Towns and cities can be safer and more pleasant places to live and work when motorised traffic is restricted, so how best to enforce LTNs and school streets? Planters and bollards are often used to create low traffic neighbourhoods by blocking rat runs, and cameras are relied on to safeguard school streets, but how about the idea of a mobile…
A Tesla whistleblower this week claimed self-driving car tech is not safe enough for public roads, but how safe is safe enough? After all, there’s a double standard where road safety’s concerned. A once-in-a-decade train crash that kills 5 people will generate wall-to-wall media coverage, a public enquiry and changes to working practices, but the daily UK road death toll…
A basic cargo bike in 1939 would set you back £18; the equivalent of £972 in today’s money. The relatively low price got us thinking about how a sub-grand cargo bike could help revolutionise the urban streets of 2023. When it comes to moving people around a city, cars are distinctly sub-optimal. Quite apart from damage to the environment and…
How do you fancy being our Secret Santa? With less than three weeks to go until the big day, we’re giving away another mystery box full of cycling goodies. And it might have your name on it. Once again the box will be bursting with bicycle bounty worth at least £100; we won’t list the contents now, but here’s what…
Everyone understands cycling is good for you, but a study by UCL and Sydney University has found really small changes to our activity levels – like replacing sedentary behaviour with a just few minutes of riding each day – boosts heart health. The findings are important because over 20 million people across the globe die each year from cardiovascular disease. The…
