Saturday 6 December 2008
Assemble 10.30 am Lincolns Inn Fields for a mass bike ride around Central London joining up with the National Climate March at Grosvenor Square.
There will be three stops on the route:
• Outside Greenergy, 198 High Holborn – for an agrofuels protest organised by Biofuelswatch
• Outside E.On 100 Pall Mall – for a speaker on NO NEW COAL
• Outside the Department of Transport – for a speaker on sustainable transport
All welcome.
Decorate your bikes. Bring whistles. Bring music.
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Thursday, 20 November 2008
Climate Bike Ride 2008
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
Southville Roads and other gems
A couple of recommendations from the web...
Southville Roads is a fresh look at parking - particularly the art of pavement parking in the Southville area of Bristol.
This came via The Green Bristol Blog which is helping fight the desecration of the Bristol to Bath cycle path.
It is such a shame that Croydon lacks the radical activism found in places like Bristol and Brighton, mind you that would be no guarantee of decent conditions for cycling...
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Cycling is safer on the Streets
From Principles of cycle planning by John Franklin
A statement by the Austrian government makes the point: "Most bicycle accident victims are older people and children. They are put at risk by the complexity of cycle paths on the one hand and on the other hand by their over-confidence that their safety on cycle paths is substantially greater than on the road.
At the international Velo City conference in Munich this year, a Swiss delegate described how there has been a major shift in his country from accommodating cyclists separately to mixing cyclists with traffic, with changes to the road environment as necessary. This has led to big increases in cycling. The mayors of Munich, Brussels, Copenhagen and Paris each explicitly stated how they wanted cycling back on their streets. And even a speaker from the Netherlands defined 'cycle-friendly cities' as those with as few special facilities for cyclists as possible.
We don't need cycle facilities, we need streets which are safe for cycling.
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"East Croydon roadworks inflame cyclists"
Back in February I wrote an optimistic post titled Sign of Improvements..., regarding this sign.
Six months later the roadworks are still underway, and Jim has managed to get this sorry story of delay and incompetence into the Croydon Advertiser.
East Croydon roadworks inflame cyclists
07:00 - 16-August-2008
Cyclists have lashed out at "farcical" roadworks which started at the beginning of the year and have no end in sight.
"Cycle network improvement works" started in January at the junction of Addiscombe Road and Cherry Orchard Road.
They were meant to take only three months yet eight months on are still carrying on.
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Sunday, 15 June 2008
Crap New Road Markings
These road markings have appeared between Church Road and Mill Lane on a route I use from time to time both on a bike and in a car.
The markings make no sense. From a car they look more like a speed bump, the shiny green paint mostly obscures the white cycle symbol. From a bike they are just crazy.
Is this a very short mandatory cycle lane in the middle of the road?
It seems that this is another original piece of road artwork from Croydon Council.
A source from TfL has confirmed that The cycle symbol and arrow are authorised (legal) signs and use like this is rexcommended, see LCDS Annex C S1 & S2.
Green can be used, no legal significance.
White line around outside is not legal and should not be used!
Which has sparked yet further debate about local road markings, since if the box around the cycle marking is not legal, what is the legal status of the white boxes the council have painted round local speed bumps?
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The No Cycling Cycle Lane - Park Hill Road
This is a temporary art installation from November 2003.
It is one of the most outrageous pieces from the artist best known as the Croydon Council (Anti-)Cycling Department.
It was swiftly removed, following unfavorable publicity, and it was later claimed that this was the result of a contractor's error. However, it is a clear illustration of the lack of care taken by the council in these matters.
It might be funny, but for the fact that these no cycling signs were supposed to be placed along the Fairfield Path. Now, five years later this steep narrow twisting footpath is under threat from the Connect2 project. Croydon Council now want to turn this busy section of the footpath into a cycle route.
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Thursday, 22 May 2008
Boris buggers up bus lanes for cyclists
Motorbikes to be allowed in bus lanes, says Boris
But Tom Bogdanowicz of the London Cycling Campaign said that TfL's first report was "wrong".
He told the Standard: "LCC advises against making any snap judgement on putting motorbikes in bus lanes based on what TfL has said. TfL says the data showed potential 'dis-benefits' to pedestrians and cyclists. Many cyclists find bus lanes a refuge from high-speed and unpredictable motor vehicles."
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cycling, bus lanes
Saturday, 17 May 2008
Useless Cycle Lane Blocked by Bollard
You have to hand it to the traffic engineers of croydon, they really know how to make the laughable into the ludicrous. Remember "X" marks the spot - the useless cycle lanes by West Croydon Station? 
Well, because many of Croydon's car drivers can't read road signs and obey them, Croydon Council have added two bollards to make it quite clear which way they should go.
Only they've put one of the bollards where it blocks the entry to one of the cycle lanes!
Not that any sane cyclist would ever use these cycle lanes, but the council could at least admit defeat and remove this useless cycle facility.
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Friday, 11 April 2008
Saturday, 5 April 2008
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