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What to do with a much-loved - but worn out - bikeGuardian Unlimited | 08 Apr 2011When a bike's lasted you 18 years and thousands of miles you can't just throw it on a skip. Any better ideas? I try not to be sentimental about possessions. It would be tough to lose certain photographs, or one or two items tied particularly closely with certain people or times in my life, but I never really get too misty-eyed about most things. There's one big exception - bicycles. I'm not alone in this.
England | Public Transport | Transport Council plans to remove cycle highwayGuardian Unlimited | 23 Feb 2011Brighton and Hove city council appears determined to abolish its cycle highway despite the fact that demolition will cost £1.1m. Mary Mears, council leader, said the decision to remove the cycle lane which connects South Downs national park with Hove's seafront was a response to "concerns" from residents and users. She said: "We remain committed to the safety of the cycling fraternity. Unlike some other cycle lanes in the city, the Grand Avenue/Drive scheme is not well used or appreciated.
England | Public Transport | Transport | Urban Areas | Urban Environment Letters: Co-ops, cuts and the coalitionGuardian Unlimited | 04 Feb 2011I must take Tristram Hunt to task on his erroneous view of Charlie Elphicke's "people's port" proposal, which the Dover MP wrongly and variously describes as a co-operative and a mutual society (Little platoons find their level, 2 February). Hunt says Elphicke has "a great plan to turn Dover...
England | Public Policy | Public Transport | Transport Making public transport accessible for allEpolitix.com | 20 Jan 2011A new E.U regulation provides a "huge opportunity" to advance the rights of disabled passengers, says Lord Low. Transport is one of the biggest, if not the biggest issue of concern to disabled people. Accessible transport can make the difference between being able to travel to a job interview, or exclusion from the labour market. It can make the difference between being able to access essential services in the community, or facing isolation.
United Kingdom | Public Policy | Public Transport | Transport London cycle hire: mapping a million journeysGuardian Unlimited | 07 Jan 2011Thanks to the sterling work of open data campaigner Adrian Short we now know exactly where the first million journeys taken by London cycle hire users (so-called 'Boris bikes') were from and to. The full dataset is huge - but that hasn't stopped the best data geeks getting involved. Andy Cotgreave of the Data studio has mapped the routes of the most popular bikes (he uses Tableau Public). As he says:1.4 million records is a lot of data.
England | Public Transport | Transport How can you stop your toes from freezing?Guardian Unlimited | 20 Dec 2010Along with black ice and blizzards, cold toes are a surprisingly uncomfortable hazard of winter cycling. What's the solution? I have spent three months in Antarctica and I never once got cold toes. But cycling the six miles to work at the moment, I fear frostbite. The rest of my extremities are fine: my hood keeps my ears warm under my helmet. My fingers warm up nicely in my bog-standard cycling gloves. But my toes abandon me, succumbing to the icy temperatures and throbbing as they freeze.
England | Extreme Weather | Public Transport | Transport Why we should not regulate cyclistsGuardian Unlimited | 14 Dec 2010Why don't cyclists have compulsory licencing, training and insurance? Because it would be utterly pointless. It doesn't really matter what you write about on the bike blog, at some point a reader will emerge with the same irascible complaint: why, oh why, they ask, should cyclists expect any sympathy - let alone special treatment – when they don't need a licence or insurance? What about number plates? Sometimes, of course, this is mere provocation. But often it's serious.
United Kingdom | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation What would you do if you caught a thief?Guardian Unlimited | 16 Nov 2010A friend and I were left feeling pretty useless when we caught of couple of lads in the act of pinching a bicycle. I'd just finished work, and I had met a friend with the intention of going to the pub and drinking things. It was just after 7pm, and we headed down Wharfdale Road in London's King's...
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