Transport
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The Jocks and the Nerds
This was originally posted on my old blog on 12 January 2017. I can think of few better metaphors for our roads than my kids’ school. It was established more than 100 years ago, the building erected with spacious passages, if you consider the maybe two or three hundred pupils it catered for at the…
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Full of Stars
This was originally posted on my old blog on 10 October 2017. He’d parked the van across the footpath, pulling up until the footplate at the back door touched the wooden gate of the entrance beside the shop. The footpath was wide in this spot, but this van was one of those extra long ones.…
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A thought experiment
This was originally posted on my old blog on 27 December 2016. Think of a road near where you live, work, or study. It should be a reasonably busy road, but not a highway, and if all such roads near you have well designed, separated cycling infrastructure you can stop the experiment right here. Got…
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Accessible Magic
This was originally posted to my old blog on 30 November 2016. One morning last week the world was painted with a brush dipped in frost. I cycle past a primary school on my way to college. After weaving my way through the mess of cars trying to push their way as close as possible…
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Drivers, drains, and brains
This was originally posted to my old blog in November 2016. My route to college includes a road with a Z bend: sharp right followed immediately by a sharp left. That exact section of road also has a number of recessed drains probably about twenty metres apart. Therefore, even cyclists who don’t believe in the…