Sunday, 16 February 2014

Why collisions don't occur between cyclists on Simultaneous Green junctions - bikes are ridden through curves not sharp angles

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This location, a large  Simultaneous Green junction  in  Groningen , was chosen for this example because of its symmetry, making it easy t...
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Saturday, 8 February 2014

Disappearing traffic lights. Removal of motorized traffic from where cyclists and pedestrians needed to be made mass cycling possible in the Netherlands. A second transport revolution despite a rise in car use and ownership.

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Assen's first traffic lights were at this junction, once the most busy in the city. The first traffic lights in the world were in...
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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Default to Green: cyclists have priority while drivers wait for the lights to change

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Assen has 28 traffic light junctions . Three of them are set up in such a way that they default to green for cyclists. i.e. their usual si...
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Friday, 17 January 2014

Inadequate infrastructure causes injuries. Better infrastructure prevents them. Learning from two minor crashes. Mini Roundabouts are unsafe for cyclists

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My mother lives in Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset , England. Just before Christmas, my mum was involved in a crash while cycling. She had right...
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Monday, 23 December 2013

A cycle-path for singing

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SINGING CYCLE-PATH: Here you can officially sing as you cycle. No need for un-natural pauses in you song as someone cycles past Wha...
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Monday, 16 December 2013

On-Road Cycle-lanes are dangerous. Oostrum's children deserve better

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At nine in the morning on the 27th of November, a sixteen year old girl in the village of Oostrum (in the province of Limburg , in the south...
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Wednesday, 11 December 2013

A visitor's view of Groningen railway station

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Our friend Mike Rubbo came to stay with us in March. It was -10 C here but people were still cycling much as they always do. We had had...
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