…1950s (as did cycle travel). Vehicle Licensing Statistics, 2013 and Road Transport Forecasts 2013, Department for Transport, 2013. “You are not stuck in traffic. You are traffic.”: https://www.flickr.com/photos/carltonreid/5260106747/ “The £692…
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…view a lovelier scene. Bolder Mere is still there, albeit much reduced, and many of the commons that would have been familiar to Victorian cyclists are still there too, although…
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…not built for sulkies, or steam engines, or any form of wheeled vehicle. Roads were not built for horses, either. Roads were built for pedestrians. H. G. Wells pointed this…
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…went on sale to the public all 1100 copies were bought within days. A revised second edition was published in 2015 by Island Press of Washington, D.C. Print and digital…
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…my email list of 2000 names. These are people who trusted me enough to pop their email addresses in a digital opt-in box. Many will be happy to wait for…
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…roads, solo motorists in cars far outnumber both. Stevenage Borough Council’s defeatist Stevenage Cycle Strategy – not updated since 2002 but still on the council website – is in no…
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…digital editions contain the same words and most of the same illustrations. The iPad version also has 10 videos, two audio clips, a 3D spinnable object, and 580+ illustrations, many…
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…to die in one,” said H. G. Wells in 1901.[1] When the use of stagecoaches tailed off thanks to competition from railways, Britain’s expensive turnpikes went through a period of…
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…even though the driving may last only for a few seconds (McArthur v Jack 1950 S.C.(J.) 29). The offence will apply to pedal and motor cyclists. Section 72 of the…
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…and is nestled on the French Riviera, close to Nice. Since its Monte Carlo casino opened in 1863 it has been a magnet for high-society and well-to-do ne’er do wells….
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