With thanks to the Greater London Authority, here are the cycling-related questions put to the Mayor of London, and his answers, for the month of February 2010.
Entries Tagged as 'Advocacy'
Cycling Questions and Answers from the Mayor of London: February 2010
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Advocacy · London · Politics
We’re all Aristoteleans now
February 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Nigel Warburton, whose Philosophy Bites is among the brightest stars in the podcasting firmament, appeared on The Bike Show late last year, talking about the ethics of running red traffic lights.
In the current issue of Prospect Magazine, he takes a deeper look at whether breaking the law can ever be morally justified. In a passage [...]
Tags: Advocacy · People · Politics · Road safety
Cycling Questions and Answers from the Mayor of London: January 2010
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments
With thanks to the Greater London Authority, here are the cycling-related questions put to the Mayor of London, and his answers, for the month of January 2010.
Mayor’s Question Time: Cycling (December)
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
With thanks to the office of Jenny Jones AM, here is the monthly digest of questions and answers to the Mayor that are relevant to cycling.
Tags: Advocacy · London · Politics
Red light means go (or does it?)
December 15th, 2009 · 9 Comments
Should cyclists stop at red lights? Why do we feel such a strong urge to keep rolling? Should our behavior be guided by the law of the land or the laws of common courtesy? What would Isaac Newton and Thomas Aquinas have to say about the matter? Bringing their expertise to a discussion of the [...]
Tags: Advocacy · People · Podcast · Road safety · Science
The physics of running red lights
December 7th, 2009 · 26 Comments
It’s the Christmas silly season and newspapers are again rounding on cyclists (aka ‘lycra louts’) for running red lights and putting other road users at risk. Never mind the lack of any hard evidence of injuries or deaths caused by cyclists running red lights, it’s a story that appears to please news and online editors, [...]
Mayor’s Question Time: Cycling (November)
December 1st, 2009 · No Comments
With thanks to the office of Jenny Jones AM, here is the monthly digest of cycling Q&A to the Mayor, for the month of November 2009.
Tags: Advocacy
Calling Time on “Sorry Mate, I Didn’t See You” (SMIDSY)
November 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Bike Show moves into advocacy mode this week with guest in the studio Debra Rolfe, Campaigns Director of the Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC), Britain’s largest cycling organisation with 60,000+ members. Debra is spearheading the CTC’s new campaign against bad driving by motorists called Stop SMIDSY. The aim is to draw attention to the dangers [...]
Tags: Advocacy · Art and design · Events · London · People · Podcast · Road safety
Season Opener: Childhood Daze
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments
A youthful feel to this season opener with a visit to Lockleaze Primary School in Bristol, one of an number of Sustrans ‘Bike It’ schools acros the country. Plus childhood memories from Paul Fournel, reading from Need for the Bike* in person at the Calder Bookshop. We get the inside scoop on the much-awaited Sturmey [...]
Tags: Advocacy · England · Fixed wheel · Gear · Literature · Podcast
A modest proposal to save lives: extend the lorry ban by three hours
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
It’s late on Friday afternoon, well past beer o’clock, but here’s an idea to make London safer for cyclists: keep the biggest lorries off the streets during the morning rush hour. If enacted I am confident it would save lives. It can be done by tweaking existing legislation.
Tags: Advocacy · London · Road safety
TfL Draft Cycle Safety Action Plan: plenty of carrots but where are the sticks?
October 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
Transport for London has published a draft Cycle Safety Action Plan. Comments on the plan are required by December 11th 2009. The plan is good in parts but the emphasis is on voluntary measures, partnerships and awareness raising, when what is really needed is tough action against dangerous driving and facing up to the hard [...]
Tags: Advocacy · London · Politics · Road safety
Cycling questions and answers from the Mayor of London: Oct 09
October 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Here are the cycling-related questions from the London Assembly answered by the Mayor this month. The questions cover a wide range of subjects, from lorries killing cyclists (including a question specifically about the Vallance Road/Whitechapel Road junction) to the new cycle superhighways, the London cycle hire scheme and much more.
I’ll be publishing the digest, [...]
Tags: Advocacy · London · People · Politics
Harriet Harman: On Your Bike!
October 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman is ‘helping police with their enquiries’ about a minor car crash in which it is alleged Ms Harman committed two offences: driving while talking on a mobile phone and leaving the scene of a collision without swapping contact and registration [...]
Tags: Advocacy · Politics · Women
Cycle Super-MyWays
September 17th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Boris Johnson is London’s first cycling Mayor and he has put a ‘cycling revolution’ at the heart of his programme of government. As well as the Cycle Hire Scheme, Mayor Johnson has announced plans for what he has dubbed ‘cycle superhighways’. There will be twelve superhighways, each offering “safe, fast, direct routes to central London [...]
Tags: Advocacy · Architecture · Art and design · England · London · Politics · Road safety
Cycle Chic
August 3rd, 2009 · 5 Comments
Riding with Amy Fleuriot, a young British fashion designer who’s Cyclodelic range of clothing and accessories is offering women a more stylish alternative to the typically drab clothing sold to cyclists. This is the final show in the current season. Thanks for listening!
Tags: Advocacy · Art and design · History · London · People · Podcast · Rolling interview · Style · Women
From Sublime to Ridiculous
July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Copenhagen is widely regarded as the world’s most cycle-friendly city. I ask Copenhagen’s Mayor Klaus Bondam what advice he gives to other city leaders in how to emulate the Danish capital. Multitalented musician, songwriter and cartoonist Peter Blegvad reads Alfred Jarry’s proto-absurdist short story “The Crucifixion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race”. Jarry (pictured, above) [...]
Tags: Advocacy · France · History · Literature · People · Podcast · Politics · Sport · Tour de France
London to Bristol (part two)
June 29th, 2009 · No Comments
In an extended podcast edition of this week’s show, the journey from London to Bristol continues along the Ridgeway (pictured, left) to Avebury, one of the largest prehistoric stone circles in Europe. After a night by Lacock Abbey the route follows the Avon to Bath and the old railway track to Bristol. Featuring David Evans [...]
Tags: Advocacy · England · History · Podcast · Politics · Rides · Rolling interview · Touring
No Bike Week: What happened?
June 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
A report on No Bike Week, in which a handful of courageous cyclists agree to abstain from two wheels for seven days. Find out what happened. And to read how the No Bike Week meme is evolving into something more akin to a direct action protest, check out No Cycle Day over at Crap [...]
Tags: Advocacy · London · Podcast · Tour de France
The end of the road
April 1st, 2009 · 34 Comments
It’s the end of the road for The Bike Show. Find out why in this special podcast only final edition featuring many Bike Show favourites including Buffalo Bill, editor of Moving Target, cycle sport correspondent William Greswell, London bike messenger Nhatt Attack, Barry Mason of Southwark Cyclists, and Joe and Wes from the London Bicycle [...]
Tags: Advocacy · Bicycle messengers · Bicycle music · Fixed wheel · People · Podcast · Politics · Sport
London cycle hire scheme – the lowdown
February 12th, 2009 · 12 Comments
An accident of geography means that, official speaking, I’m a Lambeth Cyclist but I’m a Southwark Cyclist at heart, not least because of the dynamic Barry Mason, the quirky Rob Ainsley, the luminous Rebecca Lack and the feisty Ann Warren. I can even see the Southwark-Lambeth ‘county line’ from my doorstep. So I was delighted [...]
Tags: Advocacy · England · London · Politics · Road safety


