tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post1823082930029242896..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Is cycling getting safer in Britain ?David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-2047037772375052132010-02-25T18:25:26.731+01:002010-02-25T18:25:26.731+01:00I'd disagree with 'townmouse' that the...I'd disagree with 'townmouse' that there are hopeful signs in the UK.<br /><br />The rise in cycling in London remains insignificant in relation to modal share, and while commuter cycling on main roads has increased, cycling by children in London has plunged. I almost never see unaccompanied children riding bicycles in London. The few that I do see tend to be tough, streetwise young freewheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731932510033958017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-81635774861239337362010-02-18T18:06:21.948+01:002010-02-18T18:06:21.948+01:00If you want more detailed figures on home-to-schoo...If you want more detailed figures on home-to-school mode share, there's a data set called "NI 198" (Google should work) that has mode share for a limited number of UK local authorities. For primary schools, the number is generally 1% or lower, for secondary school 4% or lower, with some spikes (generally mid-size sleeper towns, plus Cambridgeshire). Now contrast that with your Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-41105808098782853962010-02-18T14:30:42.738+01:002010-02-18T14:30:42.738+01:00I'm still laughing, if you have a Velomobile i...I'm still laughing, if you have a Velomobile in the UK you may well be considered a fanatic. True those remaining cyclists in the UK are not ordinary citizens. Hey, I rode to work in the snow today.<br />Is it getting safer, no, but we are down to killing "just" fifty people each week, how nice. <br />That said the risk of cycling is unbelievably exaggerated by the use of the per kmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-64423455982018614052010-02-18T12:01:18.335+01:002010-02-18T12:01:18.335+01:00There are some hopeful signs, though (maybe it doe...There are some hopeful signs, though (maybe it doesn't look that way from the perspective of the NL). One is that cycling in the capital (= the UK, as far as the bulk of the media and policy makers is concerned) is going up by any measure. Maybe, just maybe, cyclists will start to be considered as legitimate interests when decisions on spending and road building are made (although it would townmousehttp://cityexile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-11094634470043941252010-02-18T08:06:13.106+01:002010-02-18T08:06:13.106+01:00David
Fanatic!? I prefer committed or even dedica...David<br /><br />Fanatic!? I prefer committed or even dedicated. Fanatic kind of marries with obsessed or sad (although sometimes my wife calls me obsessed when I'm blogging come to think of it). Agree with all the points you make though.<br /><br />Electric<br /><br />I speak as an A&E nurse in the UK. While I agree the figures would be valuable, I doubt NHS coding would be able to MiddleAgeCyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873996681529127207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-26038921429185714742010-02-18T01:21:23.052+01:002010-02-18T01:21:23.052+01:00I seem to recall a UK police force caught omitting...I seem to recall a UK police force caught omitting certain accident types involving cyclists... This was about 1.5yrs ago maybe? I much prefer the hospital admission numbers for cycling accidents to be included.<br /><br />Anyways, I think there is a lot of wishful thinking on behalf of the cyclists and police.electricnoreply@blogger.com