Paul Gannon

Nothing to see here. Just cycling infrastructure improving emergency services response times in London...

#biketooter

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

"Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week."

This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.

#visionzero #publichealth

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It would also undermine one of the anti-LTN's commonest claims, that people want LTNs for themselves plus the right to driver anywhere in neighbouring areas; but if several LTNs form a larger entity this latter advantage does not actually exist.
Eg: Camden Town, Kentish Town & other areas (London).

I went to see a high-tech manuacturing business. They had half-a-dozen electronics & software engineers (2 at post-PhD level) plus half-a-dozen staff who managed line & filled cardboard boxes for despatching products. But in Ireland's case it is very much to do with its tax policies being attractive

The 'close one' with high prodn per person illustrates the potential for us to read too much into any one statistic. In this case the stat reflects the tax policies of the 'close one', not its production achievements. Need here is to relate distribution of high-tech & low-tech manf to each nation.

My experience with LS is from some time ago (when thePA rep on Camden council, a LibDem cllr, voted against the RCS & Tavipl after appearing supportive) I was for a while a trustee. The board was roughly divided into cycle haters & those who wanted a 'progressive' transport policy.

I'd say it is "a sense of ownership".

Emory University rejection letter from 1959.

Days after @desmog.com published an article highlighting the Telegraph's links to fossil fuel interests, the paper was at it again this weekend - shoehorning an attack on climate policy into a story about (checks notes) NHS spending...

BBC R4 Today programme is making great efforts to 'get down & speak with the people', using whenever feasible the local lingo with a discussion this morning with one contributor talking about the 'Prelapsarian Realm' (in this case meaning not the Garden of Eden but the British coast).

“No one should suffer this heartbreak”: Family of cyclist killed in collision with a driver call for “immediate deployment of speed and road traffic cameras” 71-year-old Barry Shonibare became the fourth person to be killed cycling in London in 2025, with a cycling group adding the location of crash was known to be dangerous, “with high motor vehicle speed...

“Our family, alongside the police, seek justice and resolution”

Family of cyclist killed in collision with a driver calls for “immediate deployment of speed and road traffic cameras”

Why we should all stop using 'X" - because "it is nothing more than an emotion-stoking hate machine aimed to forward the narrow political agenda and world view of its owner."

Enschede becomes the first Dutch town to ban 'fatbikes' from the town centre, declaring that they are motor bikes disguised as bicycles.

typical Swiss ingenuity. no doubt helped by the fact that Switzerland is not dominated by fossil fuel companies.

YouTube video by Mark Felton Productions Operation Clockwork Orange - Secret Military Coup Against British Prime Minister

See this film, 1975, UK:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmKI...

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London reduce road traffic injuries: a controlled before-and-after analysis (2012–2024) Background Between 2015 and 2024, 113 Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) were implemented across Greater London, with 27 subsequently removed. We investigated their impacts on road traffic injuries ins...

Yet another credible academic study published today, this time in the BMJ, showing that LTNs significantly cut road traffic injuries. To no one's surprise.

injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl...

John is better at 'smoke-filled rooms' stuff, it's his natural habitat & I'm sure he's worked hard at backing the anti-bus bypass campaigners, giving them the benefit of his lobbying over noise issues.

Just had a look at JS & Ediz's Bluesky accounts - both dormant for several months.
Here's a classic from Ediz on Bluesky a few months ago:
bsky.app/profile/ediz...

Do they still exist as a campagning force? I haven't see hardly any activity from their accounts for some time now (mind you I've not actively looked for it). I guess they see more benefits from dealing in what were known as 'smoke-filled rooms' where they find anti-cycling MPs & councillors.

With a comment from me. @transportfornewhomes.org.uk

We're working with London's boroughs to make our roads safer.

It's your last day to respond to @camdencouncil.bsky.social's Fitzjohn Ave plans:
🚲bike lane
🚶‍♀️safer crossings
🚌better bus reliability
🌳☔️🌱greening & SUDS

consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-c...

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident

Conscientious SUV Shopper Just Wants Something That Will Kill Family In Other Car In Case Of Accident theonion.com/conscie...

In the Paris suburb of Aubervilliers, city planners measured a reduction of 2.5 degree drop when replacing a car park with 70 trees. Another programme by Météo France has concluded that in a Parisian neighbourhood with 300 hectares of green space, the temperature drops by 0.5 to 1.

Dutch intelligence services AIVD and MIVD say that Russia uses chemical warfare agents, such as tear gas and chloropicrin, on a large scale in its war against Ukraine. The services intercepted military instructions indicating this is now a daily occurrence, newspaper NRC reports.

I agree with the proposal to permit removal of front number plates from 'performance' cars on condition that any such vehicle must have speed limiters & 'black box' fitted that actively prevent the vehilce from exceeding any speed limits. Also devices to minimise sound of any performance driving.

UK govt is in a bind: if it raises taxes or cuts spending it'll lose voters, if it raises more debt it'll be punished by bond markets raising debt servicing costs. Its only hope is economic growth; but that will only happen if it joins EU. It's time to decide which course to take.

A family cycles on CS2

In the five years leading up to the replacement of blue paint with segregated cycle tracks and floating bus stops 5 people were killed on CS2. In the ten years since they were constructed no cyclists had died and there have been no significant collisions between cycles and pedestrians at bus stops

Before : serious risk to life for people on bikes
After: risk to life for people in bikes gone ; pedestrians and cyclists occasionally arrive at a cycle track zebra at the same time, with zero risk to anybody's life. Sometimes a cyclist is rude and doesn't give way. Hmmm which is better.

Central London is often jammed up by buses & cabs, but the lobbyists of both modes seek others to blame, mainly alighting on cycling as the 'real' problem.

In part it is the stranglehold the bus lobby has on local/central government. An 'item' on trams on BBC R4 Today a couple of weeks ago was typical - only one person was interviewed, from a think tank, & just criticised trams.
Buses are cheap to start, but are unattractive to users, & cause jams.