Christian Wolmar

After hearing of the terrible death of a second person at Bow within a few weeks on the cycle superhighway, I tweeted that the thinking behind the scheme needs revisiting. Iain Dale, the consummate Conservative blogger and LBC presenter tweeted back saying it was a 'knee jerk' reaction on my part, and sprang to the defence of Boris Johnson and his cycle schemes See: http://bit.ly/sU9Lgn I think Iain misses the point ...

The list of quangos to be abolished, leaked to the Daily Telegraph today presumably by a government source, includes Cycling England, the body on whose board I sit. The open letter I wrote in Transport Times, which I have just posted on this site, seems to have failed.  From what I gather, though, there may be battles behind the scenes to save Cycling England.  It would, indeed, be daft to abolish ...

Open letter to Norman Baker, minister for cycling, walking, buses, alternatives to travel, etc  Dear Norman It has been remiss of me not to write before now to congratulate you on your new post. It is gratifying to see a Liberal Democrat being given key responsibilities in the Department for Transport, especially as you have always been a supporter of various sensible measures such as rail line reopenings, cutting back on road ...

Open letter to Norman Baker, minister for cycling, walking, buses, alternatives to travel, etc   Dear Norman It has been remiss of me not to write before now to congratulate you on your new post. It is gratifying to see a Liberal Democrat being given key responsibilities in the Department for Transport, especially as you have always been a supporter of various sensible measures such as rail line reopenings, cutting back on road ...

I may have missed something while on holiday. A press release has just landed in my inbox with Kulveer Ranger chirping about 'Barclays cycle superhighways' . I had not realised that the bank was not just sponsoring the London bike scheme but also the so-called superhighways, which are anything but 'super' from what I have seen of them. If this is true, exactly how does it work? How is Barclays getting ...

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, that has been more difficult in Italy. The towns, too, are different with several having a ...