Cricket was on at the Oval in London this week. It was pouring with rain. This is just one of five parking bays for the cricket fans to get to the ground (unfortunately taking most of the pavement rather than taking up storage spaces on the road. Is it time we talked about e-vehicle storage space?)
I couldn't believe that advertising post was located where it was when I first saw it. Hoorah!
In crashes, high-fronted cars typically strike adult pedestrians above the centre of gravity, often first hitting vital organs.
The higher the vehicle front the more likely a person will be knocked under the car, rather than pushed to the side, at speeds of up to 50 km/h.
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NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears.
This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash.
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We've installed another three new simple zebra crossings, this time near Edgware Road.
Without them drivers yield to pedestrians around 40% of the time. With them, it's around 80%.
(Based on monitoring results from our first 4 sites)
Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲
As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.
So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
Dude, where’s my road ? In the Bois de Vincennes in Paris, they closed a road and replaced it with a wide lane for bikes and pedestrians - but not as wide as the road before, now there is a bit more green around it ;)
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Nice to see the England cricket team hop on e-bikes to cycle to their game against the West Indies at the Oval in London last night www.espncricinfo.com/story/west-i...
35% fewer collisions & 36% fewer casualties on London roads that have been dropped to new 20mph limit. No evidence it increases congestion. www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
For a tiny brief minute it felt like I was on a high quality route between towns (for about 30 seconds)
I’m not sure I have ever seen this sign used in the UK anywhere else. Seen it plenty of times overseas
There were a couple of shockingly dangerous sections yes. Also one b narrow section where the paving had split and it nearly toppled me into oncoming traffic
More shots of the Chertsey - Woking cycle path (shared cycle path and foot way. As you can see, Surrey County Council has not been particularly interested in maintaining the asset
There is a cycle path between Chertsey and Woking in Surrey. This section of it nearly killed me today. I was approaching slowly when a car came out from the right. There’s simply zero room to brake safely in that context
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.”
(Among MANY other public benefits.)
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com
#BikeLanesMeanBusiness
Life-affirming account in the FT of a father and son's weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, riding @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social on routes from my book Lost Lanes North www.ft.com/content/2446...
Coventry is doing something that many thought impossible: building a tram line in Britain quickly and cheaply.
Read David Milner of @createstreets.bsky.social on how they've done it and what we can learn from it.
capx.co/coventrys-tr...
Love this
New look urban mobility in London. A cargo bike delivery on one side of the street. A cargo bike heading back into town on the other. And a large goods lorry in the background
New research shows children are 82% more likely to suffer fatal injuries in a SUV collision than one involving a car.
In children under 10, the risk of being killed was 130% higher.
www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
I definitely did not realise this
The City of London (the financial centre) has seen a massive change in how its streets are used. Since 2019:
• - 24% private motors (exc buses + coaches)
• - 15% freight vehicles
• + 60% cycling
• - 30% walking + wheeling
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/assets/Servi... via @lastnotlost.bsky.social
Actually amazed to see this level of granular data about individual speeding drivers is made public in NYC
The country is walking and wheeling more
Today's National Travel Survey shows trips walked or wheeled up 7% in 2024, compared to 2019🧑🦽🚶♀️
While average distance was up 13% to 230 miles a year 💪
This is progress as we work to make active travel a safe everyday choice for all
Bologna has recently published a Report on the first year of implementing the 30 km/h speed limit in the city. For the first time since 1991, no pedestrians were killed, road deaths decreased by 50%, crashes by 13% and urban traffic pollution by 30%.
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www.comune.bologna.it/notizie/citt...
Nick, I dimly remember there being adverts about cameras in bus lanes when they were introduced. Does that ring bells and if so, any idea where I could find an image of one of those adverts?
that's because he is heading left. And you'd only use the cycle lane here to go straight over or right
Yes, I was fairly sure that used to be the case. Not sure what the current set up is, though
This is quite interesting from New York City: "Buses with Automated Camera Enforcement, which the MTA introduced last year, move 5 percent faster and get into 20 percent fewer bus crashes in bus-only lanes and busways" nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/25/f...
