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Speed limits and dubious regulation

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On the Today programme, "edited by David Hockney", about creeping authoritarianism, Bob Marshall Andrews said words to the effect that legislative mania seeks to deter wicked behaviour by restricting civil liberties - an approach that is doomed to f…
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Public sector jargon can do "tangible harm", says an MP select committee. David Blunkett mocked language used by civil servants. "They have phrases like 'stand ready' which actually means 'we're doing nothing about this unless we're absolutely force…
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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 lights…
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£20m public money down the drain

Transport for London spending our money wisely again (not). Article here.

Posted on January 6, 2010 at 10:30am —

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Pedestrian killed at traffic lights in Vancouver

Further proof, if it is needed, that traffic lights are no guarantee of pedestrian safety. On the contrary. Story here.

Posted on January 5, 2010 at 11:49am —

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Knock-kneed Hockney

On David Hockney's edition of Today about intrusive authoritarianism, Bob Marshall Andrews said this legislatively hyperactive government seeks to deter wicked behaviour by restricting civil liberties - an approach doomed to fail. John Willetts said it's better to harness human nature than control it. Hockney was asked how far he would go, e.g. rethink traffic lights, speed limits? Well, no, he said, you need those sort of laws. Disappointing, Hockney. You whinge about the ban on smoking in publ… Continue

Posted on December 29, 2009 at 11:00am —

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Naked cyclists - wrong helmets on show?

Health and safety trump social convention in this story from NZ.
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Posted on December 23, 2009 at 10:00am —

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Speed limits

As if they needed it, local councils are being "given permission" by the DfT (Dept for Transport) to create 20mph zones. There is also talk of reducing rural speed limits to 50. I'm all for low speeds where warranted, but new restrictions will open the door to more expenditure on enforcement. Wouldn't it be more sustainable to reform the system to stimulate appropriate speed based on context?

Posted on December 22, 2009 at 10:42am —

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At 3:42pm on August 12, 2009, Andrew Staton said…
It is so plainly clear that removing traffic light improves traffic flow
> that there are only two rational explanations as to why the opposite is
> happening:
>
> (a) Virtually every person responsible for developing and implementing
> this policy is extremely stupid or
>
> (b) It is a deliberate, undeclared strategy to make the life of the
> motorist more and more unpleasant and to increase congestion to the point
> where - it is hoped - motorists abandon their cars for the utopia of
> public transport.
>
> It's not just the continual increase in new traffic light installations
> that should come under scrutiny: it is also the relentless increase in the
> number of 24-hour bus lanes being proposed (I'm currently fighting such a
> proposal in Bristol); it is also (can only be) the deliberate refusal to
> phase traffic lights at roundabouts to allow continuous progression to
> one's exit; and it's the refusal to even consider making traffic lights at
> roundabouts (or anywhere for that matter) part-time.
>
> I am no conspiracy theorist; but this one is staring you in the face.
At 10:43am on July 16, 2009, Tim Jones said…
Ian Callaghan studying PT for an MA in Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University.
At 10:09am on July 16, 2009, Tim Jones said…
Hello Martin. Looking forward to following your Blog. I am an academic researcher and I'm currently supervising an MSc Urban Design student studying shared space in the Netherlands (Haren) and UK (Ashford) - a cross-cultural study of attitudes to shared space amongst cycle users. He will shortly be arriving back from his fieldwork and I'm keen to find out his results which I will encourage him to publish. Bye for now.
At 10:06pm on March 9, 2009, Paul Luton said…
Hello Martin - the traffic light video was linked from the Cyclenation Forum.
At 12:28am on February 26, 2009, Peter Colmer said…
That's what's good about life. Each to their own. My companion of 40 years in August swears she would sever the relationship were it ever to come off. Having said that, it did about 10 years ago and she said it was like sleeping with a new man.She quickly added she preferred the old one! Good to banter. I will add something constructive soon, but not tonight.
Best
P
At 12:15am on February 26, 2009, Peter Colmer said…
Why thank you, young sir!
maybe something for you to consider. Might give you an extra air of authority!
At 11:01pm on February 5, 2009, Martin Cassini said…
Sounds familiar. The traffic control industry and councils, drugs companies and the medical profession - is there an analogy here?
At 10:37pm on February 5, 2009, Rick Lawrence said…
Thanks for the BIG welcome! It's great to be doing something with you after all these years. I can certainly report that, here in the colonies, we have the same issues. I think that 2 or 3 years ago, the City of Vancouver purchased a very large number of traffic lights at a surplus traffic light auction and has been busy ever since finding new places to put them.
At 10:34am on February 5, 2009, Martin Cassini said…
Whoops! Or as any parent should know perhaps.
At 9:49am on February 5, 2009, Angelica Swann said…
Hi Martin
It's actually Angelina Ballerina as any parent would know!!
Great site-check out Jenni Russell's article in yesterday's Guardian (4th Feb) about how regulation is damaging our society
 
 

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