Why Cycle Cities Are the Future. The 2010 launch of the “Boris Bike” – London’s cycle hire scheme, named after mayor Boris Johnson – was the clearest indication to date that cycling was no longer just for a minority of fanatics but a healthy, efficient and sustainable mode of transport that city planners wanted in their armoury.
There are now more than 8,000 Boris Bikes and 550+ docking stations in Central London. And the trend’s not anomalous to London: Wikipedia reports that there are 535 cycle-share schemes in 49 countries, employing more than half a million bikes worldwide. However, the real question is: will cycling actually change the city? Paris Density. Strict Liability. A great little infofilm about the concept of Strict Liability, which is the norm in Denmark and The Netherlands, among other European countries.
It was uploaded by Carlton Reid from Quickrelease.tv and I Pay Road Tax.com With Strict Liability, it's always the motorist at fault when they collide with vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists. In the film, Hans Voerknecht, international coordinator of the Dutch Fietsberaad explains how this works in practice. Basically, cars kill. Those who drive cars and kill or injure people are liable, simply because of the responsibility involved in operating a 2000 kg machine. Laboratoire d’Urbanisme Agricole. ResilientCity. Spatial Agency: About. Switchboard, from NRDC. Most New Yorkers Say Bike Lanes Are a Good Idea. Christoph Gielen’s aerial photos of American city planning. A compendium of aesthetics, futurisms, oddities, and obscenities Skye Isle, Florida Housing subdivision, Arizon. DIALOG® Office for Urbanism. The Arsenal of Exclusion & Inclusion. Onsite review - miscellanea.