Tag Archives: London

London and Paris and Advice for Brisbane

Posted on Sunday, 26 September, 2010 by Bill

Recent visitor to both Paris and London Doug Oldmedow @dougoldmeadow wrote this post about his observations of each cities bicycle hire systems. Go read the full post but his summary is: My advice for improving the scheme straight away: 1. … Continue reading →

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CityCycle – Missing a Great Opportunity?

Posted on Friday, 27 August, 2010 by Bill

As I’ve mentioned before, my motivation in starting this site is promote CitCycle and all the advantages that it can bring to Brisbane. I’m not a naysayer like some that the media like to promote who say CityCycle will be … Continue reading →

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Barclays Cycle Superhighways for London

Posted on Wednesday, 25 August, 2010 by Bill

Here is a tremendous video of the innovative Cycle Superhighway for London. It looks like there is a move afoot internationally for more of this type of transport development.  

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Do We Want a London Success or a Melbourne Failure?

Posted on Saturday, 7 August, 2010 by Bill

In the last post Mike Robbo commented with some interesting points  about the Melbourne Bike Share programme and the London Barclays Bike. Rather than repeat them here I encourage you to go read his excellent, long and informative post on … Continue reading →

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