Posts Tagged ‘ Boris Johnson ’

This via LBC: In a previous City Hall Question Time, Boris revealed that overall, things are safer for cyclists - the KSI rate (the proportion of cyclists killed or seriously injured per journey, or per number of kilometres cycled) IS reducing. Let’s be clear about this - It’s A Good Thing. The problem is, that there’s lies, damned lies...
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**5th December 2011 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** CITY BOSSES are keen to show that they’re in it with the rest of us. Senior bankers have joined forces with the leaders of Transport for London to show that they’re really in touch with things at ’street’ level. So they’re forgoing the comforts of luxury cars and taking...
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So Cole Coachworks Ltd have done the official campaign bike for Boris’ re-election campaign: Yep - just goes to show that cycling really is a social leveller. Unless this is an enormous spoof, Boris will be riding a brakeless fixie road-bike conversion number. Doubtless he’ll also be striking some ironic poses, sporting facial hair, and...
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So yesterday in London another cyclist was killed. That makes fifteen so far this year, and it happened on the same roundabout, on the same Cycling Superhighway as the fourteenth - just three weeks ago. photo by Diamond Geezer The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is calling for the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson to immediately have this roundabout...
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You probably noticed that there was no caption contest last week - I was too busy watching TV, and waving a Union Jack to bother with such trivialities. Either that, or just taking advantage of the day off work to take Huge Dalmatian for a walk. Which do you think? Anyway - before we look...
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