It has taken the Netherlands 25 years to build up its culture of respect among its road users, and the law plays a big part too. Read more
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Rise in cycling deaths highlights ‘appalling’ road layouts
On Monday, the fashion student Min Joo Lee, 24, became the 13th cyclist to be killed in London this year. She was hit by an HGV while navigating the Kings Cross one-way system near York Way.
The blogger Olaf Storbeck wrote that Joo Lee’s death was sadly predictable given the “appalling” road layout in the area. He called it one of the “worst death traps for cyclists in London”. Read more
Cycle of recovery – A small but welcome revolution
IN the grand plan of things the Cycle to Work Scheme can hardly be described as world changing but in its own small, quiet, effective way it has been revolutionary and eye-opening. Read more