We researchers love to say ‘more research is needed’. Sometimes, it seems to mean ‘more research is needed, we can’t possibly do anything in the meantime’. It can be a barrier to ambitious policies, because they’ve never been done – and researched – before. So I like to qualify this. … Continue reading
Cross-posted from the Near Miss Project. Reading through some of the qualitative data, I am struck by the extent to which keeping an incident diary makes you see things differently. As one person comments: ‘It’s been really good thinking about it today. Most of what I’ve written wouldn’t even have … Continue reading
Cross-posted from the Near Miss Project. As we continue analysing the data, there’ll be a series of blog posts thinking it through. These are personal reflections/work-in-progress – responses are welcome. There’s a lot of stuff to look at in relation to behaviour, experiences, infrastructure and road conditions. For me, one … Continue reading
Recently I got to hear more about Transport for London’s cycle superhighway modelling. TfL are rightly proud of their modelling work and I’m particularly pleased about their recent focus on cycling, traditionally so poorly dealt with in transport models. But I’m concerned at how the modelling techniques have been used … Continue reading
The Children and Cycling survey has just closed after two months. As far as I know, it’s the first detailed piece of research specifically looking at how adults’ preferences for cycling environments change when children are involved – including where children are cycling with adults, carried on bikes, or cycling … Continue reading
After speaking recently at the London Cycling Show and the Cycling and Society Symposium, on home ground with a talk reflecting on research and policy. Organised by the Policy Studies Institute. All welcome – book as per below. PSI Seminar – Rachel Aldred, Senior Lecturer in Transport at FABE, University … Continue reading
Update, 3rd March 2015 – in response to debate on an email list, I have uploaded a letter providing further details of evidence around this topic, sent last September to a correspondent who requested it. Published today in the Evening Standard – from 24 professors with expertise in transport, health … Continue reading
Consultations here (N-S) and here (E-W). Recently I had the TfL plans for cycle infrastructure along Blackfriars Road and the Embankment, known as the North-South and East-West superhighways, explained to me in my role as an LCC Trustee. As a membership organisation, LCC will be debating its response to the … Continue reading
I hope to get some resources to continue the microsimulation work on buses and bikes and will update this blog when I’m able to take the work forward. In the meantime, I was planning something on the new Superhighways consultations (due Wednesday: keep your eye on the Consultation Hub), when … Continue reading
In which I try and think more about bus-bike delays, by creating a toy model looking at interactions in bus lanes. One thing that frustrates me, and others, is how current appraisal processes implicitly privilege a very problematic status quo. This comes up in safety audits, for example, where approaches … Continue reading
