Skip to content

Alex in the Cities

Exploring cities, cycling, walking and more.

Alex in the Cities

  • About
  • Cycling
  • London
  • Consultations
  • Media
  • History
  • Sources
  • Resources
    • Photos
    • Statistics
      • Department for Transport STATS19
      • Transport for London STATS19 Extract
      • DfT Annual Average Daily Flow vehicle counts mapped
      • National Census Maps
    • Ideas
      • Maps & Visualisations to support Space For Cycling Campaigning (and beyond)
      • Handy hints – making a google map of your local wards
      • What do you do next?

Author: Alex

Cycling London 

Near and yet so far – how Superhighway 9 fell down

July 4, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex superhighways

We are in the midst of the peak of the construction of the London Mayor’s Cycle Vision. In the centre

Read more
TV 

Watch: Cool Japan – Bicycles

July 3, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex japan

The next show is possibly one of my wildest dreams come true. In my previous house we had a pretty

Read more
Cycling London Trams 

Can Trams Turn A Corner In Croydon?

June 27, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex trams

A consultation closes on Sunday for a small section of tram track in Croydon that could present both major issues for

Read more
Cycling London Road Safety TV 

Watch: An Hour To Save Your Life

June 19, 2015February 27, 2016 Alex

I’ve been meaning for ages to start up a semi-regular thing on here to nag you to watch something I’ve

Read more
Cycling London Road Safety 

When can Lambeth Bridge finally Go Dutch?

April 12, 2015June 26, 2017 Alex department for transport, lambeth bridge, roundabout, transport for london, trial, westminster council

On Thursday, Moira Gemmill, a 55 year old former director of design at the V&A museum was killed after a collision at

Read more
Consultations Road Safety 

'not without difficulties' The Royal Parks have no plan for Road Danger Reduction

March 26, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex

As you should be aware, there is currently a TfL Consultation on the sections of the East-West Cycle Superhighway through

Read more
History London 

Where did the Red Routes come from?

March 15, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex bus lanes, congestion, glc, london, red routes, tfl

This week Transport for London announced  a trial of 20mph speed limits on a number of red routes. But what

Read more
Consultations London 

TfL Transparency Consultation Response.

March 8, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex data, transparency

Closing today is the TfL Transparency Consultation. I’ve just put in a relatively hurried response but I thought I’d share it

Read more
Road Safety 

Volvo Trucks have an app for you…

March 7, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex HGVs, marketing, volvo

Volvo made a game about their truck for tablets and phones, guess who it has you shoving off the roads?

Read more
Cycling History London 

Cycling in London after the GLC had gone

February 14, 2015August 20, 2015 Alex

In an earlier post I wrote I looked at the impact of the GLC on cycle facilities in Hammersmith and

Read more
Consultations 

Camden West End Project – Another Look

July 17, 2014August 20, 2015 Alex

Since my earlier blog post on the Camden West End Project, there have been further comments elsewhere. Camden Cycling Campaign

Read more
Consultations London 

Camden's West End Project – Look Around The Corner

June 30, 2014August 20, 2015 Alex

Currently out for consultation are a wide ranging set of plans for the re-imagining of a number of streets in

Read more
Road Safety 

Roadhug

June 18, 2014August 20, 2015 Alex

On the afternoon after LCC’s The Big Ride, a rally to call for safer streets for all that will enable more cycling

Read more
  • ← Previous

Recent Posts

  • Starting to Happen
  • Cycle Safari – but at a safe distance #VirtualSafari
  • Going Dutch, again
  • Hackney Cycling Conference 2017
  • London Bike Hire – encouraging figures from this summer

Recent Comments

  • rdrf on Hackney Cycling Conference 2017
  • rdrf on Hackney Cycling Conference 2017
  • Alex on London Bike Hire – encouraging figures from this summer
  • Ollyver on London Bike Hire – encouraging figures from this summer
  • London Bike Hire – encouraging figures from this summer – Alex in the Cities on Lost in Transition

Tags

andrew gilligan (2) archive (1) Balham (1) BBC (1) bus lanes (1) city of london (2) CLOCS (1) congestion (1) consultation (2) cycle hire (2) cyclesafe (1) cycle tour (1) cycling (11) data (2) department for transport (1) documentary (1) europe (1) evidence (1) film (1) glc (1) hackney (1) hammersmith and fulham (2) healthy streets (1) inclusivity (1) law (1) london (13) ltda (1) mobility scooter (1) netherlands (1) nuttyfietstocht (1) protest (1) quietway (1) research (1) roundabout (2) statistics (1) Streetspace (1) superhighways (7) tfl (2) the times (1) transport for london (4) urbanism (1) volvo (1) westfield (1) westminster council (1) white city (2)

Search

Cycling Blogs

  • Alternative DfT
  • A View From The Cycle Path
  • As Easy As Riding A Bike
  • At War With The Motorist
  • Beyond The Kerb
  • Bicycle Dutch
  • BikeFast
  • Cambridge Velocipedestrienne
  • Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down
  • Car Sick Glasgow
  • Cyclists In The City
  • Dr Rachel Aldred
  • i b i k e l o n d o n
  • Kats Dekker
  • Kennington People On Bikes
  • Laura Lakergraph
  • Liz Batty
  • Magnatom
  • Maidstone On Bike
  • Paul Gannon
  • Pedestrianise London
  • Ranty Highwayman
  • Shaun McDonald
  • Town Mouse
  • Vole O’Speed

Road Danger Campaigns

  • Road Danger Reduction Forum
  • Road Peace
  • See Me Save Me

Transport Blogs

  • London Reconnections
Copyright © 2022 Alex in the Cities. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.