Tues 1-Jul: Active Travel & Social Justice Parliamentary Inquiry
00:00 News from around the country, including the Harm Reduction model for road danger; campaigning strategy update from Low Traffic Future; September Playing Out event bringing together play and active travel,
13:32 Potholes, everyone's favourite topic (see links below).
18:08 Active Travel and Social Justice: Tom Cohen and Ersilia Verlinghieri give us their evidence and recommendations as presented to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Walking and Cycling.
Links:
- The report: appgcw.org/resources/inquiries/active-travel-and-social-justice-report-2025/
- Adam Coffman - coffmana'at'parliament.uk
- Ersilia Verlinghieri - e.verlinghieri'at'westminster.ac.uk
- Tom Cohen - t.cohen'at'westminster.ac.uk
Links from the chat:
Time dependent:
- Thursday 10-Jul-2025, 7.30pm: Low Traffic Future meeting to initiate a network of local groups to promote a Low Traffic Future. For an invitation, please email hello@lowtrafficfuture.org.uk .
- Friday, 12-Sep-2025, 09:15 - 16:00: Making Streets Safe for Children event in Newcastle (sold out, but waiting list):
eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-streets-work-for-children-tickets-1370878627879
Active Travel and Social Justice
- The report: appgcw.org/resources/inquiries/active-travel-and-social-justice-report-2025
- The British Cycling Foundation, launched today, talks a lot about health, social inclusion, tackling inequalities etc.
- Cycle Sprog response
Laura Laker & Rachel Aldred Near miss project
- In Road.cc
- https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Near-Miss-Project-Quantifying-Cyclist-Comfort-and-Safety.pdf
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856416303639
- https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/q3075/predictors-of-the-frequency-and-subjective-experience-of-cycling-near-misses-findings-from-the-first-two-years-of-the-uk-near-miss-project
- https://oursafestreets.substack.com/p/near-misses-in-bearsden-survey
- Media reporting guidelines for road collisions
- UCL Road Safety Trust Near Miss Reporting and News Report
Home Cycle Storage
- H’s report: http://www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Appendix-2-hackney_homebikepark_report_2004-06_v0.2.pdf
- Residential cycle parking - https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/media/6771/cycle-parking-guide-for-new-residential-developments.pdf
- CamCycle parking standards https://www.camcycle.org.uk/files/resources/cycleparking/guide/cycleparkingguide.pdf
- More on home bike storage in here https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/media/6771/cycle-parking-guide-for-new-residential-developments.pdf
Potholes
- FOI: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/carriageway_repairs_37
gov.uk/government/news/seven-million-more-potholes-to-be-filled-next-year-as-public-urged-to-report-roads-in-need-of-repair - Pothole criteria for resurfacing v repairing. Roger Geffen: these are set locally so will vary.
However there is a widely recognised guideline that a pothole needs to be 40mm deep to merit repair.
The national guidelines (Well Maintained Highway Infrastructure ciht.org.uk/ukrlg-home/code-of-practice), do not recognise key aspects of what affects cycle safety e.g.
(a) whether the pothole is in the c2m nearest the edge of the road (or near where there is regular parking);
(b) whether the pothole is aligned across the cyclists' path or along it (like a tramline);
(c) whether it is on a gradient;
(d) whether it is at a junction (where cyclists' attention will be on what's going on around them, rather than the road surface). - Roger Geffen: The Asphalt Industry Alliance says the average pothole costs £72 to repair - see asphaltuk.org/faqs.
However reactive repairs cost more than planned repairs, and costs are higher in London than elsewhere.
Misc
- https://www.londoncentric.media/p/why-lime-bikes-beep
- Colchester Cycling Campaign newsletter if you are interested. https://eot.colchester-cycling.org.uk/f/a/72Dl6yTmhDZjBRCTRJonjw~~/AAAHURA~/wzo1H9oPr1vUx2Q64SItLnVOji-i_-JDT6NNLXPQoQXWoiMtbm8-4tz2Jd6lPGleCbjwhQBqD9uwsDEN6NJIjdZAPSgWQw3VTtSGycGfkwU7ZWOXcJFWSXZ9S0DYE_1LC5Bn4HJ8jhSODt0JXv83GwCDnS_Nx4Ao8o0sbtATl8hNqtpNX3xpROo_DQjTxCA54HX9_BK2Ar_PnA-nk-wMmq0CaRSBXXUAUBwHQLOHSS1k7rP_Zr2ha3uJndIpR37dU4p7HddNoDvKtG399YcGE2UaBgQvOlrKIAMfZ2JSZt75OoIyRHugpT8vUPg7UXZSyXTtztWBqiQMu7oRXNollyZwH0y89B82awbXnzFjW8x-j5VY0gkFfqz4PgauyP0j