http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: London - Recent Posts en Fri, 01 May 2026 19:42:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13428#post-279763 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 22:23:31 +0000 LaidBack 279763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Things get bit heated on the video.<br /> While the guy was out of his VW combi looking for a fight they should have taken the keys and slammed the door.</p> <p>Static vehicles make a very effective barrier and make it unattractive to other drivers. Vehicles also 'respected' more than mere signage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13428#post-279758 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 21:47:53 +0000 chdot 279758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Another video, really quite impressive -</p> <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/875/40623704344_9000ca1c43.jpg"></p> <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/793/27465294138_1715a78863.jpg"></p> <p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6PQAI4TZE" rel="nofollow">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6PQAI4TZE</a></p> <p>.</p> <p>From <a href="https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/amsterdam-children-fighting-cars-in-1972/" rel="nofollow">https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/amsterdam-children-fighting-cars-in-1972/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13428#post-164968 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:12:10 +0000 chdot 164968@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Whatever someone’s politics it is interesting to imagine where UK cycling policy may have been today if the cycling unit and "Livingston's" GLC had not been abolished in 1986."</p> <p>Indeed. </p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11370336073/"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/11370336073_c0071ccda5.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11370336073/">Ken Livingstone 1984 Velo-City London</a></p> <p>"</p> <p>1984 was the height of Ken Livingstone’s first shot in charge of London - the era of Fare’s Fair and battles between a Tory government and Red Ken’s GLC.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/oldsite/news79b.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/oldsite/news79b.htm</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13428#post-164966 Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:33:43 +0000 Ed1 164966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o</a></p> <p>How the Dutch got their cycle paths</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmR5t2RELns" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmR5t2RELns</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.ctc.org.uk/blog/chris-peck/cycling-in-london-30-years-ago" rel="nofollow">http://www.ctc.org.uk/blog/chris-peck/cycling-in-london-30-years-ago</a></p> <p>A great documentary about Greater London Councils cycling infrastructure improvements in the early 1980s. </p> <p>Covers policy, implementation and vision. Whatever someone’s politics it is interesting to imagine where UK cycling policy may have been today if the cycling unit and "Livingston's" GLC had not been abolished in 1986. </p> <p>Although Boris Johnston and the GLA is doing good work from the Superhighways to "Boris bikes" what happened in the early 1980s must have been quite ground breaking at the time if the momentum had been maintained cycling infrastructure may have been much enhanced today.</p> <p>A report that highlights some of the trends in both cycling and policy.</p> <p><a href="http://rachelaldred.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cycling-review1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://rachelaldred.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cycling-review1.pdf</a> </p>