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If as a driver, pedestrian or cyclist, you have ever fumed at traffic lights – fumed in both senses – this forum could be up your street.

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Link to an Article about Street Clutter

Started by phunksta Jun 23.

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Is sharing space a matter of culture?

Started by phunksta Jun 19.

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Damn Missed it

Started by phunksta May 22.

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Why amber?

Red and green mean stop and spurt

Amber equals bright alert

(OK, it's not Shakespeare)

As the eagle-eyed among you will have noticed, amber is the colour of the Roads FiT for People logo. It was drawn by a talented and distinctive designer by the name of Darrell Ireland.

Created by Martin Cassini Feb 9, 2009 at 10:32am. Last updated by Martin Cassini May 8.

Anti-gravity?

For a cyclist obeying traffic lights but defying the laws of gravity, see this 5-min <a href="videohttp://theridiculant.metro.co.uk/2009/04/cycling-through-edinburgh-the-extreme-version.html">video</a> (the final sequence is particularly jaw-dropping). Remember to back ta… Continue

Created by Martin Cassini Apr 22, 2009 at 8:05am. Last updated by Martin Cassini Apr 22.

107 MPG and 61 g/km

The new Toyota Prius has figures of 107mpg and 61g/km - something of a step-change. Lowest current CO2 figures include the Smart ForTwo diesel (88g/km), Ford Fiesta Ecomotive (98), and VW Polo Bluemotion (99).

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Created by Martin Cassini Apr 6, 2009 at 9:19pm. Last updated by Martin Cassini Apr 12.

Worth a browse

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Created by Martin Cassini Feb 24, 2009 at 6:09pm. Last updated by Martin Cassini Feb 24.

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18.11.09 In the early evening winter dark, cycling down Park Lane towards Hyde Park Corner, near the Hilton, a bus overtakes me then pulls in to stop. At first I assume he is going to leave a gap for me to carry on through (my flashing cycle light...
November 20
Martin Cassini commented on Martin Cassini's video 'Bayswater Rd, lights out of action'
Whoops, I meant Hipgnosis
November 19
Martin Cassini commented on Rick Lawrence's photo 'pedestrians yield'
Only just saw this! Very good, or rather very bad!
November 19
Martin Cassini added 2 videos
November 18
Martin Cassini commented on Martin Cassini's video 'Lights out, Bayswater Rd'
Rick, when your comment came in (on my BB) I had already been back there to see if the lights were "working" again. They were. Will upload the comparative video soon. Only just got back in by way of a party in a studio in Battersea for the Hypgnos...
November 18
Rick Lawrence commented on Martin Cassini's video 'Lights out, Bayswater Rd'
Martin... really good. Perhaps you should do a comparative video at the same time and place when the lights are working. Looking forward to seeing what I am sure will be good evidence to support your case. Rick
November 18
A video by Martin Cassini was featured
Lights out, Bayswater Rd
09:01
I happened across this on 18.11.09. The junction is Bayswater Rd and the North exit from Hyde Park. Filtering isn't bad, but it would be near perfect were it not for the spanner in the works: priority.
November 18
 

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Martin Cassini

Michael Palin on refugees, Bob Dylan on arms dealers

A remark in today's Observer about asylum seekers is equally relevant to the alienation caused by traffic controls. "As individuals we are not hostile to each other," says Palin, "but systems get in the way." Too right. But systems are devised by individuals. Those in power have been made aware of the defects in the traffic control system, which helps kill or injure 30,000 people on our roads every year. Yet they continue to enforce it. "By threatening my baby, unborn and unnamed, you ain't wort… Continue

Posted by Martin Cassini on November 22, 2009 at 8:00pm

Martin Cassini

Villains of the Peace

Left to our own co-operative devices on roads free of inequality, we get on fine. But on roads ruled by anti-social priority, which sets the stage for dangerous conflict, we suffer the consequences, and we get the blame when things go wrong. The villains of the peace are the traffic managers. They f**k you up, the engineers; they may not mean to, but they do.

Posted by Martin Cassini on November 22, 2009 at 7:30pm

Martin Cassini

Once Upon a Time in the West (of London)

18.11.09 In the early evening winter dark, cycling down Park Lane towards Hyde Park Corner, near the Hilton, a bus overtakes me then pulls in to stop. At first I assume he is going to leave a gap for me to carry on through (my flashing cycle lights are on front and back) but no, he blocks and forces me to stop. He is at an angle to the kerb - as I brake, I thump the side of the bus hard with my open gloved hand, twice, to express my fury. There is just room between kerb and bus for me to reach t… Continue

Posted by Martin Cassini on November 20, 2009 at 12:00am

Martin Cassini

WMD, D & D

On my bike yesterday, turning right into Park Lane at Brook Gate bordered on suicide. As I pedalled through the second set of lights, they changed to amber. I still had to get across four lanes of pent-up traffic to my left, about to be released from red on its final stretch before Marble Arch. Three lanes could see me. But hidden behind a bus in the inside lane, a BMW suddenly appeared, rocketing forward. I thought when he saw me trying to get to safety on the left (Hyde Park) side, he'd slow d… Continue

Posted by Martin Cassini on November 18, 2009 at 12:22pm

Martin Cassini

The system v children and motorists

Britain is breaching the UN Convention on the rights of the child, says the Children's Rights Alliance for Europe. Britain is the most punitive nation in Europe, with child protection services unfit for purpose. "We punish children through the courts for things that were once seen as pranks," says Dr Mike Lindsay. "Six children were given Asbos for climbing a tree in Gloucester. We seem to want to criminalise and punish everyone." He is calling for an overhaul of the juvenile justice system. Par… Continue

Posted by Martin Cassini on November 15, 2009 at 11:30am

 
 

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