October 2009
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Red lights are for cars, right?
I think that regardless of your stance on the red light issue, all road users — pedestrians, drivers, cyclists — can agree that the flow of traffic can be improved. While it’s true that experienced cyclists ought to be able to pull away well ahead of accelerating cars, what about inexperienced cyclists who don’t have the burst power or confidence to do so? And while...
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WatchMy morning ride of 19 Oct 2009, remixed. Please excuse the sloppy video editing. It’s the first time I’ve ever tried!
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WatchWatch the idiot in the orange shirt almost get flattened by oncoming cars. The cyclist (idiot) had blatantly run a light which would have been red for a solid 5 seconds. I know the light timings at this junction because it’s part of my daily route. The argument for allowing cyclists to ride through red lights, which I have made elsewhere and continue to support, only works if cyclists are...
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WatchThe mini camera mounted to my helmet provided a great perspective, more interesting than the shoulder-mounted angle and a lot less jerky than when I attached it to front of the bicycle itself. Unfortunately, the lens was was pointed a little bit too far downward, so all the streets kind of look the same. I’ve tried to make it more interesting by adding a relaxing Art Blakey tune and doubling...
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“Traffic lights that were once co-ordinated for car speeds were adjusted to cater...”
– Copenhagen: Bicycling paradise of the day (via mattlehrer)
Exactly! Can I just add that any experienced urban cyclist will tell you that waiting at a red light is actually dangerous, as pulling away from the lights with all the accelerating cars is a risky operation. It might even create more...
Things I am afraid of:
Doing work that doesn’t matter
Having projects cancelled because I didn’t make enough progress
Making decisions badly
Doing work I’m not proud of
Things I am not afraid of:
Changing my mind
Proceeding without knowing everything about the future
Relying on other people
Changing the analysis and design of an existing process
Kent Beck wrote,...
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WatchHere is a video of my daily ride from home (Camden Town) to work (Angel Islington). Since we moved offices from Chiswick, my ride has shortened from over 6 miles to a meagre 2.3 miles. But the round trip gives me about 20 minutes of easy exercise each day.
The video itself is kind of boring: more a proof of concept than anything else. I aim to develop these cycle-cam videos into a coherent...
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The BBC posted the same article with two different headlines:
Are women cyclist in more danger than men?
Are nervous cyclists more likely to be killed?
So women are nervous?
Apparently, women cyclists, who make up only 28% of the UK’s cycling population, are much more likely than men to be killed on the road in accidents involving big trucks.
In 2007, an internal report for...
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“Tube delay today reminds me that England cannot be truly fascist.”
– zizekspeaks
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