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Celebrate Bute Park opening…..Tonight!
If you pick this up in the next 1hour and 20mins (sorry for the late notice!), there is a Celebration ride across Bute Park in Cardiff, at 6.15 pm tonight. Meeting up at the gate adjacent to the...
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Bikes on buses?
Can services be paired with bikes? Do you have any views on bus use and bikes? Would you use a bus if you could take your bike on it? What could bus companies do to help build our sustainable transport...
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Points of view: Lazy journalism on the Taff trail
….and next to Gavin Davies of Cardiff who writes: “Totally irresponsible journalism from the BBC. Your article will ferment disdain for cyclists and incite antagonism towards this generally highly...
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Redesigning the city (for people like you and me).
Oh you smart, smart cookies. Those bright chaps and chappesses have been at it @copehnagenize again. This time turning their minds to some nifty innovations that whilst pretty small in the grand...
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Too many incidents, too little change.
Even one of these is too many. Last week, two cyclists were killed in incidents in Oxford and London. This year’s death toll stands at 14 for London, averaging more than one per month. This year is...
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How green is my shelter?
Sadly neither my bikes nor my valley. A Lovely image courtesy of freshtilt.com Erect on a shelter shape of your choosing and add bikes (see below). Sorry couldn’t resist the play on ‘How green is my...
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Lapping waves or tidal waves?
Cardiff cycling (Image courtesy of Mark Turner) It’s nice to see a motoring website talking sense about cycling and that’s precisely what carbuzz.co.uk have done with their article; ‘What drivers can...
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Cities of tomorrow
Elbow room only - the world in 2030 I find cities and sustainability fascinating. It’s predicted that by 2030 more than 60% of the world’s population will be urban. In the UK, the figure will stand at...
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Capture the imagination
“Let’s ride” by Paul Bower My daughter’s school presents reduced opportunities for bike use. The main road that passes at the end of the estate is a narrow main artery. The cars that use this road...
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The Brussels Express – Cycle Messengers in Europe’s most congested city
Here’s an excellent video by Sander Vandenbroucke . Following cycle messengers in Brussels the short film documents cycling difficulties in the bureaucratic heart of the EU. According to the preamble...
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The bizarre case of the ASA and the cycle safety ad
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) decision to ban a Cycling Scotland advert for showing a woman cycling without a helmet, more than 0.5 metres away from a kerb is both puzzling and frustrating in...
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Olympics. But like L’Oreal shampoo, Is it worth it?
So the moaning starts. We Brits are rarely happy. It appears we’ve been too successful at the Olympics. Instead of finishing as chipper, chirpy also-rans, we bagged a bumper haul of medals to better...
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