Cycling UK Forum

The idea of including cycling as part of the driving test is interesting but in practice I think would not have any real impact as it would certainly be done on a closed circuit in artificial surroundings. To my mind would-be drivers should demonstrate that they can competently cycle in traffic acr...

The economic case for more roads is often very dubious Wouldn't the government revenues be bolstered and the threat to vital services reduced if most of the motorway network were sold off for housing? We have a chronic shortage of housing in most parts of Britain. With the price of land zoned for bu...

Weird accents - American robots with a few Australian words!

Jeze Mate!

Sad to say but I think I read somewhere that the evidence shows that people don't take much notice of TV safety messages when the issue is other people's safety. Although I do think making successful completion of a cycling test a prerequisite for taking a driving test might be a good idea. So that ...

There's a big gap between basic drives and how people behave. And often social forces induce people to behave in a worse way than they would otherwise.

I've read that bull terriers are quite nice dogs, unless their owners are nasty people.

Lawrie9 wrote:We attractive male hunks suffer as well. Time and again women in cars and vans have shouted lewd suggestive remarks and don't think we hunks should suffer in this way.

Do they pinch you? Throw bottles if you give them a scowl?

It's all about whether you treat those whom you desire sexually as people with real feelings and dignity or just as playthings, sex-objects.

I wonder whether it might be a bit academic, given that the Department of Transport is going to have its budget cut by 40%.

So the big issue is what ought to be cut? All schemes to increase the car carrying capacity of roads if you ask me.

Haven't some of the consultations long finished? E.g "The West Midlands Metropolitan Area Local Transport Plan (LTP3) will be a statutory document setting out the transport strategy and policies for the Metropolitan Area to 2026. LTP3 will supersede the current LTP2, which expires on 31 March 2...

in York they closed access to one street after 10.00am to allow it to become a pedestrian zone, but it resulted in cyclists being squeezed along a busy road and having traffic lights to delay their journey. And how do the pedestrians get to the street? By car I expect. A lot of pedestrianisation is...

How about a Naked Bike Ride? It worked for Bristol

More of a one-off than a ritual.

Traditionally it was assumed cycling provided cheap transport for those unable to afford a car. That certainly was the traditional working class attitude. I hope this is shifting with the sight of affluent people on bicycles. I've the impression that cycling levels are increasing in my neck of the ...

The challenge is getting less flat, blue collar towns and cities onto bikes, i.e., all those people driving short distances in cars, or commuting to satellite industrial estates. Hull AB: 12% C1: 22% C2: 19% D: 25% E: 23% Proportion of people traveling to work who do so by bicycle: 6.4% Birmingham ...

Based on observation of UK bike use I'd suggest takeup was generated by the location having a substantial counter culture/academic intelligensia/A-B group. Er like Hull? which apparently has the 5th highest cycle to work use in the UK. I'd suggest the ease with which a person can get about by car i...

Rotational acceleration levels
[...] Average rotational acceleration for size E were 5333 rad./sec 2 compared to J size of 13505 rad./sec.2 A small difference of just 3 cm resulted in the rotational levels increasing by 250%

An increase from 5333 to 13505 is a 150% increase not a 250% one.