tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77105591986456947032024-03-22T05:28:25.630+11:00Pedal MobilityBicycles, sustainability, pedal_pusher, urban_design, bike, Sydney, Berlin, green, carbon_free_mobility, transportation, car_freeRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-18281769810846276572023-11-29T09:33:00.000+11:002023-11-29T09:33:00.385+11:00Bike and Surf Sawtell, NSW, bike & surf in SUV landRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-9367963595514069042016-07-13T20:34:00.000+10:002016-07-13T20:34:22.937+10:00Buying food without all the pollutionRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-55464519563844116902016-06-06T04:50:00.000+10:002016-06-11T00:36:59.339+10:00Sternfahrt Berlin 2016
Hundreds of thousands of cyclists took to the streets of Berlin in support of safer conditions for bikes. There is an urgent need for real cycle facilities, not just cycle streets where cars can drive and cycle paths which they park on. The traffic infrastructure need to support pedal powered vehicles and not just the fossil fuel users. Berlin needs to meet the needs of modern road users.
dotAtelierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340947721855506571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-69792615972482401672016-05-24T00:58:00.001+10:002016-05-24T01:16:48.683+10:001,500 cyclists but only four motorists have been fined after the introduction of new road laws in NSW
NSW is cracking down hard to discourage mobility without fossil fuel, prioritising cars over active transport – bikes and walking.
"Cyclists bear brunt of new road fines as NSW Liberals accused of 'dash for cash' About 1,500 cyclists but only four motorists have been fined after the introduction of new road laws", Guardian Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-26251407376869591352015-07-22T16:50:00.001+10:002015-07-31T18:18:56.332+10:00Justice for Jack Sultan-Page killed by a hit-and-run motorist
Eight-year-old Jack Sultan-Page was riding his BMX bike when he was struck by a car and killed.
Mathew Alexander was handed an 18-month suspended sentence and six months home detention after a hit-and-run that killed the child.
"In the Darwin Magistrates Court today Alexander pleaded guilty to five charges involving the possession and use of drugs and of driving a vehicle in a dangerous Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-54744269049497871552015-06-18T18:08:00.000+10:002015-06-21T13:47:07.178+10:00Cycling on a Beach in a National Park
Cycling along a NSW National Parks beach, having a swim in winter. Pods of smiling Bottlenose dolphins are surfing together. A White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) is soaring overhead. Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus longirostris) are wading in pairs looking for pipis (small bivalve molluscs) that have not been raided by humans as it is in a national park. When a person approaches Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-49239957128729550392015-06-14T14:00:00.000+10:002015-07-04T17:02:43.496+10:00Flat Tire, Der Radwechsel, Bertolt Brecht
Der Radwechsel
Ich sitze am Straßenhang.
Der Fahrer wechselt das Rad.
Ich bin nicht gerne, wo ich herkomme.
Ich bin nicht gerne, wo ich hinfahre.
Warum sehe ich den Radwechsel
mit Ungeduld?
Bertolt Brecht, Der Radwechsel, 1953
B.B. patiently waiting amongst investor architecture
The Flat Tire
I am sitting on the edge of the street.
The bicycle repair shop is Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-84601849277527061972015-05-23T14:33:00.001+10:002015-05-26T13:25:05.191+10:00How to fatten up by taking the car
A study "Showed
that switching from private motor transport to active travel or public
transport was associated with a significant reduction in BMI compared with continued private motor vehicle use.... Interventions to enable commuters to switch from private motor transport
to more active modes of travel could contribute to reducing population
mean BMI."
Meanwhile automobile dependentRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-73705049480359367752015-05-11T15:40:00.001+10:002015-05-11T15:44:41.531+10:00Putting Geelong on the Map with Hit and Run
The almost daily news in an automobile-centric country with motor enthusiasts:
"A hit-and-run that killed a cyclist near Geelong may have been deliberate, police have said, after they received numerous reports of cyclists being "stalked" in the area." (source)Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-22262813922423266052015-04-28T16:51:00.001+10:002015-04-28T16:58:13.643+10:00Lanes before the motor car - Lake Constance
Constance has still a lot of lanes that are not suitable for fossil fuel powered vehicles. Walking or biking in the narrow lanes or around Lake Constance is very humane.
Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-39004567721851646422015-04-06T15:56:00.000+10:002015-04-06T15:56:41.584+10:00The mind of motorists
The mind of a motorist
Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-81722064358036556542015-04-04T09:25:00.001+11:002015-04-04T09:37:24.674+11:00Visible at night
A new reflective spray is being tested in England which makes bikes and their riders more visible at night. You can spray it on your bike and/or on your clothes. During the day you cannot see it but at night it glows white. Life paint is being developed by a car manufacturer to help prevent cyclists being killed by their cars.
The spray remains visible for a week and can be washed off yourdotAtelierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16340947721855506571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-56530184923458475602015-04-03T16:21:00.002+11:002015-04-03T16:21:22.849+11:00Bike Residence BerlinRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-64571400238094954912015-03-31T17:32:00.001+11:002015-03-31T17:32:16.450+11:00Bike For Two in Chains
Cyclists have nothing to lose but their chains, poster at the ADK
Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-90861568046086301842015-03-30T18:09:00.004+11:002015-03-30T18:09:59.160+11:00Upright CyclistsRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-34906072761139757212015-03-28T17:44:00.001+11:002015-03-28T17:44:27.949+11:00White bikeRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-66140830412965099902015-03-26T10:42:00.001+11:002015-03-29T12:21:41.910+11:00Cycling has not yet fully infiltrated into Australian culture.
A classical Australian way of cycling. It requires a huge multi-lane highway, bulldozed 'clean' to do a few rounds of fitness cycling.
Australia is set up for automobile dependency. Cycling is done mostly in groups of plastic clad sweaty people hunched on sporty bikes. Fitness seems to be the main motivation. It is sport - like
Manly SUV on cycle path
most things in Australia. The Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-90750799173724388852015-03-25T12:47:00.000+11:002015-03-25T12:53:12.623+11:00Segregated Cycle Superhighways for London and Fahrradstraßen for Cars in Berlin
London is getting a segregated cycle superhighway. "Under consideration is a series of new or upgraded bike lanes, many of
them based on the principle of fully segregating cyclists from motor
traffic for the first time." Guardian and Dezeen
London Cycling Design Standards, pdf
Images of a typical low-speed street Fahrradstraße/ bicycle boulevard
in Berlin. Linienstraße is Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-46356476873063426892015-03-24T11:12:00.000+11:002015-03-24T11:16:13.689+11:00Bike GraffitiRita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-55061893999448364792015-03-23T12:09:00.000+11:002015-03-23T14:33:09.152+11:00Independent mobility
The Statue of Liberty is welcoming all cosmopolitans. In the background, the Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm/ Alex Tower). Viewed from the mobility hub of the Berlin main station (Hauptbahnhof).
Kids in the 60s peeping over the Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) using the kick scooter (tretroller) for children’s independent mobility.
Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-69355428331921028192015-03-21T11:08:00.000+11:002015-03-22T12:39:56.045+11:00Dysfunctional mobility
As they convert this Earth into paved roads and and parking spaces for fossil fuel machines, the whole 'flow' of traffic comes to standstill. They are caught in traffic jams, going nowhere. Despite this dysfunctional 'mobility' they continue to pave paradise. Big Asphalt coats the living landscapes in the U.S., Australia and even the Amazon.
Mobility, not stuck in a traffic jam
Images:Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-64561305632796895802015-03-20T16:40:00.000+11:002015-03-21T10:25:17.477+11:00Why don't we convert more roads into bicycle paths?
Why don't we convert more roads into bicycle paths?
One less car
Space gobbling private combustion machines pollute cities. Free public transport and driving restrictions for (inner) cities are a must to keep them habitable. Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-35977737840836569152015-03-19T13:48:00.000+11:002015-03-21T10:00:10.917+11:00Frankfurt am Main up in smoke
Berlin or Frankfurt?
The skyline of Frankfurt am Main is glowing and blanketed in black (toxic) clouds of burning cars. Even bicycles are used as barricades. Huge anti-austerity demonstrations erupted at the European Central Bank's (#ECB) new headquarters (also known as the 'cathedral of money') in Bankfurt. The #Blockupy protests are directed against the austerity polices of the European Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-2020283255464221372015-03-16T09:57:00.002+11:002015-03-16T09:57:31.782+11:00Cycle to the beach
Rows of SUVs are parked along Manly beach, but there is no parking for bikes at the main beach. The Pacific is acid and hot. The beach is serviced nearly 24/7 with fossil fuel. Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710559198645694703.post-27464366626064351112015-03-13T08:25:00.000+11:002015-03-13T08:39:18.468+11:00The more cylists, the less accidents OECD
Safety in numbers
The more bikes are around, the less the risk for an accident. To provide safety for cyclist, cities should provide a sufficient bicycle infrastructure. This 2013 OECD reports on "Trends relating to fatalities, injuries and crash rates are presented alongside international data on levels of cycling."
Cycling, Health and Safety, Analysis of international trends in bicycle Rita and collaborative authorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803176626948579636noreply@blogger.com0