In June 2010, following statistics published in July 2009, the United Services Union of Australia sent a survey to each council in NSW relating to council rangers, parking patrol officers and animal control officers. The survey requested a range of information, including the number and role of the officers, whether risk assessments have been carried… Read more »
More than half of British drivers don’t expect a red light
PCI’s UK correspondent, Kelvin Worthington, spied this week a somewhat alarming article in the Telegraph, stating that 52% of British drivers cannot see red traffic lights coming at signals at junctions and pedestrian crossings. The problem stems from the differing sequence of traffic lights. Whilst in Australia, the ‘amber’ (orange) light is used only before… Read more »
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The benefits of the bicycle
Bicycle Victoria, a self-funded community organisation, has been working with the Victorian Department of Transport to integrate infrastructure for bicycle riders with the public transport network in Melbourne. As a result, the Department of Transport has recently rolled out free, undercover bike parking cages at stations across Victoria. Secure access is provided by a card… Read more »
Karma for bicycle road rager
Our favourite Green website, TreeHugger, has delivered one of the best (or rather worst) stories we’ve read thus far in 2010. A driver in the UK recently had an attack of cyclist road rage. And attack he did! The teenage driver pulled up alongside the cyclist, sounded his horn and yelled “Get off the road…. Read more »
A picture paints a thousand words
The above photos illustrate the amount of space required to transport the same number of people by cars and by bicycle. As the article supporting the image was written by the SMH’s Cycling correspondent, there may be some bias involved regarding the benefits of riding to work, but as the image above illustrates, there are… Read more »
Parking ‘Black Friday’
As thanksgiving approaches in the US, parking operators are bracing for ‘Black Friday’ – one of the busiest parking days of the year. As shoppers venture out to do their holiday shopping, filling their vehicles with turkey and holiday festive stuffings, and families fly around the country to reunite with loved ones, airport and shopping centre car parks… Read more »
Cars being rude to pedestrians in New York City
New York City at the moment is undergoing an urban planning evolution project, called ‘livable streets’. However, just because there’s an evolution underway doesn’t mean that drivers have gotten the message. Cars blocking crosswalks, drivers failing to yield to pedestrians, unnecessary honking and a slew of other quality-of-walking violations are still a routine occurrence on… Read more »
The people vs the parking police – part two
In Logan City (USA) a recent council decision to replace the on-street parking strips with park-strips (small strips of park and greenery to improve aesthetics) has resulted in… a lawsuit. Residents of the area argue that the City initiated the park-strip project too quickly, and feel that the actions are outside their authority, invoking the… Read more »
Oxford “Scramble” Circus
Courtesy of TreeHugger, we found this interesting article on the redesign of the pedestrian crossing at Oxford Circus in London, one of the busiest street crossings in the city. Modeled on the Japanese ‘scramble crossing’ design, as used in Shibuya station in central Toyko, the new design allows pedestrians thirty seconds to cross the intersection… Read more »