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Cabbie asks Jeremy Vine to condemn 'speeding cyclists'... doesn't get the response he wanted; Daftest idea of the year awards, featuring proposed Cambridge 'Tesla Lanes'; Cycle lane with built-in kitchen; National Pothole Day + more on the live blog
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Tom the cabbie Twitter video15 January 2021, 16:54
A day in the life in Gran Canaria with Tao Geoghegan Hart and Ineos Grenadiers
📍 Gran Canaria
🎥 @TaoGeoghegan takes control of Grenadier cam for the day pic.twitter.com/1vk9Neeklc— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) January 15, 2021
15 January 2021, 16:10
Velo Wales' new film: Bikepacking 450 miles around Wales
15 January 2021, 13:51
Cabbie tweets Jeremy Vine...doesn't get the response he wanted
Your priorities are utterly bizarre. Get campaigning on this ⏬ and then come back to me. People on bicycles kill roughly two people per year. pic.twitter.com/wcPiMyMlAC
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) January 15, 2021
Tom the cabbie pops up on Twitter quite often, usually with a video of an empty cycle lane...Tweeting Jeremy Vine one of his videos probably didn't go the way he was expecting... The broadcaster and cycling advocate threw the question right back at him saying: "Your priorities are utterly bizarre. Get campaigning on this
and then come back to me. People on bicycles kill roughly two people per year."
Vine knows more than most about the Royal Parks' speed limits. In 2014, he was stopped by police for riding at 16mph in Hyde Park where the speed limit was 5mph. However, Royal Parks said that he didn't break the speed limit as they do not legally apply to cyclists, although they did ask that bike riders comply.
15 January 2021, 16:01
Motorists to be charged to enter Bristol clean air zone
Bristol's mayor Marvin Rees has announced a new charging scheme that will affect drivers entering a clean air zone (CAZ) in the centre of the city. The move comes after the government told Bristol City Council it needed to reduce air pollution levels to within legal limits. It has not yet been decided how much drivers will have to pay but the hope is that the scheme will encourage active travel and bring pollution levels within the limits in the quickest possible time.
15 January 2021, 15:06
Egan Bernal says Giro d'Italia is 'number one goal' in 2021
Ineos Grenadiers' first non-British rider to win the Tour de France, Egan Bernal, wants to race the Giro d'Italia in 2021 as he recovers from the back pain that scuppered his 2020 defence of the Yellow Jersey. In an interview with Gazzetta Dello Sport, Bernal said the Italian Grand Tour would be his number one goal for the upcoming season.
"I would like to compete in the Giro in 2021," he said. "That would be the number one goal for me, even if I had said before that I would prepare for the Tour. However, we still have to get together with the team, I don’t know if I could go there as a leader, it will depend on my recovery.
"I feel good and I am very motivated. I have not raced for four months, so I will be at my peak when I restart in February. I had all kinds of exams, with different results. It was difficult, but the problem was solved, I feel like a new cyclist."
15 January 2021, 14:38
UK's second CYCLOPS junction opens in Bolton
How to make a left turn on a CYCLOPS junction when the light for cars is on red.
Simple as that. pic.twitter.com/rmxm2aheS7
— Sam 🚴🌱🍻Ⓥ (@MCRCycleSam) January 15, 2021
The UK's second CYCLOPS (Cycle Optimised Protected Signals) has opened following the successful launch of the first one in Manchetser in July. The junctions seperate people on foot or bike from traffic, giving them priority. Four more junctions of this type are to be built in the UK in 2021 with three more in Manchetser and one in Cambridge.
Greater Manchester’s Walking and Cycling Commissioner, Chris Boardman, said: "The CYCLOPS design is going to fundamentally change the way we do junctions. The experience for people travelling on foot and by bike is so vastly improved. Junctions are traditionally the most intimidating place for people not travelling in a car but this design turns that on its head, making once-scary local trips now an absolute joy."
15 January 2021, 17:09
15 January 2021, 12:25
15 January 2021, 12:24
National Pothole Day
On @NPDay2021 survey results show just had dangerous our roads are for road users. 88% of Cyclists have had to preform a dangerous manoeuvre due to Potholes! 72% of Motorists having to do the same! #NoMorePotholesUK #NationalPotholeDay#UnitedAgainstPotholes pic.twitter.com/5mItlt5gt5
— Mr Pothole (@mrpotholeuk) January 15, 2021
15 January 2021, 11:54
Santander Cycles hire prices frozen
Revealed: full details of fare hikes from March 1.
🚍bus fares up 5p to £1.55
🚲Boris bike hire frozen at £2
🚠cable car up 11% to £5 pic.twitter.com/4qXmvvDhnO— Ross Lydall (@RossLydall) January 15, 2021
The Evening Standard reports that Transport for London (TfL) is drawing up radical plans to restore its finances, with Santander Cycles one of the few transport options that will not currently see price rises. The £2 daily access charge for a Santander bike is to be frozen as other modes of transport's fares increase today in line with national rail's 2.6% rise. Bus fares will go up by 5p to £1.55 and a trip on the cable car is up 50p to £5. Some Tube fares are also increasing.
It comes as the Standard reports a 112-page document submitted to ministers earlier in the week shows that drivers could be charged £5.50 a day to enter Greater London and Canary Wharf could be moved into zone one of the Tube map. TfL commissioner Andy Byford said that they would need a further £3bn bailout before savings and new income could make the body responsible for the capital's public transport self-sufficient by 2023.
15 January 2021, 11:31
Why don't you use the cycle path, is it because it's dark and a bit slushy? No mate someone left a kitchen on it...
Why don't you use the cycle path, is it because its dark and a bit slushy? No mate someone left a kitchen on it. pic.twitter.com/KruSWSACrJ
— Christopher Lang (@langoo) January 14, 2021
15 January 2021, 11:28
15 January 2021, 10:39
Cycling UK calls for clarity on exercise rules
Cycling UK has called for greater clarity on English exercise rules in a joint letter with British Cycling and British Triathlon to Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden. The letter says: "Our strong belief, which is backed up by evidence from the scientific community, is that exercise which begins and ends at an individual’s front door, and where appropriate social distancing protocols are observed throughout, presents an incredibly small risk of transmission, and the government should consider making this the basis of its guidance for outdoor exercise.
"There will of course be a need to allow people to travel short distances to access safe places such as parks and green spaces to exercise – such as families and those living around busy and fast-moving roads – and additional clarity on this would be welcomed also."
On Wednesday, former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett dismissed a Sky News question asking whether police should be stopping cyclists.
15 January 2021, 10:19
Consultation to improve cycling and walking routes in Windsor, Maidenhead and Ascot
A four week consultation is being conducted to decide which of the five schemes drawn up by the council to improve active travel routes should be implemented. The scheme will be paid for by a grant of £335,000 from the government's active travel fund and the Windsor Observer reports the council is particularly keen for responses to plans for a segregated cycle route linking north-east and south Maidenhead.
LTNs and school streets are also being considered in parts of the three towns. Councillor Gerry Clark said: "This new funding from central Government is very welcome, and we’re keen to give residents a voice on how it’s spent through the consultation.The funding isn’t enough to deliver all five of the originally proposed schemes, so feedback from residents is particularly important.”
15 January 2021, 09:42
Tom Pidcock to ride Vuelta a España in debut WorldTour season
Tom Pidcock's debut season with Ineos Grenadiers in the WorldTour is starting to take shape. The 21-year-old is currently training with the team out in Gran Canaria and has posted some impressive rides on Strava in the past week. Speaking on the Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast, Pidcock explained that once he finishes his cyclo-cross season at the end of January he will be fully focused on the road calendar.
Strade Bianche, the UCI Road World Championships in Belgium and a first Grand Tour at the Vuelta a España are the main goals for 2021. Pidcock also plans to spend June competing in mountain bike races before the Olympics in August.
15 January 2021, 08:53
'Just two weeks into 2021 and the award for the daftest idea of the year has already been decided': Your thoughts on 'Tesla lanes' trial
This is an utter disaster in the making. You can now buy your way out of queueing while degrading public transport. https://t.co/ObG9mfh0bo
— Adam Reynolds (@awjre) January 15, 2021
Cambridgeshire County Council may be getting a lot of feedback on their 'Tesla lanes' trial based off the response to our story yesterday... Many of you pointed out the dangers of allowing cars into bus lanes and argued that electric cars still have the same ability to harm vulnerable road users as non-electric vehicles. Other concerns included that electric vehicles are quieter than normal cars, which makes it harder for cyclists to hear them, and that allowing vehicles into bus lanes sets a dangerous precedent for future policy...
Just 2 weeks into 2021 and the Award for the daftest idea of the year has already been decided.
— David Barker (@cocobarker1) January 14, 2021
This is a great answer to the question 'how do you make a bus lane less efficient, more dangerous and disproportionately benefit rich people?'
— Jordan (@jordanbhx) January 14, 2021
Dan is the road.cc news editor and joined in 2020 having previously written about nearly every other sport under the sun for the Express, and the weird and wonderful world of non-league football for The Non-League Paper. Dan has been at road.cc for four years and mainly writes news and tech articles as well as the occasional feature. He has hopefully kept you entertained on the live blog too.
Never fast enough to take things on the bike too seriously, when he's not working you'll find him exploring the south of England by two wheels at a leisurely weekend pace, or enjoying his favourite Scottish roads when visiting family. Sometimes he'll even load up the bags and ride up the whole way, he's a bit strange like that.
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My chauffeur (the good lady as I don't drive) is looking at a new car; we need an estate so the Volvo V60 or XC variant were considered. Looked at the Electric version at around £10k more and doing the calculations on mileage how long it would take to get this back - well it's a good job there's room for my coffin in the back!
Have you considered the Dacia Logan 900cc turbo petrol? 50mpg easily. I've had mine for a few years with no problems at all.
Hirsute
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3 years ago
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Got called a 'bikewanker' at lunchtime. I think because I had the temerity to avoid the doorzone.
They had to hang around at 2 traffic lights and wind down the passenger window to shout this at me. Judging by the look of them, they forgot their medication for the day.
Loads of cars around despite 'stay at home' .
I later saw an electric, small framed, narrow wheels, 2 wheeled vehicle. The rider was going quite quick and not pedalling. No numberplate.
Any ideas of what it might have been?
mdavidford
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3 years ago
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Personally, I can't think of an occasion when I've had to perform a dangerous manoeuvre due to a pothole. I've have had a fair few where I've performed a manoeuvre due to a pothole that has then been made dangerous by other vehicles not giving me sufficient road space.
Sriracha
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3 years ago
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Our strong belief, which is backed up by evidence from the scientific community, is that exercise which begins and ends at an individual’s front door, and where appropriate social distancing protocols are observed throughout, presents an incredibly small risk of transmission, and the government should consider making this the basis of its guidance for outdoor exercise.
Cycling UK's belief is entirely compatible with the English law as it stands, which in any case trumps the guidance.
As to the matter of travelling with a view to taking exercise elsewhere, the law is somewhat opaque, since it does not explicitly acknowledge or mention such travel, leaving the idea of travel distance undefined.
I wish they would make the law clear and unambiguous. The Scottish formula seems much better, although still problematic because many will not know the boundaries of their district.
I think it would be simpler if travel distance were given as a fixed radius from your address - easy for individuals to know and police to check.
Distance cycled (or walked etc) should remain unrestricted. My fear is that if they simply add a "travel distance limit" clause to the law it will become confused in practice and "guidance" with distance cycled.
It's nice to be missed. I've f***ed off to the Mail & Express for the time being but I'm not getting much out of it - it's like all the comments are written by me.
Obviously I just want attention so I've started leaving pro cycling comments and now they all hate me - I'm like a pig in s***!
I've f***ed off to the Mail & Express for the time being but I'm not getting much out of it - it's like all the comments are written by me.
Obviously I just want attention so I've started leaving pro cycling comments and now they all hate me - I'm like a pig in s***!
Is this true? Has the idiot gone, like the other one with the even more stupid name
brooksby
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3 years ago
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Cycling UK calls for clarity on exercise rules
Don't ask questions to which you don't really want an answer. If we put the Govt into a corner, they'll make some insanely stupid decision...
"You can exercise as much as you want on alternate days having an X in the name, so long as your house has a 2 in the address and you don't leave the what three words square in which you started"
Expatpat
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3 years ago
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You change behaviours by offering incentives, and this is a way to encourage more people to drive EVs. In the US they have car sharing lanes for similar reasons.
The argument that my Tesla Model S P100D is more dangerous because it is silent is incorrect. From a very low speed the tyre noise takes over and there is little difference to a decent petrol engine.
It is also not correct to state that this only benefits wealthy people. My chauffeur is on minumum wage but will get to benefit from using these lanes too.
You change behaviours by offering incentives, and this is a way to encourage more people to drive EVs. In the US they have car sharing lanes for similar reasons.
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Folk driving EVs is not a benefit in itself. It's just not quite as bad as ICEVs. It's still not behaviour to encourage.
What needs to be encouraged is for folk where possible to switch from cars of any stripe to public or active transport, particularly the latter in time of pandemic.
Love your last paragraph though
There's an image out there somewhere on t'interweb, with a road full of ICE cars and a road full of EV cars. Funny thing is, they look exactly the same... 
(OK, maybe the EVs look shinier, IIRC).
EV help emissions at point of use, but they don't help congestion.
And I'm not sure what the Big Picture looks like when you factor in the additional emissions from power stations as all those EVs charge overnight...
And I'm not sure what the Big Picture looks like when you factor in the additional emissions from power stations as all those EVs charge overnight...
Some interesting data here: https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-how-electric-vehicles-help-to-tack...
TL;DR - about 29 g/km in the UK for the process of generating the electricity, which is approx a tenth of the equivalent ICE vehicle emissions from 'making' the fuel and then the tailpipe emissions.
Personally I would love to see far greater promotion by government of affordable street legal e-bikes, perhaps very low interest, very long term loan scheme. I work 13.5 miles from home, and had access to my brothers e-bike for 8 weeks of the first lockdown - my car (EV) got rested over 50% of the time, i could see many people reducing their car + public transport use if they had a decent e-bike. I cycle a road bike myself but the extra time taken per journey ( 10-15 mins each way ) , and the fatigue are factors in me using it less than i would like Mon-Fri .
You change behaviours by offering incentives, and this is a way to encourage more people to drive EVs.
By the same token it is a disincentive for people to ride bikes (or take the bus). I'm pretty sure that every one e-car in the bus lane disincentives more than one cyclist, so I'm not sure the maths will stack up.
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spen
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I really don't see the problem with EVs using a bus lane, it's not a cycle lane. The numbers of EVs are still small so the increase in vehicle use is likely to be small and the footway adjacent is clearly marked as shared use so if you don;t want to share with drivers share with pedestrians!
I have enough issue with bus drivers doing close passes, possibly slight punishment passes when they overtake me and return back into the bus lane. To the point where I'm considering a radar back light so I can be ready for them. Taxis also mostly grumpy about me being in the bus lane. Vehicles operated by a local haulage company have permission to use the bus lane as part of a consilidation scheme. I don't want to have to additionally get stressed by increased traffic of silent electric cars, radar really would be useful then. At that point it would not be a bus lane and would be much less safe. In 10 years petrol car sales cease and the number will drastically increase.
But they don't produce the pollution anyway so why speed them along rather them letting them sit in the same traffic. The ZEV's is the main story point here but surprisingly they have only just opened it up to Motorbikes etc as well which I alsmost thought was a given on most Bus Lanes.
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