A cyclist who took part in the controversial BBC documentary on cyclists vs drivers aired in Britain this week has been inundated with hate messages, according to the MailOnline.
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SAFETY
Does cycling infrastructure reduce serious accidents?
A new Canadian study confirms what cyclists intuitively know: providing quality cycling infrastructure reduces the risk of accidents and serious injuries
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Why is Brisbane CityCycle an unmitigated flop?
A new study concludes there are multiple reasons why Brisbane CityCycle has flopped, including the difficulty of signing up, the need to wear a helmet, unsafe streets, and diabolical marketing.
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How safe is cycling (in Brisbane)?
Forgive me please for yet another cycling-related post. It’s Le Tour Fever. At least it’s only got two and a half weeks to go! I just stumbled across this interesting video by the Brisbane Times. A reporter used Brisbane’s CityCycle bike sharing scheme to address the question, How safe is cycling in the city? It’s not [...]
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How come the Dutch got cycle paths and not us?
A key reason the Netherlands has the highest level of cycling for day-to-day transport in the world is its extensive network of high quality, safe bicycle paths. But it wasn’t always like that – the key message of this video (see exhibit) is that most of the bicycle network was built from the mid-1970s onward. [...]
READ MOREDoes public transport offer enough privacy?
There are many ways to measure the immense improvement in standard of living enjoyed by western countries over the millennia (although most especially over the last two hundred years). I think an important indicator – with implications for city managers – is the greater demand for physical privacy that comes with rising incomes. Much attention [...]
READ MOREMandatory bicycle helmets: does correlation mean causation?
It’s evident from the response to my article two weeks ago (Is the mandatory helmet debate a distraction?), that some people still see compulsory helmets as one of the major obstacles, perhaps even the main obstacle, to significantly higher uptake of cycling in Australia. So I want to look at the main arguments for repealing [...]
READ MOREWhat is the key challenge for cycling policy?
There’s been a spirited and useful debate in Victoria over the last 12 months about the rights and wrongs of mandatory helmets, but now it’s time to move on to the main game. This column in The Age (and especially the associated comments) by Bojun Björkman-Chiswell, the founder of website Melbourne Cycle Chic, is a reminder that [...]
READ MOREAre SUVs killers?
My hate-hate attitude towards SUVs hasn’t improved after reading a new US research paper, The pounds that kill, by two University of California (Berkeley) researchers. They show being in a vehicle struck by a 1,000 pound heavier one results in a 47% increase in the probability of a fatality in the smaller vehicle (the paper [...]
READ MOREIs bike-share the safest way to cycle?
According to this story, riders of share-bikes are involved in fewer accidents and sustain fewer injuries than cyclists who ride their own bikes. The author provides an impressive array of examples. In Paris, Velib riders account for a third of all bike trips but are involved in only a quarter of all bike crashes. In [...]
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