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Death of another cyclist
Is this another case of corporate manslaughter? God save us from the “experts”, especially experts in road design.
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Tagged coporate manslzughter, death of a cyclist, road design
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Exhaust deaths
The Commons Environment Committee has confirmed something we already knew: that annually there are 4,000 premature deaths in London attributable to poor air quality caused largely by traffic. Nationwide, the figure is 30,000. Also quoted on The Today Programme was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment Committee, Joan Walley, Martin Cassini, No Idle Matter, Today Programme
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M5 crash
Deep condolences to the people affected, but calls for the 70 limit to remain are irrelevant. Instead of driving by numbers, we should drive according to context. Some accidents are genuinely unavoidable – and the more we learn about this one, the more it sounds … Continue reading
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Tagged 80 speed limit, advanced driving test, M5 crash, road safety, ROSPA
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Traffic system reform could fund fusion power. And more …
As explained here, and developed in an article yet to be published, traffic system reform can not only make roads safe, convivial and less congested, it can provide annual savings of tens of billions. In this Observer exchange, Craig Hitchings … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Cox, David Willetts, fusion power, Jeff Forshaw
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Numbers v context
On the Today Programme the other day, a road safety spokesman (I missed his name) said the only way to reduce accidents is to reduce speed limits. He wants 20mph in all urban areas. As I’ve written elsewhere, would you want to … Continue reading
Nudge theory and Equality Streets
On PM today, head of nudge unit Dr David Halpern said, “People want to do the right thing but they don’t always have the information”. More to the point, certainly where road-user interaction is concerned: people want to do the right … Continue reading
Noisy but nifty
A comment thread about some of my traffic videos was brought to my notice here. It contains a video of Hanoi traffic – noisy but nifty, with no hostility or needless delay.
Greening not green
The outgoing transport minister didn’t even reply to my overtures when the Coalition took office. Any hope that his replacement, Justine Greening, would present an open ear were scotched when she said on R4 that transport “offers great challenges and opportunities, … Continue reading
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Tagged high speed rail, HS2, Justine Greening, Martin Cassini, Philip Hammond
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Censored
Interesting to see authorities and media lumped together in this Guardian piece about the Wall St protests. I’ve been doing it for some time re. my efforts at traffic system reform, which are falling on stony ground in both government … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, Kenneth Todd, Martin Cassini, traffic system reform
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The “bible”
Not all traffic engineers are fools, but they have inherited a defective (priority-based) system which gives rise to the torture rack of traffic control and is rarely questioned, partly because it is enshrined in a book known in the profession … Continue reading
