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Arriva Bus company defends apparent road rage.
At the beginning of November, I had cause to complain to the Arriva Bus Company about this bit of driving: I sent the following message via their online complaints page: I was riding my bicycle home from the shops last … Continue reading
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New Bolton-Bury Shared Path
[UPDATE (August 2018): Since this article was written, a lot of work has been done on the Bury side of the boundary. This video shows the whole route from Manchester Road in Bolton to the tram station in Radcliffe.] Original … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Bolton, Space for Cycling
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“Jaywalker” – Email sent to Direct Line
Sent this morning to pressoffice@directlinegroup.co.uk. Hello, As a long term customer of yours, I am writing regarding your article at this location: http://www.directline.com/media/archive-2013/news-25042013 [This is the archive version. The email contained the original, which has now been removed from the … Continue reading
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Some observations from visiting Oxford
I just spent a few days in Oxford with my wife. We didn’t ride bikes, but did do a fair amount of walking. As we expected in Oxford, we saw lots of people on bikes, mostly with flat handlebars and … Continue reading
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Cyclists Dismount: A disappointing attitude from @BoltonCouncil
The picture below shows the approach to some road works that are currently in progress on Moss Bank Way in Bolton: “Cyclists Dismount” signs are often used by ignorant local authorities who claim that they are there for safety reasons, … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Bolton, Road Justice, Space for Cycling
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Letter to my Councillors
My Letter to Councillors Fairclough, Walsh and Wild (Note: the first two paragraphs are based on CTC paragraphs with modifications): Dear Councillor XXXXXX, I am writing as a resident in your ward who wants our Council to provide safe Space … Continue reading
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Poor roundabout designs in Blackburn.
This is a major edit of an article I posted last week, which prompted some very useful feedback, especially from a couple of people involved in the Warrington cycle campaign, who pointed me towards some useful references. You can read … Continue reading
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Yet another GM Police failure.
I have to say that I am absolutely stunned by the Bolton police response to this one. Here is the video: I made detailed calculations of the relevant information from the video and wrote up a statement, which I handed … Continue reading
GM Police Complaint – part 2: local resolution
This short article is an update on the progress of my police complaint, which I first reported in this article. Two weeks after I posted my complaint to the Professional Standards Branch of Greater Manchester Police, I was informed that … Continue reading
More weird GM Police arguments.
I had occasion to report another incident to the Police last Friday. I may blog about that in due course, but this post is just about the conversation I had with the police officer who dealt with the case when … Continue reading