Richard, ... Does anyone know where the liability lies? Do city or local authorities have a legal duty to ensure traffic signals are working, or is it a matter...
I agree that larger wheeled bicycles are much faster. I couldn't believe the difference just between a mountain bike and a hybrid! Carlos, your comments about...
Stephen, ... ...which is why you need to do both. Richard Evans' ideas would focus on the "home zone" (I know it's a horrible phrase - can I say woonerf?) ...
not sure why Stephen singled me out to comment as I am no expert in these matters... so I looked on the a2b website and found this: "Electric bikes are treated...
I agree with all that SP says below. My problem is how best to harness the energy of the campaigns which I co-ordinate in UK and get them pointing most...
... Sorry, wrong. Counter-intuitive as it may be, a small-wheeled bicycle, the Moulton (17'' wheels) holds the world speed record (51mph/82 kph) for a bike ...
With enormous respect to Martin Cassini and those who believe that human nature and civil behaviour alone is going to do the trick, I would like to add the...
To encourage participation in 2007 European Mobility Week, DG Environment of the European Commission and Committee of the Regions will host a workshop together...
I wonder if the reaction wd be quite as negative as Richard fears. Of course there is a big problem that if one town goes alone it would fear the loss of...
There are two possible ways that motor vehicle drivers can react when external signalling is not provided. One is to slow down and keep a careful lookout to...
I don't think Richard Evans has quite understood my concern about the idea of providing experimental home zone like areas as part of a car free day campaign. ...
I think we could do a series of flash mobs during CFD 2007 where people would go to a specific place and set up a park, a playground, a beach, a living room,...
Thanks, Eric, but special received wisdom ("The very nature of the car is that it makes one impatient") seems to me to underscore your request for impediments...
Martin Cassini
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Dec 3, 2006 5:53 pm
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The term "electric bicycle" is misleading and kind of greenwash (like e.g. the term "industrial park" instead of "industrial area"). Actually they are electric...
K.Tsourlakis
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Dec 3, 2006 8:51 pm
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... (like ... Actually ... is ... move ... "electric ... (when ... auxiliary ... some ... Good points, but not entirely true. Mind you its a few years since i...
Having asked my friends in Viet Nam, I think there is a decided advantage to lightly motorized vehicles in flat places -- they're easier to use in the majority...
Lee Schipper
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Dec 4, 2006 7:10 am
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... not ... etc Dear Carlos, Ok you may think that the scepticism I express about bikepaths is ''excessive'', but please believe I'm usually a moderate in...
... devices ... Chris, I'm not clear what you're getting at here. We dont have cycle racks on buses in the UK but I'd always imagined the American buses which...
... Getting rid of traffic lights etc might in the right circumstances (when speeds are very low) be the best mehod of traffic calming, but it cannot be a...
Simon, the anti traffic light campaigners need no arguments fetched from Cairo. Drivers hooting regularly to warn others ? I'm not quite sure about the UK, but...
Simon, It is the buses and taxis which make Oxford Street so unpleasant. While this has assisted the process of developing better shopping areas in the major...
Martin, This is what I think would happen if you tried it in the UK: Stage 1. Caution - drivers will be confused by the lack of lights and priorities, and slow...
On Behalf Of Carlos F. Pardo SUTP Public Awareness and Behaviour Change - Training Course 12th December, 2006, Mercure Hotel Dear all, It is well known that...
Dear all, I just received this email below through another listgroup. Does anyone have ideas? I’m still thinking if there is a real tradeoff there… ...
... sell. ... projects – ... Thanking you in advance, ... Yes i have a suggestion for trees and car dealerships. (It's inspired by the first paragraph of...
There are a range of emission offset programmes that have proposed similar schemes and many are in fact in operation. Most of these have come under criticism...
... I prefer to name a fourth "poison": public transport ... I was once told that when automobiles first appeared their maximum speed was 4 km/h and it was...
K.Tsourlakis
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Dec 6, 2006 7:25 am
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Bill and those whom he describes as the more militant anti-facility cyclists may be happy to stick to the roads with noisy and smelly metal monsters belching ...
