A bike for people who aren't interested in cycling
Posted by Mark Treasure on Monday 1st of July 2019The title of this post might sound a little bit odd - who would ride a bike, when they're not excited or interested by them? The short answer is 'the...
View ArticleHelp – my council has just won megabucks for cycling!
Posted by on Monday 17th of June 2019What do you do as a campaigner when your local authority suddenly wins a bid worth millions of pounds to invest in walking and cycling?“Watch them spend it,...
View ArticleHealth, physical inactivity, obesity and cycling
Posted by Mark Treasure on Monday 8th of January 2018The New Year is traditionally the time when we renounce the excess of the festive season and make resolutions - formal or otherwise - to change our...
View ArticleActivating the City
Posted by Tim Lennon on Wednesday 22nd of November 2017This is a guest post, from City Science. The Embassy occasionally shares guest posts by organisations and individuals who've produced interesting...
View ArticleA Glasgow excursion - the Cycling Embassy AGM's third infrastructure safari
Posted by Mark Treasure on Friday 13th of October 2017In the middle of September, the Embassy descended on Glasgow for our AGM. As part of the weekend's events, we were escorted around the city for our...
View ArticleGuest Post - Some Observations on Play at Critical Mass
Posted by Tim Lennon on Saturday 7th of October 2017This guest post is about the renovation of London's Critical Mass by an inspiring new generation of cyclists. Pearl Ahrens studies at UCL and tweets...
View ArticleA Glasgow excursion - the Cycling Embassy AGM's second infrastructure safari
Posted by Mark Treasure on Tuesday 3rd of October 2017In September the Embassy descended on Glasgow for our AGM. As part of the weekend's events, we were escorted around the city for our traditional...
View ArticleA Glasgow excursion - the Cycling Embassy AGM's first infrastructure safari
Posted by Mark Treasure on Monday 25th of September 2017The weekend before last, the Embassy descended on Glasgow for our AGM. As part of the weekend's events, we were escorted around the city for our...
View ArticleThe Great Big Faint Signs of Progress Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 11th of September 2017It's almost as if they knew we were coming: with the Cycling Embassy AGM venturing north of the border to Glasgow - where we may get to...
View ArticleThe Great Big Paint is No Protection Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 4th of September 2017Before we start this blog roundup - a reminder that the Cycling Embassy AGM will be on the 16th & 17th September in Glasgow with (more...
View ArticleThe Great Big 'Cycling Menace' Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Mark Treasure on Tuesday 29th of August 2017The big - and almost entirely unavoidable - news last week was of course that prosecution, and the inevitable fall-out.
View ArticleThe Great Big Balance what Balance Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 21st of August 2017There was a bit of a 'big picture' feel to the bike (and transport and urbanism generally) blogs this week - starting with the myth of balance...
View ArticleThe Great Big Fighting over Crumbs Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 14th of August 2017If there was a lesson this week from the Putney Bridge jogger incident (apart from the fact that commentators will shoe-horn in imprecations...
View ArticleThe Great Big It's Good to Breathe Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 7th of August 2017Every week, we include many links in these roundups showing how bikes in general (and cycling infrastructure in particular) are a Good Thing,...
View ArticleThe Great Big Can We Have A Cycling Commissioner Too Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Mark Treasure on Monday 31st of July 2017The big headlines this week were generated by two high-profile (and near simultaneous) cycling-related appointments. In Manchester, Chris Boardman has...
View ArticleThe Great Big Department of the Bleeding Obvious Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 24th of July 2017In news that will come as no surprise to regular readers of this roundup, the final report on England's Cycle Demonstration Towns finds that...
View ArticleThe Great Big Absolutely Dockless Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 17th of July 2017In honour of dockless bikeshare systems arriving in London (other cities are available too), much to the horror of one council, we were tempted to...
View ArticleThe Great Big Who's to Blame Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 10th of July 2017Victim blaming seems to be an inescapable part of riding a bike these days but when a lorry strikes a bike sometimes neither cyclist nor driver...
View ArticleThe Great Big Insert Loved One Here Bike Blog Roundup
Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Monday 3rd of July 2017Well, what's the point of slaving over these weekly roundups if we don't occasionally hijack them to remind people of our own agenda such as our...
View ArticleInsert Loved One Here
Posted by Mark Treasure on Friday 30th of June 2017How would we feel about a piece of transport infrastructure if we expected people we care about to be using it regularly? We certainly wouldn't want...
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