

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Joe

I stumbled upon an article in The Lancet, volume 138, issue 3554, of the 10th October 1891, which it seems has been overlooked by the internet so far. It celebrates the rise of the bicycle, but warns against its abuse … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: You can do better than this

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Joe

The Cycling Embassy has a manifesto and a set of demands. But it needs something shiny, a pretty picture to grab the attention of the people who need to read that manifesto and meet those demands. We’re looking for poster … Continue reading →

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Cotch: Flashride for Blackfriars

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Joe

In 2000, London’s previous mayor, Ken Livingstone, began the process of fixing forty years of mistakes that had been made in the pursuit of the impossible — the comfortable accommodation of mass motor vehicle use in a dense city centre. … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Once more unto the bridge, dear friends, once more

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Joe

After the Conservative group of the London Assembly walked out on the first attempt to discuss Jenny Jones’s Blackfriars Bridge motion, the members redeemed themselves somewhat by voting unanimously — all parties, all members — against making Blackfriars Bridge and … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Won’t somebody please think of the children?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Joe

In December 2005, an article of massive importance was published in the British Medical Journal. Doctors counted up the number of children being admitted to A&E with musculoskeletal injuries (breaks and sprains — many of which would have been caused … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Appendix: Bad Science Bingo in the BMA’s “safe cycling” pages

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Joe

This is just a crude brain dump of a post that comes after the serious series — posts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight. Sorry, I just can’t get over these extraordinary pages on the BMA’s website. … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: The BMA, the BMJ, and bicycle helmet policy

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Joe

The reason I pick up the bicycle helmet theme again this week is that the BMJ is running a sidebar poll of their readers (or, more accurately, of cycling tweeters and recipients of Robert Davis’s emails ), asking whether it … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Risk compensation and bicycle helmets

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Joe

Some months ago I left a series on bicycle helmets hanging while I got distracted with other things. We had looked at what the best evidence for the efficacy of helmets in preventing injury in the event of a crash … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Can drivers be taught a lesson?

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Joe

M’coblogger Ed thinks there is a case for teaching drivers to behave — specifically by appeals to patriotism. Education programmes are a popular idea amongst cyclists, cash-strapped councils, and road safety types. I dismissed them as a solution that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Friday photo: social transport

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Joe

It is wrong to think in terms of “private” versus “public” transport.  That is important only to the bureaucrats who have to manage transport problems and fund transport solutions. What matters is social versus anti-social transport. Originally posted at At … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Revenge and road danger

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Joe

Almost all cycling campaigners agree that a cycling society — “mass cycling” — would be desirable. The world would be a better, happier, healthier, wealthier place, and our towns and cities nicer places to live, if far more people cycled … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Cyclist comes out of nowhere

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Joe

Catching up on my millions of saved-for-later google reader items, I was stopped by this press release advertising truck cams.  The provider of the cameras is boasting that one caught a near miss between their client Sibley Material Movements’ truck … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Return to Glasgow

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Joe

While touring the hills of England and Scotland a month ago, I briefly stopped off again in Glasgow.  I think they must have read my blog and been shamed into action.  Look how the city has changed in just six … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: This pretense of neutrality

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Joe

On Saturday I wrote about the leaked draft of the Tories’ coalition’s draft new planning policy document: LAs are told to take into account existing local car ownership rates when doing this.  Fair enough, but why aren’t they also told … Continue reading →

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