Five years after the taking of this famous photograph of a car parked on the pavement (sorry about those blokes blocking the view of the VW Beetle) it was made an offence for motorists for park on footways. But only […]
Continue ReadingHere’s the Chapter Eleven from Roads Were Not Built For Cars. Every word has been retained from the paid-for book but the illustrations have been replaced with adverts. The print, Kindle and iPad versions of the book are now widely […]
Continue ReadingLast night I gave a book talk in Canterbury at the AGM of Spokes, the cycle campaign group of East Kent. I stayed with my sister overnight – she and her family live in Temple Ewell, a bypassed village on […]
Continue ReadingHenley Street in Stratford upon Avon has been fully pedestrianised since 1997. The council got rid of cars because Henley Street – once one of Stratford’s first and most major thoroughfares – is the town’s honeypot, location of the building […]
Continue ReadingIn different eras Britain’s roads have been dominated by pedestrians, waggons, bicycles, trams, omnibuses and – latterly – motor vehicles. Researching the past shows us that things change. The hegemony of the car is taken for granted today, but it […]
Continue Reading“If the paths are by any miracle to be made of such width and quality as to be equal to our present road system, it would not be necessary to pass any laws to compel cyclists to use them; the […]
Continue ReadingJesmond Dene, a steep-sided wooded valley and park less than a mile from the centre of Newcastle, has a leafy, winding road running on the edge of its western side. Because, in parts, it hangs over the edge of the […]
Continue ReadingHere’s the WIDTH chapter from Roads Were Not Built For Cars. Every word has been retained from the paid-for book but the illustrations have been replaced with adverts. The print, Kindle and iPad versions of the book are now widely […]
Continue ReadingScoundrel Ernest Marples – the first CTC member to become minister of transport (he and his wife toured by bicycle) – officially opened the M1, Britain’s first city-to-city motorway, in November 1959. His ribbon-cutting speech was probably considered twee even […]
Continue ReadingBike Utah is hosting my talk at The Impact Hub on 20th June. Entry is free – just turn up. Books will be available for sale after the talk. THE IMPACT HUB 150 South State Street Salt Lake City, UT
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