Monday, 2 July 2012

Utopia postponed - blame housing?

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Owen Hatherley asks why those of us with jobs are still working so much when we have so much labour-saving technology. He doesn't get a...
Friday, 29 June 2012

Rising cycling casualties: policy needs to catch up, and fast

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We had new statistics on road casualties in 2011 at both national and London level yesterday, and in both cases the figures on cycling mak...
Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Homeownership and growth in the great recession

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There has been a bit of a discussion going round about the link between home ownership rates and national prosperity - see  Marginal Revolut...
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Saturday, 16 June 2012

Despite what I said before, maybe cycling casualty rates aren't strictly comparable between Britain and the Netherlands. How about fatality rates then?

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Back in April I posted an analysis of fatal and serious casualty rates for cyclists in Britain and the Netherlands, which reached the eye-c...
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012

What we've got to learn from the Netherlands

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Update: As commenters below have pointed out, the data may not be comparable enough between the two countries to draw such a strong conclusi...
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012

No, cycling is not safer in Britain than in the Netherlands

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Giving evidence before the Transport Committee today, Ministers Mike Penning and Norman Baker declared that Britain has nothing to learn a...
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Monday, 23 April 2012

How Energy Performance Certificate data could be really useful, but isn't

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One of the frustrating things about discussing housing in this country is that we have historically lacked some key data which would allow u...
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012

10% of Inner London gets to work by bike

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A while back I posted an analysis of Census data showing the trend in the proportion of people who cycle to work in Inner and Outer London ...
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Monday, 9 April 2012

People are using their cars less (but still quite a lot)

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There has been much talk here and in other countries about the apparent declines in personal car travel seen in the last few years. Genera...
Sunday, 29 January 2012

What women want (when it comes to cycling facilities)

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About 70% of cycle trips in Britain are made by men. But in countries where lots more people cycle, like Germany or the Netherlands, the ge...
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