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There was a young man in Crewkerne
Who’s demanding the Council make U-turn They want to scrap lights It’s giving him frights He’s raised a petition but (if he reads Equality Streets) he should learn. OK, not my finest poetic hour. I drafted a comment but the … Continue reading
More painful reminders
The claims and counterclaims about austerity versus tax and spend are further painful reminders that politicians and media are missing a massive opportunity, as I tried to explain again in this piece for the NDJ.
Parallels (roads and books)
Last night I made this note: “Day in day out, year in year out, the state encourages endless deeds of anti-social behaviour”. Today I read an article by Sunili Govinnage who decided, over a period of a year, to read books … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, Lilit Marcus, Sunili Govinnage, traffic-lights
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Driverless cars
Driverless cars are presented as the answer to road safety. “Accidents” are blamed on human error. No. Roads are dangerous because of the unequal, intolerant priority system.
Clarkson’s not wrong
Clarkson says speed limits are “annoying”. Even worse, they are counterproductive. Traffic regulation treats us like simpletons, or automatons. We should learn to drive by context, not by numbers. Brake! would claim that freedom to choose our own speed would be … Continue reading
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Tagged BRAKE!, Equality Streets, Jeremy Clarkson, Martin Cassini
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Abuse of human nature
On the road, as in other travels in life, freedom+responsibility+education=empowerment. Most traffic regulation disempowers us, upsets our relationships with other road-users. If policymakers used instead of abused our social instinct for cooperation, things could be so simple. But the lords … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate manslaughter, Equality Streets, Philip Larkin
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Merchant bankers?
Are they all merchants!? Instead of making roads intrinsically safe – by replacing priority with equality – traffic authorities spend fortunes on retrospective “solutions” which are not solutions at all. Instead of integrating all modes in a mutually-tolerant mix, they … Continue reading
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Tagged cycle lanes, Equality Streets, priority, segregated cycle lanes
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My own backyard
Local press confirms Council rethink over pedestrianisation after hearing my Equality Streets presentation.
A million miles
“We have to get away from the patronising view that the state knows better than the individual,” stated Chancellor, George Osborne, on 21 July 2014, “about how to spend its money.” He was referring to pensions reform, and is still … Continue reading
Buffoons in charge of transport
It’s a mark of the low esteem in which transport is held that Patrick McLoughlin, transport secretary, retained his role in the recent reshuffle. He thinks most if not all accidents are caused by mobile phone use. I heard him … Continue reading
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Tagged Equality Streets, HS2, Patrick McLoughlin, Simon Armitage, the RSA
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