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The ‘We are traffic’, then ‘Pay the road tax!’ dilemma
How many times did some drivers tell you to step out of the road because you’re not paying any ‘road tax’? I am analysing this more and more common accusation in the UK context. Which is not very...
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Should ‘cyclists’ MUSTs’ be golden?
Yesterday I read for the first time since I came to the UK the Rules for cyclists on the Official Highway Code. I learnt about the different ‘Musts’ for the cyclists. I was somehow aware of their...
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Can we duplicate Vienna?
This Tuesday I had the first presentation for the Liveable Cities programme. As few may know I am doing a PhD in Sociology at Lancaster University, UK. I am studying bicycle tourism as a part of a...
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Research study: English people spend over 84 hours every year stuck in traffic
Commuters with 30 minute drives can expect to be static for 84 hours a year. Building more roads is not the answer, says TomTom. TomTom, the satnav maker, has released its sixth annual Traffic Index...
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To helmet or not to helmet in Romania?
I recently read an interview with Mikael Colville-Andersen of Copenhagenize.com about the continuous fight between the cycle chic ambassadors and the cycle safety promoters. I knew bike helmets are...
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Bikes in the sky and Gypsies in a tree
Why make room for bicycle lanes up there in the sky instead of simply laying them down on the ground? Can this not so sci-fi vision about transport efficiency put an end to all serendipity on two...
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Bike safety ad banned in the UK for lack of safety display
An advert to promote bike safety has been banned – because it features a cyclist riding without a helmet. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which scrutinises new publicity in the UK, said the...
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Bespoken by Johnnyrandom – Making Sounds with a Bicycle
‘Although the music track titled Bespoken by Johnnyrandom, a sound composer and music designer, could be described as sporty sound, but that is only because of the ‘instrument’ used to create it....
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Book review: Reconsidering the Bicycle. An Anthropological Perspective on a...
Luis Vivanco’s Reconsidering the Bicycle. An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing appears to be the first anthropology book attempting to study the bicycle. Aimed primarily to function...
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Famous traffic awareness photo, recreated on the most crowded boulevard in...
Bucharest recently recreated the famous traffic awareness photo – “Space taken by 60 people”, which shows how each of the inhabitants of a city can make a difference for the way the city looks and...
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