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We've lived in the UK for over 20 years, and in Scotland for 12, without needing a car.  It helps that Oxford and Edinburgh have both pr...

I ended in a bit of a twitter-slanging-match this morning.  With Stella Creasy of all people.  I've rather admired her style and approac...

My last post was about how problematic uncertainty is in cycle infrastructure.  It's since occurred to me that the problem isn't unc...

I'd like to think that the point of infrastructure was to decrease conflict and increase safety of all road users, but especially the mo...

So the anti-20mph march on Saturday was pretty much a damp squib. It was a lovely crisp sunny morning and about 40 people turned up.  ...

In March 2013 I blogged about a dropped kerb that had finally been installed, 3 years after I'd first raised with the council - and oth...

The hottest issue to hit Edinburgh cycle campaigning is...bus lanes.  Yup.  Bus lanes.  Not removing obstacle on paths, designing better inf...

This was actually a comment on my last blogpost, but it's so good I thought it deserved its own post:  As a business owner and commer...

Edinburgh Road casualties 2000-2010 Click here  to see the map in better resolution. One of the less barmy claims by some anti-20 campai...

In case you've missed these, apparently: 1. It’s too difficult  to drive at 20mph   "It will not help with road safety at all,...