cadence comments about transport

11 May 2009

Reduced car dependency, honestly ...

Success in reducing car dependency is a phrase you do not hear very often. Reduced car use and increased cycling and walking is what Sustrans are saying happened in three towns in England taking part in a 'smarter choices' project. Cadence's Hoodie, goodie, buddy project looks at the potential wider effects of transport mode choice, whihc are important to understand if more towns manage significant modal shift ... more

27 Apr 2009

Equality and road safety

Last week the DfT launched their consultation on the vision, targets and measures for improving road safety in Great Britain beyond 2010. This week has also seen coverage of the Government's Equalities Bill, which has implications for departments like the DfT ...

5 Nov 2008

Designing out crime initiative

The Home Office backing an intiative to develop new and innovative design solutions to 'help prevent robbery, to crime-proof hot new gadgets and to embed public safety in the design of new public spaces and housing'. It will focus on crime problems that particularly affect young people. This is interesting to us in the context research proposal looking at the relationship between mode of transport and perceptions of young people's behaviour ... more

22 Sep 2008

Broken society and traffic?

At last! Someone has re-created the seminal 1969 Appleyard and Lintell San Fransisco study in the UK. The original study found that 'the weight of traffic in urban areas largely determined people's quality of life and also identified a major erosion of community on busy streets'. More ...

4 Sep 2007

Cycling's image not helped by Boris

Boris Johnson's Mayoral candidacy should be good news for utility cycling, something Cadence support through our work and personal habits. Here's a man who rides in London in his suit ... surely no better advert for the bike as the best of way of getting around the City. But, there is a hitch, becuase Boris' eccentricity lets people off the hook. Of course Boris cycles - he's mad! ... more