At the April 2019 Cardiff Cycle City meeting, Dafydd Trystan came to talk to us about some of the work they have been doing down at Ysgol Hammadryad to foster an active travel culture. Continue reading The School run: How Ysgol Hammadryad is transforming pupils’ commute…
Just when you start to wonder if the message is starting to get through; if the amazing health, environmental and financial benefits of cycling are starting to hit home, this news breaks… Continue reading Cardiff is the first UK city to offer nextbike on prescription…
Last time we didn’t get around to looking at some of the infrastructure at the southern end of town, particularly the new “cycle street” on Taff Embankment, as well as some old relics on Clarence bridge and James Street. Continue reading Video: Another Look at Cardiff’s New Cycle Infrastructure – The South
It feels as though we’ve already spent a nauseating amount of time talking about urban sprawl, particularly in the context of Cardiff’s local development plan, but it’s something that can’t be stressed enough. The window of opportunity to encourage residents of new homes to adopt sustainable transport is short, yet we continue to build on the outskirts of cities, linked primarily by already busy roads … Continue reading The Transport for New Homes Checklist
A little while ago we talked about why nothing seems to change, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to do so. Whilst human behaviour plays a large part in our collective inertia, money arguably makes up much of the rest. Where our money goes inevitably reinforces the direction we take. Money talks… Pretty much everything we do as adults takes some sort of financial … Continue reading Ethical Investing…
Ever on the lookout for easily digestible ways for people to understand the economic arguments for bike lanes, we need only look at what has already been done around the world. Continue reading Something to watch: Why protected bike lanes are more valuable than parking spaces…
We’re big fans of Cardiff Cycle Workshop. Not only do they give old bicycles a fresh start, they train people to fix their own, or even to fix others.
They recently sat down with Lynsey and Richard from the Seismic podcast to talk about what they do. Continue reading Something to listen to: Seismic Podcast – Cardiff Cycle Workshop
