Posts Tagged ‘ Sustrans ’

Declaration of interest: this post is about a Sustrans project. Sustrans are monthly contributors to the keeping-a-roof-over-my-head fund, and I have definitely drunk their Kool Aid (”Tune in, turn on, drop out & build your own transport network”). But that doesn’t mean that what follows isn’t true! One of the criticisms levelled at cycle infrastructure...
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I’ve just spent a depressing half hour listening to the Guardian’s Focus Podcast - Are Britain’s Roads Safe For Cyclists? The answer is of course, “Yes, but…” Statistically, cycling really is pretty safe. Yet time and time again, those locations which are more dangerous are treated with lowest common denominator thinking that’s always slewed in favour...
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A pair of amateur-night close shaves for me this evening riding home - two assassination attempts by the same driver. Not deliberate as such, but indicative of a crass, thoughtless attitude to anyone else on the road. First up, he edged alongside me in the narrow next to the traffic island on the way into...
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I’m on Sustrans’ Active In Ashington project’s list of people who can be persuaded to volunteer for stuff. So today there was some sort of eco festival thing in North Seaton, and Sustrans were running a bring-your-bike-to-be-fixed clinic. I got volunteered. Actually, it was a lovely day, and quite good fun, though I’m always shocked at...
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Not so much in the case of this helmet, available from the Sustrans shop , which makes it clear that riding a bike is an extreme sport, only to be attempted by the brave, foolhardy, and nihilistic with nothing to lose: OK - in truth, the rest of the helmets they have do...
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Somehow this completely passed me by last year - Change Your World a Sustrans campaign about getting people to use their cars 10% less. Of course, car use actually dropped by 12% last year, though everyone seems to be saying that this was due to the economy going into free-fall. Or as our Prime...
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