Last year, after a spate of cycling deaths, I posted about the riskiness of cycling in Sydney. I concluded that cycling Sydney’s streets is actually safer than it was 20 years ago. Since then, I’ve gone back to a regular commute – I’m cycling to work two or three timesContinue Reading
In the last few weeks, there have been some nasty cycling accidents in Sydney. I’ve been a cyclist commuter in Sydney off and on since 1996, and my first reaction (particularly as one of the cyclists killed was a neighbour of mine) is to think that I should stop cycling,Continue Reading
Wandering around Sydney’s CBD, as I do on a daily basis, you will always find pedestrians completely ignoring road rules. They cross the road against the traffic lights, or when there are no lights at all. They will walk around barriers designed to force them to cross at the lights,Continue Reading
I’ve been away on holiday (Kuala Lumpur, lovely and warm!) for a week. Here are a few interesting articles that caught my eye while I was away. The Morpeth Flood model – Morpeth is a town in the UK that was flooded very badly in 2008. They’ve proposed a newContinue Reading
Miranda Devine had a rant this week about cyclists: But hostilities were fed by the lies told by the Government and the RTA, which gave cyclists unreasonable expectations and ideas above their station. The former roads minister Carl Scully, a vegetarian cyclist, threw $250 million at the lobby, further fuellingContinue Reading
In a front page story in the SMH today, the NRMA (NSW’s peak motorist lobby group) accused the government of wasting money on cycle lanes. “The Iemma Government is building a cycleway alongside choked Epping Road, despite as few as 25 cyclists using that corridor each day. At $7.6 millionContinue Reading
This morning, first thing, I cycled around to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair and back. The city was just waking up, with volunteers out early getting ready for various Australia Day events. There were bunches of volunteers meticulously sweeping the streets ready for the Australia Day 10k wheelchair race. There were queues ofContinue Reading
I cycled to work today, which is not that much of an achievement, given its 4.5 km, but I still feel proud. A few observations: there are heaps more people cycling to work these days – I reckon twice as many as when I last cycled to work more thanContinue Reading