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Deference be damned
The 1960s were supposed to have seen off doff-capping class deference, but deference on the road – people on foot deferring to people in vehicles (even waiting for permission to cross at zebra crossings) – persists to this day. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, pedestrian safety, road safety, rules of the road
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J’accuse
Research fellow at UCL, Dr Katharine Giles, is the latest cyclist to die on London’s roads. Crushed under a tipper truck in Victoria. The report in the Evening Standard calls it a “tragedy”. For once the word is correct, partly … Continue reading
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Tagged cyclists, Dr Katharine Giles, Equality Streets, road death, road safety
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Worst peacetime disaster?
As mentioned before, no-one died of phone-hacking, but coverage has been wall-to-wall. Meanwhile, on the roads, every year, 25,000 human beings are killed or hurt, many of them children. Yet my pitches to press and broadcast outlets about authentic solutions to our … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, peacetime disaster, Poynton, traffic control
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Sir Walter Scott and traffic control
Is there a link? No. Humour, humanity, empathy – these abound in Walter Scott, I learned in a Radio 4 programme presented by James Naughtie. By contrast, all are conspicuous by their absence in the mean-spirited murk of traffic control and enforcement. … Continue reading
Balls bowled
So Ed Balls is caught “speeding” (a fabricated crime if ever there was one). What beats me about incidents like this is the abject acceptance by intelligent people that they are wrong and speed limits are right. Never do they … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Balls, speeding, the law is an ass, traffic regulation
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London buses hit two walkers or cyclists a day
Hardly surprising given the vile traffic system by which we are forced to live and die -a system that enshrines inequality and is supported by the state. Story here.
US article about Poynton
Thanks to Ian Walker for bringing this article by Sarah Goodyear to my attention. Judging by many of the comments, a lot of people still don’t get it. The phrase “shared space” has a life of its own. Equality Streets … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Hamilton-Baillie, Dr Ian Walker, Equality Streets, Poynton, Sarah Goodyear, shared space
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Chris Huhne
“Any element of tragedy was entirely your own fault,” said Mr Justice Sweeney. No. Huhne is the victim of an inflexible, black-and-white system that elevates the letter of the law above the spirit. Life is about infinite shades of grey. Context is … Continue reading
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No alternative?
No alternative to welfare cuts, intone ignorant government ministers. The Opposition is just as bad. No, there is no possible way of putting to better use the tens of billions that support our brutal, unequal, inefficient traffic control system.
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Tagged Equality Streets, spending cuts, traffic system reform
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Phone hacking or traffic policy killing?
As far as I know, no-one has died from phone hacking. On the other hand, every year on our mismanaged roads, 25,000 humans are killed or seriously injured. Phone hacking is never out of the media. But The Times thinks … Continue reading
