If a man told risk-adverse ladies to toughen up and undertake training to handle their bikes on the road with the cars, he wouldn’t get much attention. Keen observers of the barrier protected cycle track revolution, […]

Before our cities had many streets, most had many waterways, railways and canals, for hauling goods between the land and the sea. The above map of Boston from 1849, (http://www.transitboston.com/resources/transit-rights-of-way-project/) shows a city that car-dependent Bostonians […]

I don’t save for retirement. I plan to die of old age while giving a lecture (so stay awake in the back row—you might just be there on that day!) But for so long as the […]

Having established why we should design bicycle cities, it is time I shared some thoughts on how we might design new urban districts to give them a bicycling focus. I’m thinking of former industrial areas and how […]

Based on legal advice duly received, Bike Hour now has rules governing all those riding bikes at that hour, irrespective of their knowledge or lack thereof of Bike Hour’s existence. RULE 1. BIKE HOUR RIDES SHALL […]