31 tonne Timber Wagon at Taynuilt on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line, 30 Aug 1987. Marra Man says: The wagon seen here at Taynuilt would have been working between loading terminals on the West Highland line and Workington Goods Yard in C…
final bits of marginalia from Chris Mosey’s Car Wars before it gets filed away in the Embassy library. However, when they [1950s London trolleybuses] were phased out a decade later, a spokesman for London Transport said, “The public never really t…
Looking back at exactly what was said about Cycle Superhighways when they were first proposed, and how the message and emphasis has changed between then and now…The press release: The Mayor said: ???I’m not kidding when I say that I’m militant abo…
from BikeRadar, Jul 2, 2011: Has cycling ever been more popular in the UK? From the elite level right down to the casual commuter, there???s a feeling we???re entering, or perhaps even in, a golden age of riding. oh I am definitely using that one. (gr…
need to bank this CCW WF line about the “3 feet please” thing for future reference. This provoked a response from David Love in the Comments, who among things writes: Sure, segregation would be great but in London at least there’s no room and no m…
must have opened this when looking up the Traffic Reduction Acts. Ian Roberts worth quoting as ever. Why, for example, is the death of a child following abuse taken as clear evidence of the failure of our collective efforts to protect children, wh…
might refer to this, from The Cycling Lawyer. … I moved on to ???total tolerance??? which is how I see enforcement of advanced stop lines. The statistics on Simon???s computer did not break down how may traffic light offences were advanced stop line (…
no idea how or why this came to be in my backlog, but it answers a common claim or two…Potter, Stephen; Enoch, Marcus; Rye, Tom; Black, Colin and Ubbels, Barry (2006). Tax treatment of employer commuting support: an international review. Transpo…
meant to bank these two from Hansard for future reference, too. Statements on what central government wanted local authorities to spend money on for cycling in the early ’80s — that is, “better and safer routes”. From 10 Feb 1982: Mr Jack Dormand…
this comment was about different tumour genome work, but it could apply just as well to the Gerlinger article… Jim Woodgett said:Are these findings surprising given the well understood nature of the instability of tumour genetic integrity? Once …
found in John Whitelegg’s slides.
just putting this quote from John Franklin’s “Principles of cycle planning” (PDF) in the bank for possible reference on shared pavements… Cyclists and pedestrians are often considered together. Both are vulnerable road users, but that is as far …
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…
I’ve had Dave Horton’s Who is cycling for? sat saved in google reader for further thought and filing. This particularly stands out, given this, this, this, this, this, this and this: there are two clear and present problems which bedevil UK cyclin…
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…
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…
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…
Nature news piece in my to-process pile, with a nice quote from Shibata and an amusing one from Swanton. One day I’ll get my very specialised topic tumour evolution blog launched… only been in the pipeline since 2008 :o The main tumour was surpr…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “tiro” used in a sentence ever before, but otherwise everything in this 1982 BMJ — or British Medical Journal as it then was, in the days before we invented acronyms — editorial is familiar. Cycling is boomi…
Been meaning to file away this quote from Cameron Neylon, which you can interpret as relevant to whatever change it is you want: So what does this tell us about advocating for, or designing for, change. Michael???s main point was that narrow scope i…
Just banking quotes from a couple of things from my backlog.From the RAC: The latest figures available show that out of average expenditure of ?473.60 in both car and non-car owning households expenditure, ?64.90 (14%) goes on transport, making it…
Been meaning to look into making the case for it, as part of the Great Western franchise consultation, which I think I’ve probably missed now. Are there franchise-specific BUGs to pester TOCs into doing things? There should be. Anyway, the BMA’s 1…
Can’t remember who or what linked to this “Research Activities” newsletter (PDF) by SWOV, the Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research, or why I added it to my reader backlog, but it has some good things to add to the quote bank: …In other words…
TPS on NTM, via @geographyjim and @aseasyasriding The NTM is now so far away from reality that there must be an urgent review of how this has come about. For example, the results of TfL???s modelling for the Mayor???s strategy shows economic growth an…
Amazing comments on As Easy As Riding A Bike today: Mike Chalkley – Chair Bournemouth Cycling Forum says:After having been invited as Chair of the local cycling forum to send a letter of support from the forum for one of Bournemouth???s bids to th…