Dan B

Next Sat 19 July is the 50th consecutive monthly critical mass ride in Worcester.

Spread the word. Everyone’s welcome on any bike / trike / wheelchair / scooter / skateboard / roller skate / other.

No set route (follow the leader) and we ride at the speed of the slowest rider.

Long journeys take longer in an EV compared with ICE. This is the way.

You’re right, I’m wrong 😂.

But I’d propose a correction, which is a perception of a lack of charging infrastructure, rather than that being a reality (based on current charging and current EV numbers).

I’ve had one for 5 years, never had a problem (just checked with partner).

Has there been any research on barriers to take up?

I’d hypothesise a bigger barrier is the fact it’s something different (differentism?) as in fear of change. Next is cost. So bringing back the fuel price escalator helps move the dial.

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We should acknowledge private car ownership as a problem, and its cost to society, and set policy to change it.

Average in Worcester (100,000 pop) is 20% of households with no car. City centre this is as high as 75%.

The average UK car does nowt for 95% of the time.

Holistically this is daft.

Kerb side, but take your point.

Agree with LAs shouldn’t be out of pocket (including investment, management, operating cost, maintenance and admin).

I’ve had an EV for 5 years, couldn’t charge at home for the first 12 months.

It was not a problem.

I’m not aware of any plans for the latter.

Eg. every household pays £1000 per car registered at an address, money to LA.

Households with no car get a £1000 rebate.

I was in London village this week. Saw lots of charging coming from lampposts (which is what’s happening in the picture). If this is established, why not start with that?

Or better, why not work harder at incentivising a reduction in car ownership / use?

Let’s have a chat about antisocial behaviour — Bike Worcester A blog about antisocial behaviour and how I rarely see any, apart from antisocial behaviour by certain people that weirdly you can group together by their choice of transport.

New blog: some thoughts on anti social behaviour.

www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/lets-ha...

The Road To Pamplona — Bike Worcester In June 2025 Worcester Rugby Football Club (WRFC) took part in the International Mixed Ability Rugby Tournament (IMART) in Pamplona, Spain. Three members of the Worcester squad made the journey t...

New blog is up: Rob and Dan’s epic ride from Worcester to Spain.

www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/3x47btr...

No shit…

@wcsociety.bsky.social do you fancy collaborating on a blog about Worcester street scars?

Anyway, a suggestion for your show would be to do an hour on road danger and risk, and how this could be reduced, and compared to health risks of inactivity.

Suggested guests for this (and Full Disclosure) are:

@peterwalker99.bsky.social
@ianwalker.bsky.social
@chrisboardman.bsky.social

Bike Worcester

Website is here: www.bikeworcester.org.uk

We’re about enabling and encouraging more people to travel by bike, but this involves a fair bit of work looking at road danger and risk.

We collect data, and review LA police data through FOIs.

We work hard to be the most informed people in the room.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social huge fan of your show and your work.

However your section on last Wednesday’s show about e-bikes was a bit odd, and seemed to fall below your normal standard of being informed, and evidence based.

I’m chair of Bike Worcester, who work to increase active travel (continues)

It is, which is completely understandable.

I’ll add that into the blog.

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A fond farewell to the bike storage facility at Friary Walk (previously Crowngate) shopping centre — Bike Worcester After four years we say a fond farewell to the bike storage facility and Friary Walk (previously Crowngate) shopping centre.

Our latest blog about the imminent closure of the Friary Walk Shopping Centre (previously Crowngate) bike parking facility. 😔

www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/a-fond-...

A woman rides a bicycle with a young child sitting on both the front and rear rack along a protected bike lane in Delft.

When this person woke up this morning, they didn’t say to themselves:

“I’m going to make my city’s streets safer, air cleaner, traffic lighter, neighborhood quieter, and medical and maintenance bills cheaper.”

Yet they do all of that anyway. Why? The right choice is designed to be the easy choice.

12 Months Back in the Saddle — Bike Worcester Estimated reading time: 13 minutes. A personal story about losing touch with cycling for 10+ years, rediscovering it, and remembering the joy and positivity it brings.

TRIPLE BLOG WEEK…!

(spoiler: I needed a box of tissues; something in my eye(s))

www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/12-mont...

Cycling from Worcester to Pamplona, Spain - in support of RoadPeace — Bike Worcester Bike Worcester’s Dan and Rob (and their mate Steve) are taking on a mammoth bike ride from Worcester to Pamplona in Spain, and using the trip to raise awareness and money for the charity RoadPeace.

It’s a double blog week! Rob and Dan are cycling to Spain and raising money for @RoadPeace, and we’ve launched our latest strategic plan for 2025.

www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/cycling...

www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/bike-wo...

Critical Mass ride this Saturday in Worcester.

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This is why distracted driving is one of the Fatal 4.

This is why 3rd party reporting of drivers using their phones is so important.

2 years in jail, 5 year driving ban.

www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2513729...

Woman dies and three more pedestrians injured after being hit by car in Rochdale Man, 49, arrested on suspicion of murder after consecutive collisions on Saturday afternoon

An actual murder charge and journalists still can't mention a driver in the headline.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Not all bike lanes are equal, and why you might find me not using them — Bike Worcester Why don’t cyclists use the bloody bike lanes! Well sometimes I do, and sometimes I don’t, and hopefully this will help explain why that’s the case.

New blog:

Why don’t people on bikes use the bloody bike lane!

Read this to find out why sometimes I do, and sometimes I don’t.

www.bikeworcester.org.uk/blog/not-all...

I made six friends (who all live within 2 blocks of me) tonight as a direct result of the Lincoln Ave Open Street and that's so priceless.

The societal good is so apparent and yet that's not something we care to measure when we talk about who our streets should serve.

Some thoughts on the Global Bike Bus Summit: Tessa and Bran — Bike Worcester Insights about the Global Bike Bus Summit, from two of children who use the Bike Bus to travel to school.

The latest blog from Bike Worcester: thoughts on the Global Bike Bus Summit held in Worcester in April by two of the children who use the Bike Bus to get to school.

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Worcestershire County Council Election manifestos review — Bike Worcester A review of the local political party manifestos for the upcoming County Council elections on 1st May 2025, with an eye on all things active travel.

Our latest blog is up: comparing local political party manifestos for the Worcestershire County Council elections on 1st May 2025…with an eye on active travel.

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