If you’ve ever thought to yourself “this place could really do with a cycle route, or a pavement to walk on that doesn’t require a keen sense of balance”, Commonplace is for you. The Welsh Government is promoting Commonplace as … Continue reading Commonplace
Let us take you back in time, to the days of Cardiff’s industrial past. Barges brought coal, iron and steel up and down the valleys to the port and out into the wide world. But then at the turn of … Continue reading The Canal Quarter and Cardiff East Transport Scheme – Oooh, yes…
We’re nearly a year into a global pandemic. It was just before Christmas in 2019 that news reports were suggesting that a mysterious new virus was starting to spread around China. By March 2020 we were in lockdown. Suddenly we came to realise just how temporary the status quo would be. Life happens… A couple of years ago we kinda went off on one, lamenting the cultural deserts and battery-homes that our car-centric societies have built. In 2020 we came to realise that when you can’t travel, you start to rely on your local communities far more. This is great … Continue reading New Urbanism In A New World…
If you live in Cardiff, living on a traffic sewer and have a mind for science, I think I may have an experiment for you. WeCount is a project operating in Cardiff that involves installing a sensor on an upstairs … Continue reading Get involved in the We Count project
Have you noticed how the things we buy seem to be getting harder to repair lately? Whether we are talking about washing machines or phones it seems as though we are being led to replace the things we use day … Continue reading The Right to Repair…
If you do nothing else, please watch this. With a million species at risk of extinction, David Attenborough explores how this crisis of biodiversity has consequences for us all, including putting us at greater risk of pandemic diseases. BBC iPlayer … Continue reading Something to watch: Extinction – The Facts
The good news just keeps on coming. The council has announced that two new trial cycleways are going to be installed –the much needed cross-city route from Leckwith Road to Newport Road, plus a new bay route linking Tyndall Street with Callaghan Square, Penarth Road etc. Continue reading New east-west cycleway on the way as part of the city’s recovery plan
I think it is fair to say that Cardiff Council are not mucking about at the moment. They’re building some fantastic infrastructure and they seem to be doing it really quickly. Continue reading New & Shiny…
The Why… So, as part of the original strategy, Cardiff Council planned to install two “primary” cycle routes, one running north to south –Lisvane to Cardiff Bay, the other east to west, or St Mellons to Creigiau. Today we are … Continue reading Primary Routes & Brave New Worlds
A useful video here from Bloomberg CityLab. It’s a compelling yet relentless dump of facts and graphics in support of investment in cycling, along with case studies from around the world. It also focusses on why cities like London have … Continue reading Something to watch: How to build a city around bikes, fast…
