http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "cities should prioritize pedestrians, bicyclists" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:44:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9327#post-97914 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:30:19 +0000 chdot 97914@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> On road building they note: ’Our cities are simply not equipped to take further growth in road traffic and the benefits of faster journey times on the strategic network risk being lost in the greater congestion on local urban roads where the majority of journeys are undertaken.’’ </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266220/Stop-promising-controversial-road-rail-building-Britain-economic-boost-evidence-transport-planners-tell-MPs.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266220/Stop-promising-controversial-road-rail-building-Britain-economic-boost-evidence-transport-planners-tell-MPs.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9327#post-97776 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:10:42 +0000 chdot 97776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> ibikelondon blog (@markbikeslondon)<br /> 23/01/2013 11:59</p> <p>Today's post, in case you missed it: What should I tell the #GetBritainCycling inquiry about planning and urban design? </p> <p><a href="http://ibikelondon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/why-we-must-say-yes-to-getting-britain.html" rel="nofollow">http://ibikelondon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/why-we-must-say-yes-to-getting-britain.html</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9327#post-97763 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:19:21 +0000 Roibeard 97763@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@DaveC - we also started with the scooting, and progressed to bikes, so drop me a PM if you wish - I may be able to help with advice or experience.</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9327#post-97757 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:31:21 +0000 Darkerside 97757@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've just been on a fascinating wikipedia journey from that first article. It cites Redding as a place which prioritised pedestrians to good effect by building a faily fancy pedestrian bridge, thus promoting walking</p> <p>Being an inquisitive sort, it turns out that Redding is also a hive of unemployment (more people+less money=more walking?) and also has the highest per capita rate of sex offenders in the US. Moving on, the bridge was called sundial bridge, which claimed to be the world's tallest sundial. It was completed $20m over budget, which is impressive when your budget is $3m. </p> <p>The world's tallest sundial is <em>actually</em> Taipei 101, which is a fascinating building. Has an enormous metal sphere acting as a mass damper, suspended at the top to mitigate typhoon winds swaying the thing. The article also has a somewhat gushing 'symbolism' section...</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redding,_California" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redding,_California</a><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial_Bridge_at_Turtle_Bay" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial_Bridge_at_Turtle_Bay</a><br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101</a></p> <p>Carry on... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9327#post-97753 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:17:26 +0000 chdot 97753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Tackling Scotland’s health inequalities: A time for radical change?"</p> <p><a href="http://www.chex.org.uk/media/resources/publications/briefings/CHEX%20Policy%20Briefing%20-%20A%20Time%20for%20Radical%20Change.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.chex.org.uk/media/resources/publications/briefings/CHEX%20Policy%20Briefing%20-%20A%20Time%20for%20Radical%20Change.pdf</a></p> <p>(Doesn't mention walking or cycling.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9327#post-97747 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:42:27 +0000 DaveC 97747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is truth in this. Our car has finally been scrapped and swmbo is now taking our boys to school by bike. They use their scooters (as on their bikes they race each other and if the younger gets in front of the older, the older flings his bike down in tantrum) &amp; josie follows on her bike. Josie is biking three times a day as Louis' nursery is mornings only. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9327#post-97746 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:23:18 +0000 chdot 97746@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> As a behavioural psychologist, James Sallis started out trying to understand how to motivate people to become more physically active. But, like many of his colleagues, he soon found that whatever worked only worked a little, on a few people, for a short time. Soon, Dr. Sallis came to see the modern urban environment as a big part of the problem. Place matters, he decided, and he set about investigating the design of public spaces and their influence on physical activity and the obesity epidemic.</p> <p>...</p> <p>Every older city is walkable, period. If they were built before cars they had to be. So we know how to make walkable cities that are fantastic and beautiful.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-city-state-how-urban-design-affects-our-health/article7616817" rel="nofollow">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-city-state-how-urban-design-affects-our-health/article7616817</a> </p>