From today's edition of Miljörapporten Direkt: Brittiskt tips till bilköpare Det brittiska transportministeriet har öppnat en internetsida där alla bilar...
Hi Eric, How are you? How is Paris? in case you do not know this website yet... I found it very amusing and positive. Regards, Saskia ... Amsterdam Bicycles ...
Our friends from Pune, and particularly the environmentalist/activist Manisha Gutman who came to Paris to have a look for herself, have come up with a pair of...
Hi all, It is only 10days left to the conference. Istanbul Team invites you to the 'Towards Carfree Cities Conference VII- Istanbul'. There will be rich...
From CTC newsletter ''News Cycle facilities encourage cycling but don't improve safety Three Danish researchers have published what is probably the largest ...
... e researchers conclude that well-designed cycle facilities do have ... This seems to me a case where it would be necessay to look in great detail at the...
But isn't the real bottom line here that while cycle paths, etc. have a role to play, that the main thrust from the vantage of city policy must be to slow...
25 August 2007 Sorry if this is a dumb question but are you suggesting that it is wrong on part of planners, officials and bureaucracies to continue promoting...
Someone wants more controls? The electricity alone required to power the UK's galaxy of 24-hour traffic lights produces 57,000 tonnes of CO2. Make cycling...
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You've got it wrong. The main thrust of city polcy must be to reduce as much as feasible the total number of motorized vehicles on the streets. Sidney Falco ...
Surely the explanation is that provision of segregated facilities encourages cycling by people inexperienced on main roads, or has this factor been discounted...
Dear group members who will be in 'Towards Carfree Cities VII- Istanbul' next week. There is a new and important update about conference venues. On Monday and...
Absolutely agreed. Slow down; and also do something about the vehices which are most threatening to cyclists. Buses, perhaps not much can be done. Get rid of...
Stephen, ... Interesting that you mention that... I would: 1. Never allow cyclists and buses to share a lane. Bus lanes with cyclists create danger for...
Hello everyone, Very important thread - below are my views on some of your responses: Sujit - Planning always involves balancing various competing priorities -...
I'll try to be brief: - In Bogot, cycling increased from 0.58% to 4% directly due to building a network of 300 km of cycleways. Of course, accidents increased,...
Hi Could you clarify 1 below - unless it is an express lane or running uphill, I would have thought that cyclists have a higher average speed than buses, which...
Dear Colleagues, We request you to kindly spare some of your time to answer the following questions which will help us to evaluate our efforts in disseminating...
Forwarding Tom's comments... regards, giselle Dear Giselle and others, Yes these type of studies have a long history and some truth in them as well. The...
Roland, ... Cyclists may have a faster or comparable average speed to buses, but buses move faster between stops - a lot faster. Coupled with the fact a bus...
Speaking as a simple cyclist out there on the road multiple times a day on both my own bike and Velib in this fairly densely trafficked city, I can tell you...
Tom, you wrote: () that more priority should be given to the design of bicycle friendly intersections. Could you give us your ideas on that ? Bicycle friendly...
In Mexico City, when in 2005 the BRT Metrobus project become reality in the long avenue of Insurgentes, the other lanes narrowed to 2.3 meters each. The buses...
Surely a relevant point is that there are many fewer buses in bus lanes than there are cars in general traffic lanes. Well, perhaps not in some parts of ...
Thanks for passing on these thoughts Stefan and Tom, While as Tom points out it is really simple once it is seen from a wider perspective, this is such a...
In Sweden in the last few years, circulation places (rond-points, roundabouts, rondeller) have becum mode. National Road Administration is propagating them...
Xavier, ... Presumably, with a 4 metres wide bus lane, and 2.5 metre wide buses, a cyclist may be able to pull over to the side to let the bus pass if ...
Another issue is that unless one's doing a "big bang" on a city it takes time for facilities to build up to the point where they become a viable network. As ...
