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BFG · 09-02-2007, 04:34 AM

Wow they are a bit slow off the mark! The very basis of my job is to encourage people to walk, cycle and travel sustainably. Thankfully the days of decline here are ending in London alone we have seen an increase of up to 80% in cycling, but it took a bomb on a tube to do alot of that!

The thing I note about my limited trips to America is everything is designed around cars. Walkers and cyclists are not catered for very well in your cities. People looked at me like I was mad crazy when I walked to the local shops. Even in Seattle, it was a case of "You walked down that street!". As we get older we add our own mental fears based on media reporting and highlighting of the darker side of life. This detracts people from using the streets, what has been shown over and over again tho by numerous studies is that numbers bread safety and contment so encouraging more to cycle and walk breaks down the fear factors.

Anyhow back to the study, and questions raised, we are at the stage now where the impact data has been analysed and we are gaining peer review to back up our findings to show the health impact of what we have achieved ie via the increase in walking and cycling. Its gonna be about 6 months now before we can publish the results but I will drop it in as soon as available

09-02-2007, 04:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
BFG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,543	Wow they are a bit slow off the mark! The very basis of my job is to encourage people to walk, cycle and travel sustainably. Thankfully the days of decline here are ending in London alone we have seen an increase of up to 80% in cycling, but it took a bomb on a tube to do alot of that! The thing I note about my limited trips to America is everything is designed around cars. Walkers and cyclists are not catered for very well in your cities. People looked at me like I was mad crazy when I walked to the local shops. Even in Seattle, it was a case of "You walked down that street!". As we get older we add our own mental fears based on media reporting and highlighting of the darker side of life. This detracts people from using the streets, what has been shown over and over again tho by numerous studies is that numbers bread safety and contment so encouraging more to cycle and walk breaks down the fear factors. Anyhow back to the study, and questions raised, we are at the stage now where the impact data has been analysed and we are gaining peer review to back up our findings to show the health impact of what we have achieved ie via the increase in walking and cycling. Its gonna be about 6 months now before we can publish the results but I will drop it in as soon as available __________________ BFG "The time for talking has passed, actions are speaking louder than words."