February 2012
6 posts
Gateways
Crossrider wrote the other day about a collision on CS7 at a junction with a side road:
The problem with these minor road junctions is there are a lot of them, and at each one there is a chance that a vehicle will encroach over the give-way line into the cycle lane. This can cause you to T-bone into the side of the vehicle, or in trying to avoid doing so to swerve or brake, either of which could...
The Problem With Urban Cross Road Junctions in...
So as 2000 cyclists ride to parliament last night and our MP’s spend 3 hours today discussing cycle safety (or the lack of) in the UK, I still believe strongly that it’s the road junctions that are the major problem with bicycle transport in this country. Get the junctions right, and everything else falls into place.
If you look at a typical through route or “main road” in...
How To Build Your Way Out Of A Death Trap
The members of the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain believe that high quality cycling infrastructure that is separated from motorised traffic by a curb or verge is the way to fix the dangers of our road network for vulnerable road users.
The reasons for this are many fold, but the most obvious is that if a 120 lbs of human on a bicycle is put in a place where 4800 lbs truck can’t get to...
Traffic flow in a new Parliament Square
So to continue on from Thursday’s look at the LCC’s new look Parliament Square, I wanted to look at how traffic would flow through the intersection.
Now this has nothing to do with the LCC’s design vs a purely Dutch design, as both would require a major resequencing of the traffic control lights so as to make the junction safe for cyclists and pedestrians.
In the UK, signal...
Going Dutch in Parliament Square
Today sees the launch of the LCC’s Go Dutch campaign, something which I whole heartedly support and is a long time overdue. Along with a place to pledge your support, they have two more great visualisations of how parts of London could be, one being of parliament square.
These visualisations are brilliant. They show in simple terms that anyone can understand how great our streetscape could...
Drain/curb/cycleway idea
So I was riding home in the bitter evening coldness from this months excellent Street Talks yesterday and as I was cruising (stop/starting at every sideroad) along the A316 bi-directional bikeway this idea lept into my head.
The UK hierarchy of provision for cycle infrastructure is well known within cycle advocacy circles, it outlines the type of provision that should be put in place based on a...