News emerges about the cyclist killed last week in Hackney:
An aspiring art curator who died after being hit by a lorry while cycling was remembered today as a "future star of the art world".
Goldsmiths College graduate Daniel Cox, 28, died in hospital two days after the collision in Dalston.
Police are investigating the fatal crash at the junction of Dalston Lane and Kingsland Road at 4.45pm on Wednesday. The truck driver stopped at the scene and a 51-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been bailed until July.
It is also revealed that
Another cyclist was seriously injured yesterday when a petrol tanker collided with his bike in Kennington.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Driver who crashed into five cyclists fined £225
Derek Johnstone, 64, from Gretna, has been found guilty of causing the crash on the service road between Carlisle and Gretna.
He was fined £225 at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court for driving without due care and attention. The mechanic must also pay £620 court costs, plus a £15 victim surcharge, and had seven points placed on his driving license.
He was fined £225 at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court for driving without due care and attention. The mechanic must also pay £620 court costs, plus a £15 victim surcharge, and had seven points placed on his driving license.
Killer of cyclist charged with being careless
Jonathon William Ashworth, 54, of Shipton-on-Cherwell, has been charged with causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed limit; causing death by careless driving while unlicensed and causing death by careless driving while uninsured.
That does sound careless, does it not?
Remarkably, one month after killing a teenage cyclist, Ashworth was still driving around without a licence or insurance, and was involved in another ‘incident’.
That does sound careless, does it not?
Remarkably, one month after killing a teenage cyclist, Ashworth was still driving around without a licence or insurance, and was involved in another ‘incident’.
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Cycling on the footway: Walthamstow, York, and Waterloo Bridge
The above photo shows a typical pavement assassin. This father and son are dressed for battle and plainly determined to terrify pedestrians by plunging down alleyways like Beulah Path E17.
There is no excuse for this kind of behaviour in a borough which has over forty miles of family-friendly cycling infrastructure, ranging from 'quiet routes' to prize-winning cycle lanes like this.
And now a scene from York. A teenager cycling on the pavement speeds past some cars before rejoining the road at the ASL. (Micklegate at the junction with Nunnery Lane.)
Why did the teenager ride on the footway? Because he wanted to get to the other side. That’s to say the traffic waiting at the lights backed-up through this archway under the city wall (i.e. Micklegate Bar), preventing him from accessing the cycle lane leading to the cycling reservoir (ASL).
York city council could of course make it unlawful for queuing vehicles to wait under the archway but that would be War on the Motorist. There must be Balance and Consideration for All Road Users within the primary framework of Smoothing Traffc Flow. A cycle lane must always be subordinate to the greater interest of drivers, even in a 'cycling city'.
This driver (below) has thoughtfully tried to leave a little extra space for cyclists under the arch by moving forwards.
Cycling on the footway is not something to be taken lightly. Each years billions of British people report how they were 'amost killed' by a cyclist riding past them on the pavement. And it's true.
Here is a rare action shot of two women who were confronted by a cyclist mounting the pavement on Waterloo Bridge and who almost died. Of laughter.
Motorway madness
The Highways Agency mishandled the project to tackle congestion on Britain's busiest motorway in what has been described as probably the "worst case" of a private finance initiative scheme seen so far.
Margaret Hodge, the Labour MP who chairs the public accounts committee, lambasted the 30-year, £3.4bn private finance contract for widening the M25 and said the mishandling had cost the taxpayer as much as an extra £1bn.
A report by the public accounts committee said MPs had been "shocked" to learn that £80m was spent on consultants to advise the department on "how to build a road".
And there’s more exciting news of an underground tunnel and slip lane which will lead from the M25 to a petrol station, hotel, shops and 721 car parking spaces.
Philip Hammond MP and local government secretary Eric Pickles MP set aside objections today and gave the go ahead to the traffic order.
The decision by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in October 2005 to allow a service station was greeted with dismay after a decade of campaigns and planning inquiries by campaigners in Cobham.
He overturned concerns about the fact the farmland sold by the owners of the New Barn Farm was in Greenbelt pointing to the need for more service stations on the motorway for safety reasons.
Margaret Hodge, the Labour MP who chairs the public accounts committee, lambasted the 30-year, £3.4bn private finance contract for widening the M25 and said the mishandling had cost the taxpayer as much as an extra £1bn.
A report by the public accounts committee said MPs had been "shocked" to learn that £80m was spent on consultants to advise the department on "how to build a road".
And there’s more exciting news of an underground tunnel and slip lane which will lead from the M25 to a petrol station, hotel, shops and 721 car parking spaces.
Philip Hammond MP and local government secretary Eric Pickles MP set aside objections today and gave the go ahead to the traffic order.
The decision by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in October 2005 to allow a service station was greeted with dismay after a decade of campaigns and planning inquiries by campaigners in Cobham.
He overturned concerns about the fact the farmland sold by the owners of the New Barn Farm was in Greenbelt pointing to the need for more service stations on the motorway for safety reasons.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Tackling climate change the Waltham Forest way
Adopting a tree is a great way to do your bit for the community by making the borough cleaner and greener. Planting more trees in Waltham Forest will also help to tackle climate change.
Yes, for just £150 the council will plant a tree on your behalf.
Meanwhile the clock is ticking on the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, which ‘present a major opportunity to showcase Waltham Forest’ and demonstrate how ‘an improved public realm can transform the image of the borough as a good place to visit and do business.’ (Waltham Forest Local Implementation Plan)
Yes, ‘it’s happening here!’ – and what resident of the borough could not but feel a little throb of excitement to be living inside a Strategic Regeneration Framework
And now here’s the public realm on Seaford Road E17 at the junction with Falmer Road.
That was on 29 January. I rang up the Town Hall and notified the authorities. And you know what? They were round in a flash. All the rubbish was removed. And as an added bonus they cut down the tree.
I expect the space is needed for car parking.
Yes, for just £150 the council will plant a tree on your behalf.
Meanwhile the clock is ticking on the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, which ‘present a major opportunity to showcase Waltham Forest’ and demonstrate how ‘an improved public realm can transform the image of the borough as a good place to visit and do business.’ (Waltham Forest Local Implementation Plan)
Yes, ‘it’s happening here!’ – and what resident of the borough could not but feel a little throb of excitement to be living inside a Strategic Regeneration Framework
And now here’s the public realm on Seaford Road E17 at the junction with Falmer Road.
That was on 29 January. I rang up the Town Hall and notified the authorities. And you know what? They were round in a flash. All the rubbish was removed. And as an added bonus they cut down the tree.
I expect the space is needed for car parking.
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Waltham Forest cycling infrastructure: a visitor’s perspective
Yesterday I took a trip through Waltham Forest in outer London on the 56 bus. It was interesting to see some of the places previously featured on Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest.
Our visitor shrewdly noticed the generosity of the borough's forward-looking administration when it comes to those of us prepared to risk our necks on these legendary ‘cycling facilities’:
Floral memorials have been provided by the council in advance.
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