Daily Archives: April 6, 2012


on mixing where possible

Someone just reminded the BCC list of Give Cycling a Push: PRESTO Cycling Policy Guide Infrastructure (PDF). It’s definitely not the best of the documents available on the topic. Flicking through again, I noticed this passage, referenced to the CR…


on the effective speed paradox

Bristol City Council have an excellent set of documents, produced by a chap from their Public Health department, Adrian Davis, reviewing the literature on walking and cycling. He makes one-page summaries that even councillors can understand. His r…


on events that follow other events

note to self, incase I forget why I put this in Mendeley: people keep using the word “induce” in tumour evolution stories, when one event tends to follow another, and I’m not entirely convinced that it’s being used correctly. But I need to think a…


the roadless warrior

flicking through old copies of Nature to the pages with the corner turned down, before chucking them out. Dunno quite what to think about this gushing feature article. I can’t help thinking “yay, we can now rape the rainforest gently,” but, really…