one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
August 12 2008
The Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist“there is nothing unique about the frequency with which cyclists as a class break the law when compared with drivers or pedestrians”
August 04 2008
A new BBC series overlays multiple types of data over satellite imagery to show things like traffic patterns and phone chatter spread.
November 05 2007
After clocks are turned back to end daylight saving time, pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are nearly three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars than before the time change.
Mary Ellen Kelly“Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams”
September 17 2007
Another town opts for the Hans Monderman school of traffic management, this time it’s the German town of Bohmte.
August 22 2007
the system works“There is simply no other measure as effective in quickly reducing traffic as congestion charging.”
July 27 2007
Kensington high-street in London was stripped of guard rails, white lines and signposts, and the number of accidents dropped by 44% as people became more aware of each other’s presence.
May 14 2007
Traffic lights in China with a countdown time display for green and red.
April 22 2007
Five innovations in urban transportation that you won’t find in America, yet (or Belgium, for the most part).
March 07 2007
Support for Stockholm’s congestion charge is greater than ever.
December 29 2006
Copenhagen has implemented a green wave for cyclists where traffic lights are synchronised to prioritise the flow of bikes. The wave pattern is observable via small lights at the side of the cycle path (video here) on a similar setup in Odense.
November 22 2006
Hans Monderman’s theory of streets without markings or signs improving city traffic have until now been limited to the well-known test running in the Dutch town of Makkinga. But now, with the support of the European Union, several more cities will be experimenting with his ideas, and one of them is our very own Ostende.
October 23 2006
Couldn't have said it better“If you plan a city for cars and traffic you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.”
September 19 2006
Stockholm voters OK congestion charging for vehicles entering the city.
September 12 2006
A UK study shows drivers pass closer when overtaking cyclists with helmets than those without. Update: more details here.
September 09 2006
Momus on urban auto culture“Cars are the closest thing we have in our society to predators, capable of picking off the weak; they're malevolent steel sharks or pumas, cruising our cities, hogging the head of the food chain.”
August 10 2006
We won't pay for driving so we queue“By hiding the cost of congestion - by paying it in time rather than money - we understate the cost of our preference for living in low-density patterns and we end up overinvesting in highways.”
August 05 2006
The Stockholm congestion charge experiment was a success, but that doesn’t guarantee it will be upheld. I wonder if we’d even get that far in Brussels…