At the beginning of March I had the opportunity to return to the Netherlands for the first time in over 20 years. I accompanied an Urban Design field trip organised by the Department of Planning at Oxford Brookes University and had the chance to observe the many people using cycles in Amsterdam – and to… [Read More]
The potential for the return of an endangered species – the older cyclist
This month’s blog is written by cycle BOOM Co-Investigator, Kiron Chatterjee, and provides a valuable insight into the current state of older cycling in the UK. When we have told some people about our research they have not been able to hide the view that we are wasting our time. They claim older people in the… [Read More]
A velo-mobile future for all without developing ‘affective capacities’
Back in early November 2014 I was given the opportunity to present a paper at the 10th Anniversary Cosmobilities Conference ‘Networked Urban Mobilities’. I took part in an interesting session ‘Imaginaries of Velomobility’ which included talks broadly oriented around exploring the ‘cultures of cycling’ in different social and geographical contexts and how these might evolve…. [Read More]
The Vision: Increasing the Visibility of Older Cycling
We’re afraid that we have run out of time to write a full blog for December, but they say, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. So instead we sign out of 2014 with a video and a selection of photos taken during our travels in recent years in the Netherlands (Houten and Groningen) and Sweden… [Read More]
Balancing Safety and Pleasure – the Risk/Reward Relationship for cyclists
This month’s blog is written by cycle BOOM participant, Paul Taylor, who enjoys cycling in Oxford. Paul explains his cycling trajectory and offers some insight into on how he manages to overcome the risks of cycling in order to reap its rewards. Nothing in life, including cycling is risk free. However the fun, freedom and… [Read More]
The cycling revolution will have more than two wheels (and some kind of motor)
I was recently invited to speak at one of the V&A/ University of Brighton ‘Design Salons’ (summary of the event here). If you haven’t heard of them before they are well worth checking out and you can find some more information and summaries of previous events here. In attendance on the night were Kat Jungnickel… [Read More]
