A mini-manual describing the many features/factors that affect pedestrians at a side road junction.
Defining “pedestrian-friendly” junctions
Introducing a clear definition of the standard required for priority junction design, if our streets are to be pedestrian-friendly in future.
Rethinking road safety – part 1
This article is for anyone thinking that the idea of us working towards a road system where nobody dies is overly idealistic. It compares our attitude to injury at work to our attitude to injury on the roads.
Learning from a STOP sign
What can we learn from watching behaviours? How do we research behaviours when we introduce new designs on our streets?
Where is the best place for congestion?
This key question is useful because it encourages people to stop pretending that congestion can be solved.
‘Helpful Quality Measures’ on infrastructure for cycling
How can we quickly but usefully judge the quality of infrastructure used for cycling?
Design Details 2
This article proposes a draft quality checklist for ‘continuous footway’ designs (outside the Netherlands).
I want my street to be like this…
I want my street to be like this… Reclaiming residential streets, Dutch street design, and why this REALLY REALLY matters.…
Imagining better designs…
What if the rules everyone tries to work within aren’t up to the job? What would be safe at side roads?
Traffic is NOT the lifeblood of a city
Disassembling the idea that the vibrancy of towns and cities depends on free flowing traffic.
Design Details 1
Article 1: Continuous footway. Side-road crossings. Simplicity and clarity. Getting it right. Getting it wrong.
Six key ideas on changing the world
Are you trying to change the world? Here are some key ideas about how to go about it.
Bicycles work on snow
I wrote down what I do to stay safe when cycling on snow – as a reminder that bicycles work on snow.
Divide and rule
What I say when I encounter conversations about conflict on shared walking/cycling spaces.
Amsterdam vs Copenhagen (part 3)
PART 3. Comparing typical street design in the Netherlands and Denmark, and comparing these to UK designs.
Amsterdam vs Copenhagen (part 2)
PART 2. Comparing typical street design in the Netherlands and Denmark, and comparing these to UK designs.
Amsterdam vs Copenhagen (part 1)
PART 1: Comparing typical street design in the Netherlands and Denmark, and comparing these to UK designs
What nobody told me…
Why did nobody tell me to look out for these amazing things when first visiting the Netherlands?
A year of death and injury (2016)
The 2016 ‘Stats 19’ data for injuries and deaths on the roads of Great Britain has been released today (29…
Copenhagen bus stops
This post provides images of how cycling interacts with Copenhagen bus stops.
Just one year…
This image attracted attention when I tweeted it, so here are a few more, and some explanation.
Changing ‘the system’
What is ‘the system’ and how should we think about changing it?
Key ideas: Staying light on our feet
What will an organisation or effort look like if we remember we’re up against an adaptive challenge?
Key ideas: Adaptive versus technical change
Why it’s useful to distinguish between ‘adaptive’ and ‘technical’ change/challenges.
Key ideas: Change as a chess match
You don’t win a chess match by sticking to a simple plan of exact moves, written before the game.
This isn’t going to be easy
So you think that getting people onto bicycles, walking, public transport, and out of their cars is going to be easy?
Key ideas: Doing good AND harm
Is this intervention, at this point, doing more good than harm, or more harm than good?
Falling out of love (with my city)
It’s not you it’s me. I’m sorry. I know I said I loved you…
Nicer cities, liveable places 
