This is a response to the Transport Select Committee on Road Safety: I’ll submit it tomorrow. Although the deadline has passed, they are still accepting submissions. I am a Reader at the University of Westminster who specialises in active travel. I have published many peer-reviewed papers on issues including road … Continue reading
There’s a House of Commons Transport Committee Inquiry into Active Travel. While formally it closed last month, they are still accepting written submissions. Here’s mine: I am an academic working in the field of active travel who has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles on topics from injuries and near … Continue reading
The Department for Transport is currently calling for evidence as part of a safety review on walking and cycling: closes 11:45pm on Friday 1st June. Reply here. Here’s my thoughts: not covering everything, but some points primarily related to my own work. Response to the Call for Evidence for the … Continue reading
The Department for Transport has a consultation out on how we report (and hence record) road collisions, which closes just before midnight on Tuesday (24th). Here I explain the background to the consultation and my response to it. My focus is on road injury data (“Stats19”) as that’s my area … Continue reading
So in previous posts I wrote about why Hackney Council’s new Wick Road scheme – proposing cycle tracks along a busy B-road – has such potential, and about the tweaks that should be made to the plans to make sure it realises that potential. This post asks anyone who cares … Continue reading
At the weekend I walked along Wick Road with Natalie from Hackney Cyclists, making notes on detailed design issues related to the Wick Road scheme. Here are some detailed comments and suggestions, based on this visit. Hackney Cyclists have put a discussion thread about the scheme up on Cyclescape and … Continue reading
This is one of a series of three posts that will deal with Hackney Council’s new proposals for Wick Road. Another will deal with the detail of the proposals (including problems that still need fixing – especially at junctions and crossings), and another with data on car ownership in Hackney and … Continue reading
This is a response to the London Assembly Call for Evidence on Bus Services. I am writing as an expert in cycling, and hence am only focusing on bus infrastructure/services as they relate to cycling. This is clearly only a part of the picture, but I believe one that matters … Continue reading
Following on from yesterday’s ‘background’ post, I thought I’d make a go at putting my money where my mouth is, and suggest some ideas for how we might look at bike congestion as a concept in itself (rather than just ask how car congestion affects bikes and pedestrians, which I … Continue reading
The London Assembly is currently holding an enquiry into traffic congestion in London, and I’ve been asked to give evidence in front of the Transport Committee. I’ve done so several times before, and I’ve been impressed by the level of debate: it’s definitely something you need to prepare for! So … Continue reading
