Well, we seem to have made it through 2020, possibly one of the most unsettling years I’ve had so far. However, whilst we can hope that 2021 will bring better times, initial signs point to yet more weirdness. Whilst we … Continue reading Another year begins…
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…
Spend enough time on social media in the “cycling” space and it won’t be long before someone mentions the “T-word”. “You don’t pay tax” they’ll say. Of course, most of us know that the “road tax” they allude to was … Continue reading “You don’t pay tax…”
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…
Whilst we’ve talked about the sheer amount of money that is spent each year marketing cars to people, not to mention the realities those ads tend to gloss over, the ads themselves are often designed to sell a lifestyle or … Continue reading Poking fun at car ads…
Some time ago we talked about how the average car payment in the UK was £388 per month. This is a sizeable chunk of cash to spend on a device that spends 97% of its time parked and 100% of … Continue reading Cars are not assets…
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
There’s something I’ve been trying to wrap my head around for some time now. I guess the horror show of 2020 has given me time to reflect on a few things. In a world that is in some parts on … Continue reading A fork in the road…
