http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "15 new things we learned about the future of cycling in... " en Mon, 18 May 2026 15:27:55 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12581#post-157025 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:13:47 +0000 chdot 157025@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Cycle Hackney app allows users to report potholes and report problem areas for cyclists, as well as sharing photos </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/new-app-crowd-sources-information-cyclists-125842" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/new-app-crowd-sources-information-cyclists-125842</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12581#post-156986 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:04:03 +0000 chdot 156986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From above link -</p> <p>"</p> <p>More residents cycle to work than any London borough</p> <p>More residents cycle than drive 15.4% vs. 12.8% </p> <p>14,054 walking commuters were recorded in the 2011 cencus, up from 7,811 in 2001 </p> <p>Hackney has the highest ratio of female to male cyclists (37% are women) of any London borough </p> <p>...</p> <p>But how has this remarkable change happened? There have been no Superhighways or Superwalkways, no grand project. In a nutshell, Hackney has taken a lead from Jan Gehl, the Danish Urbanist, whose simple message for a liveable city is to ‘create a better balance between cycling and walking and motor vehicles’. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/search.php?search=Jan+Gehl&amp;advanced=0&amp;exact=1&amp;posts=1&amp;highlight=1&amp;users=0&amp;located=0&amp;forums%5B%5D=0&amp;maxcount=9999999&amp;age=999999&amp;direction=0&amp;sort=date&amp;order=0">CEC got Jan Gehl to look at Princes Street</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12581#post-156983 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:28:28 +0000 neddie 156983@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/news-opinion/how-hackney-became-london-s-most-liveable-borough" rel="nofollow">http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/news-opinion/how-hackney-became-london-s-most-liveable-borough</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12581#post-149052 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:54:53 +0000 acsimpson 149052@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Wherever we can we try to remove car ownership and encourage people to actually make that… actually, we take away their ability to own cars."</em></p> <p>Wow, that's a brave move. I hope it works. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12581#post-148955 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:11:33 +0000 chdot 148955@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Hackney’s cycling boss interviewed: 15 new things we learned about the future of cycling in the borough</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/9-new-things-hackneys-transport-boss-told-interviewed-cycling" rel="nofollow">http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/9-new-things-hackneys-transport-boss-told-interviewed-cycling</a></p> <p>Of course Hackney isn't Edinburgh (and vice versa) but it's probably the borough doing the most for cycling (like Edinburgh in Scotland)</p> <p>Mare Street used to be full of buses -</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13851476205/"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7102/13851476205_207b6e9566.jpg"></a></p> <p>Don't think CEC would 'dare' to do contra-flow cycling like this -</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13851482985/"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/13851482985_c59063a548.jpg"></a> </p>