Podcast of the 2005 RoadPeace Annual Lecture, ‘Road crime – a neglected social justice and public health challenge’, given by Professor Ian Roberts, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. An excerpt of the lecture was published by the London Cyclist, under the title “War on the streets”. We will look at some of his points in a later post. A Malaysian Government campaign to encourage people to record dangerous drivers with their mobile phones (presumably while [...]

The BBC programme has featured a couple of cycle chic items: Sawako helmet. Cyclodelic cuff

Look through these pictures, and you would be justified in thinking that only people interned in mental institutes can apply to become cycling officers in the UK. The chronicler of this institutional insanity comments on this artful chicane: This cycle path at the junction of Mill Forest Way and Grange Road, Batley shows how the sensitive use of landscaping can enhance the attractiveness of a cycle route. We are particularly impressed by the choice of thorny shrubs to ensure a tactile as well as visual [...]