Cycle campaigning

DfT spends small fortune on slick looking victim blaming website.

http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk/

fucking abysmal.

owes a lot to edward gorey.

/i see it's dated 2009 so may be late to the party here.

Yup this ^ is a highway code introduction for kids and replaced Arrive Alive booklet (whose title suggest that if you don't follow the ruled then you will arrive dead, killed by drivers, and it will be all your fault #goestoputonhi-vizcoat

notice how in the game where the kids get slaughtered because they don't dress like christams trees - none of the cars appear to have their headlights on.

Latest news from Tunnels for London (TfL)
http://youtu.be/KWiHVuzyM6c

It's getting a bit tense in the gmcc by the look of these two blog posts

http://madcyclelanesofmanchester.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/manchester-space4cycling-ride.html?m=1

http://madcyclelanesofmanchester.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/what-is-point-of-green-squares.html?m=1

Fwiw the road pictured with the green squares runs parallel to the parkway and it is v.rare to meet a moving motor vehicle on it. (Not saying the squares are right or necessary).

Pic from the die in:

meh.

People lying on pavement, definitely gonna grab attention, oh Don...

The chap in the middle couldn't be more 'paint me like one of your French girls' if he tried.

^looks like a fan of the movie Titanic.

At least the footway wasn't blocked.

http://madcyclelanesofmanchester.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/what-is-point-of-green-squares.html?m=1

Fwiw the road pictured with the green squares runs parallel to the parkway and it is v.rare to meet a moving motor vehicle on it. (Not saying the squares are right or necessary).

As far as I can tell, these are merely wayfinding aids, useful in their own right for that purpose, especially if, as you say, the street doesn't carry much through motor traffic. Cycle routes like this are much improved if it's clear where the turns are, so prima facie I wouldn't suspect that these are too useless, but I don't know any of the streets in question, of course.

In Hackney, we have simple cycle symbols all over the place and the sheer number of them has definitely made a difference. They signal the (likely) presence of bikes everywhere. They're just another little thing you can do. I don't know about the 'more expensive' version in Manchester, but some of ours have worn off and I guess the Manchester version won't wear off as easily.

People lying on pavement, definitely gonna grab attention, oh Don...

but it does, it does...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cyclists-stage-die-in-protest-at-notorious-elephant-and-castle-junction-9413312.html

a 'secular ritual', no less.

these things are ridiculous, but not necessarily a bad idea. they at least keep up a drumbeat against the normalisation of road violence..

"secular ritual" or ridiculous spectacle ?

As far as I can tell, these are merely wayfinding aids, useful in their own right for that purpose, especially if, as you say, the street doesn't carry much through motor traffic. Cycle routes like this are much improved if it's clear where the turns are, so prima facie I wouldn't suspect that these are too useless, but I don't know any of the streets in question, of course.

In Hackney, we have simple cycle symbols all over the place and the sheer number of them has definitely made a difference. They signal the (likely) presence of bikes everywhere. They're just another little thing you can do. I don't know about the 'more expensive' version in Manchester, but some of ours have worn off and I guess the Manchester version won't wear off as easily.

This particular section connects 2 bits of off road shared space cycle route. The squares are definitely useful as a set of waymarkers.

CHAOS IN SOUTH LONDON AFTER CYCLISTS LIE DOWN.

Really very odd reporting:

ITV News London - Wed 21 May 2014 - 6:30PM - Stop Killing Cyclists protest at Elephant and Castle - YouTube

Glamorous but serious woman in studio claims cyclists try to shut down the E&C roundabout.

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/cycling-london-deaths?utm_source=vicetwitteruk

This makes for an interesting read for those interested in cycle campaigning and the move in the US from vehicular cycling movement to one more in favour of protected lanes

http://momentummag.com/features/the-rise-of-the-north-american-protected-bike-lane/

Yes. Good piece.
Confirms what a lot of evidence of studies show.
However. The biggst ommision from that is the single biggest factor in U.S Cities - they may have 3 lanes at least in both directions. They built massive cities for the vehicle.
Europe didnt.
Making changes to the built environment with that background is a different game.

Meanwhile in uk, the usual twitter crowd (hello again) are calling for Sustrans to fold, due to damage caused to cycling.

It all started via @parimalkumar linking to this bbc piece http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-27481950 where it is reported joe public retired policeman sold a metal fence and chopped down a load of brambles on the path at the end of his garden, replacing with a wooden fence and bench without permission.

facepalm.jpg

in a nutshell

the difficulty is that one person's eyesore is another person's glorious wildlife habitat.

Oh my.

@DavidHembrow

@VoleOSpeed Much what I had in mind when I wrote my bit too. Why should cycle-path double as wildlife corridor? @parimalkumar @sustrans

Link to Tweet: https://twitter.com/DavidHembrow/status/473566907648724993

That'd be cyclepath in Whitehaven, edge of Lake District. Not rocket science.

yeah link that back to pre twitter fest
insurers- theyve got sustrans by the bollocks
in this any many other fields of work
big orgs=shackled
next.

Single issue mindset seems to be the problem here?

My single issue being some within cycle campaigning cannot see bigger picture at times.

why see the bigger picture when you live in a foreign country because yoiuve bailed on this one? all froth anyway

Sustrans account: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/news/cumbria-update-sustrans-north-west

You can see from the pics wildlife clearly needs to removed from here ASAP else cycling growth rates will falter further nationally.