Tag Archives: london

AWWTM: Business models

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Joe

I was sitting in a cafe on a major central London road eating breakfast and watching the morning rush go past.  The sheer quantity of dangerous and law breaking motorists driving through the central zone inspired a blog post on … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Streets versus Democracy

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Joe

We don’t have to accommodate private motor vehicles in places like central London.  The world wouldn’t implode if we did not; the economy wouldn’t collapse.  We don’t have to accommodate any specific number of private motor vehicles in central London.  … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: How Boris learned to stop worrying and love the Brum

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Joe

Apologies for the extremely strained pun.  In his election manifesto, Boris Johnson promised to treat all cars in central London equally: no extra congestion charge for Chelsea tractors, and no exemptions for little low-emission cars.  I explore why Boris thought … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Ringways explained

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Joe

Continuing the exploration of the history of Motorism in the UK, a video (not mine) and commentary (mine) maps the London Ringways plan, and tried to explain what was wrong with it and why Londoners didn’t want it.  You can … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: The Boris Cable Car

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Joe

This evening, Tom from BorisWatch will review London’s transport policies over the years since the city got its elected leadership back in 2000.  It’s at The Yorkshire Grey on Theobalds Road / Grays Inn Road (doors open 6pm, talk sometime … Continue reading →

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Cotch: Night Bus

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Joe

A young smartly dressed woman gets on, concentrating on her phone call. The bus pulls out before she has time to mount the stairs, and the motion throws her to the side, her bag swinging and bashing the passenger behind … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Where do all the hire bikes go?

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Joe

So much of our understanding of the city — its areas and their relationships and divisions — have been determined by the traditional motorist’s road map.  (London is luckier than many cities because its river and tube lines also help … Continue reading →

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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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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: 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: 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: London cycle hire: second thoughts

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Joe

Way back in July, when the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme launched a couple of months late, we had a little play around with the bikes to get our first thoughts.  Just a quick back-and-forth beside the BFI.  The bikes were … Continue reading →

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AWWTM: Queuing

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Joe

I’ve been meaning to write a bit more about the M4 bus lane, and the interesting things it says about psychology, but haven’t had the time, so here’s a rather crude brain dump while I sit in the dark on … Continue reading →

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