london – Alex in the Cities

Cycling

Starting to Happen

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Alex archive, Balham, film, london, protest

One of my favourite things is to surf YouTube, hunting for interesting old footage of London street scenes. Yesterday I

Cycling

Cycle Safari – but at a safe distance #VirtualSafari

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Alex london, Streetspace

I knew some day I would get back to cycle blogging. I never did that much in the golden era,

Conference London

Hackney Cycling Conference 2017

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 Alex cycling, data, evidence, hackney, healthy streets, london, research, transport for london, urbanism

At the end of April Hackney Council hosted their annual cycling conference. I’ve already summarised the event’s tweets on storify, and here

Cycling London

London Bike Hire – encouraging figures from this summer

November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 Alex cycle hire, london, statistics

As I’m sure you don’t need me to remind you, London now has two major east-west and north-south routes, along

Consultations Cycling London

Superhighways on the Euston Road?

March 20, 2016March 20, 2016 Alex consultation, cycling, london, superhighways

If only, but it appears to be the latest claim from the increasingly erratic and imaginative twitter account Stop TFHell’s

Cycling London

Here Comes Madge!

February 27, 2016February 28, 2016 Alex cycling, inclusivity, london, mobility scooter, superhighways

Superhighway construction in London continues, but already part-built, disconnected cycletracks – even without being continuous or having most of the

Consultations Cycling Hammersmith Broadway

Parallel universes of cycling in West London

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Alex hammersmith and fulham, london, roundabout, superhighways, transport for london

Yesterday I wrote about the plans for the cycletrack on the Westway reaching consultation, but today I want to look

Consultations Cycling London

But we’re lost on the Westway…

February 8, 2016March 19, 2016 Alex cycling, london, superhighways, transport for london

Today after almost three years of build-up the Mayor of London finally released via Transport for London (TfL) plans for

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

Cycling

White City Opportunity Area Framework – Space For Cycling?

August 1, 2013August 19, 2015 Alex consultation, cycling, hammersmith and fulham, london, white city

The White City Opportunity Area Framework is currently in a second phase of consultation, it covers the area above. Comments

Cycling TV

The Route Masters need a new map

July 28, 2013August 20, 2015 Alex BBC, cycling, documentary, london, space4cycling, The Route Masters

originally posted on nuttyxander Last week I watched the BBC’s ‘The Route Masters’, a series which has attempted to profile the

Cycling

A step change, hopefully without a dismount

March 7, 2013August 20, 2015 Alex cycling, london

originally posted on nuttyxander Today saw the unveiling of the London Mayor’s (revamped) Vision For Cycling In London. Launched by one

Cycling

Lucky Seven

February 7, 2012August 23, 2015 Alex cyclesafe, cycling, london, the times

Seven months ago I got run over on the streets of London for the second time. Last week The Times