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Tag Archives: Martin Cassini
Blithering Boris
When you know about a subject, you are usually dismayed by the media’s portrayal or politicians’ grasp of it. Boris’s self-satisfied vauntings about his transport infrastructure plans are no exception. “Tree-dappled” my foot! What a disappointing bunch they are, Johnson, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Equality Streets, Grant Shapps, HS2, Martin Cassini, transport and infrastructure
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Agency abuse
More negligence in traffic policy emerged with the news that in the last five years, 38 avoidable deaths have occurred on the hard shoulder, or emergency lane, of “smart” motorways. An increase in capacity should not entail an increase in … Continue reading
Child death and abuse
Top of BBC’s news coverage today was the “catalogue of maternity failures at Margate Hospital” which led to the death of Harry Richford, just one week old. The coroner ruled it was “wholly avoidable”. The loss of a young life … Continue reading
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Tagged child abuse, Equality Streets, Harry Richford, Martin Cassini, road deaths
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Road rage v road sage?
On most things to do with street design and road-user relationships, Ben Hamilton-Baillie and I are of one mind, but we diverge on one point. He says street design alone can achieve the desired behaviour change – from war to … Continue reading
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Tagged DfT, Equality Streets, Jesse Norman, Martin Cassini, road rage
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The goons (the unfunny ones)
I diverge on only one point with street designer, Ben Hamilton-Baillie. He thinks street redesign alone can bring about the desired behaviour change from hostility to civility, or danger to safety. I’ve always thought it should be preceded by, or … Continue reading
Taking the drama out of a crisis
Today’s Guardian led with a piece about a comprehensive Chinese study which shows that air pollution (already implicated in 7 million premature deaths a year worldwide) damages intelligence and cognitive function, not just in foetuses and children, but in adults, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aarash Saleh, air quality, Derrick Ho, emissions, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Medact, Rebecca Daniels, Xi Chen
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Cuts, air quality, and how Sadiq Khan has it wrong
While the public spending axe falls left, right and centre – this week it was MoD cuts – a thick seam of beneficial cuts lies neglected. I’m talking about traffic control: a field of vast public expenditure which is vexatious, … Continue reading
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Tagged air quality, Equality Streets, Martin Cassini, Prashant Kumar, Sadiq Khan, WMD
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In conversation …
… about transforming life on the roads with novelist, Karen Millie James, at lunchtime today on her radio show: http://www.sg1radio.co.uk/karenliveatone
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Tagged Equality Streets, Karen Millie James, Martin Cassini, SG1 Radio
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Seeing red
Today’s Mail on Sunday piece about an IEA Paper I co-authored with Richard Wellings twisted our work to fit some anti-Green agenda. The Paper and my accompanying polemic (Companion piece) can be found here at the Press tab.
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Tagged IEA Report, Martin Cassini, Richard Wellings, seeing red, traffic-lights
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