In response to a couple of comments on my previous blog, I have now reached Bologna, my destination, after 950 miles. Yes, Italy has been a rather different experience. The main roads are very busy and so often are the alternatives. While in France it was easy to find alternatives and really see France Profonde, [...]
Archive of ‘Christian Says’ Articles
Jul
19
Cycling to Italy
Its taken me more than two weeks to blog on my mega cycle ride we have reached Italy after cycling over the alps. We have done around 50 to 60 miles a day and it has got easier as we have got fitter and the Col du Petit St Bernard with its 5 per cent [...]
Maybe it was because we were all watching the World Cup, but the reduction in road deaths to 2,222 last year, released by the DfT a week ago, is truly remarkable and yet received little attention. It’s not so long ago that it was double that and the target set by the previous government has already [...]
I have just spent a couple of days in Bristol with the Cycling England board to see how they are progressing with their Cycling city project. It was highly instructive, highlighting both the considerable progress that was being made but also the difficulties.
By all accounts, the project, which is now into its third year, was [...]
The kernel of a Con-Dem policy on railways is beginning to emerge with various announcements by the transport secretary Philip Hammond, who shows every sign of being a roads man, and it’s not looking good for rail passengers. In headline terms, it’s higher fares, more overcrowding, fewer new coaches, cutbacks to projected schemes but let’s [...]
May
28
Come ride with me Phil
Oh dear. The already low expectations of our new transport secretary sank further yesterday when, in an interview with the Evening Standard, Philip Hammond said that cycling in London appeared to be extremely dangerous and he would not contemplate it even though he lives barely a couple of miles away from the Department.
Hammond says he drives [...]