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London Assembly enquiry into cycling and cycling safety
If you are interested in making your submission to this, look here. Ours is below here: INTRODUCTION The Road Danger Reduction Forum (RDRF) welcomes the opportunity to comment on this subject to the...
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Kivilev and how Bradley Wiggins gets it so wrong (Part Five)
Let’s be clear: I really do not want to rubbish Britain’s greatest ever racing cyclist (and my ex-club mate) yet one more time. But there are some more remarks he made last year which need to be looked...
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Disgraceful: TfL’s “Towards a Road Safety Action Plan for London: 2020”
Transport for London is holding a consultation process about this document until 28th September 2012. Obviously we wouldn’t expect a break from traditional “road safety” ideology in such a document,...
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Some other things wrong withTfL’s “Towards a Road Safety Action Plan for...
Let’s look at the rest of TfL’s “Towards a Road Safety Action Plan for London: 2020” It is basically the usual confusions, distortions and misguided mythology of “road safety” ideology. We have...
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RDRF response to DfT consultation on Fixed Penalty Notices for careless driving
This is our response to the DfT’s “A consultation on changes to the treatment of penalties for careless driving and other motoring offences” . It states that the Government recognises that “careless...
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A bit of sanity
No, it didn’t come from Government or the “road safety” lobby. It comes from the mainstream Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) which calls for an end to delays in fuel duty increases. It is...
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Something for you to do
Early day motion 407 It is not perfect, but do get your MP to sign up to it. It says: VICTIMS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS That this House notes that many victims of road accidents do not feel that the criminal...
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London's Cycle Safety Action Plan : A progress review
RDRF Chair Dr. Robert Davis has sat on the Transport for London convened Cycle Safety Working Group, charged with implementing the Mayor of London’s Cycle Safety Action Plan, since it’s inception....
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Another "victim"
On holiday in south east France I chanced upon this story in the local daily newspaper, Le Dauphiné Libéré. The 76 year old motorist had driven over the (obvious) footway into the well signed exit...
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A bright new dawn for cycling in London?
“Gearing up – An investigation into safer cycling in London” has now been produced by the London Assembly Transport Committee . “Gearing up” should, and already has, attracted a good deal of attention...
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Transport in the time of the Coronavirus crisis: what we need to do NOW.
I’m aware that most of us have, if anything, more tasks than usual to complete at this difficult time. There is also a natural reticence about “being political” at a time when many of us will lose...
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Transport in the time of the Coronavirus crisis: what we need to do NOW....
The previous post has received an unusually high number of views for the RDRF site – this backs up our view that this is a crucial time for transport professionals and campaigners to be active. Please...
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Transport in the time of COVID-19: What we need to do NOW UPDATE 28th April
Below is a copy of slides presented to Brian Deegan’s “Ideas with Beers” Zoom session today 5 pm: Transport in the time of COVID-19: Update 28/04/2020 – 6th week lockdown See...
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Transport in the time of COVID-19: Update 05/05/2020
This update is to be presented at Brian Deegan’s #Ideaswithbeers Zoom session on 5th May 2020. Please see the original here and last update. Things to read This is a wonderful read on Covid-19 and...
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“…this should be a new golden age for cycling…”
Thus spoke Prime Minister Johnson in the House of Commons on 6th May 2020. Next day the Minister for Transport announced a programme which appears to signal the best chance for genuine Governmental...
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What to do NOW in the COVID crisis: Update 21st May 2020
A couple of days after the presentation on Brian Deegan’s #Ideaswithbeers Zoom session, I look at the prospects and continue the update of transport in the Covid crisis since the last update GENERAL...
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June 3rd 2020 – Crunch time for Active/Sustainable Travel in the UK
This is the latest update on my post here on Transport in the time of the COVID-19 crisis. The previous update can be seen here. Below is a version of my presentation which you can see from 1.42 on...
View Article“Reducing Road Danger: Empowering Local Communities”
We’re pleased that our conference, jointly organised with our friends RoadPeace, planned for April will now be run as two webinars on October 22nd and 29th starting at 4 pm. Please register for free...
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We’re delighted that our Conference (jointly organised with RoadPeace) which was due to be held in April, will now happen as two webinars on October 22nd and 29th at 4 pm: “ Reducing Road Danger:...
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Review. Peter Walker: “The Miracle Pill”
The titles of Peter Walker’s books indicate that he thinks he has got big solutions to big problems. I said in my review of his first, “How Cycling Can Save the World” r/ that: “Those of us with a...
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