Archive for the 'transport' Category

March 6th, 2008

Cars, Traffic and Roads

car_free_map_home.gif A few things I have seen of the past week or so to do with cars, traffic or roads: Less speed more haste I have notice a few articles about Active Traffic Management recently. Apparently part of the M42 has been modified so that drivers can use the hard shoulder at busy periods, variable speed limits and better signage. This has caused journey times to be ...
June 19th, 2007

Change Your World 1- 7 July

Change You World A campaign from sustrans to swap your car for another form of transport from the 1st to the 7th of July. I generally walk to work anyway. When I first started doing this it was a bit of drag but now I have been walking for probably over a year I really enjoy it. I vary my route ...
July 19th, 2006

Reasons for not liking cars!

I like cars in terms and design and I like cars when used responsibly. There are a few things about them that really annoy me: Parking on the pavement particularly when the vehicle is a van or big SUV type thing. Washing cars with a hose - use a bucket there's a drought on you know! (well in some parts of the country there is) The amount of space they take ...
June 27th, 2006

Car-less

Due to some unfortunate circumstances we are car-less at the moment. I'm sure once the insurance money comes through we will get another car but at the moment we have to manage without. There's a few things this has made me think about: When we do get another car I'll will be keeping more strictly to the speed limits. If I had been going any faster, I was under the ...
December 5th, 2005

A Good Life

A Good Life Bought this book over the weekend. It’s pretty interesting. Apparently the average woman ingests 1kg of lipstick over the course of her life. This book covers virtually everything to do with leading a ‘good life’ – apart from perhaps religion – I don’t think it misses much there though! It does’nt say anything is righ or wrong just tries to give you ...

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