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e who might like to know about it if you re interested but can t make thursday s meeting please send a message with the subject line defence meeting to bikesalive london com the message will be printed out and taken to the meeting leave a comment thursday 26 april 2012 oil that chain in the run up to the next bikes alive kings cross go slow on monday 30 april there are a couple of other london cycling events which you probably don t need reminding of but below we ll remind you anyway meanwhile how about printing off copies of this flier promoting next monday s action and maybe distributing some at those events and elsewhere between now and then just a brief recap of why we ll be back at kings cross on monday many cyclists have been unnecessarily killed and injured at kings cross in recent years transport for london tfl was repeatedly warned over a long period that the road design didn t match its own safety guidelines but it refused to act tfl told its traffic engineers to ignore cyclists when planning changes to the road layout changes being made now at kings cross are introducing new dangers for cyclists if you agree that peaceful direct action is a necessary part of our repertoire if we re to succeed in changing tfl s policies which put the throughput of motor vehicles ahead of the safety of londoners as a whole then please join us on monday with the elections for the london mayor and the london assembly just days away we need to show that the current situation will not be tolerated enough is enough please spread the word those of you who re members of facebook can do so via this page other imminent events friday 27 april being the last friday in the month will see the london critical mass bike ride hundreds of cyclists will gather by the riverside under the south end of waterloo bridge from 6pm onwards by 7pm the mass will be swooping through central london redressing the normal balance on the roads putting non motorised road users in charge on saturday 28 april the london cycling campaign has organised its big ride a merry event with a serious message about the demand for a better deal for cyclists on the capital s roads before the london elections the following thursday assemble at the marble arch end of park lane at 11am to set off at 12noon via hyde park corner piccadilly circus trafalagar square and parliament square to end with a rally on victoria embankment at 2pm for more details including of feeder rides see http lcc org uk pages the big ride links for your delight or your despair some reports from many such of the addison lee die in on monday http www thisislondon co uk news london 300 cyclists stage diein at minicab firm 7674969 html http youtu be aodo8ushi08 two useful rants commentaries about addison lee again from many http cyclelondoncity blogspot co uk 2012 04 boris johnson will he support addison html http www christianwolmar co uk 2012 04 time to boycott addison lee and an assortment of other items more wisdom from christian wolmar this time in the evening standard http www christianwolmar co uk 2012 04 for boris and ken the road is still king a cycling campaign round up from the times though with no mention of bikes alive on this occasion http www thetimes co uk tto public cyclesafety article3319795 ece another tragic addition to the statistics http www thisislondon co uk news london cyclist hit by car on spurs match day dies 7630354 html and for those who can read swedish http www effektmagasin se londoncyklisterna tar tillbaks vagarna trafikmaktordningen london cykelsakerhet staying in touch if you want to be on the list to get e mails with news from bikes alive or if you have any other questions e mail bikesalive london com and of course keep an eye on this website if you use twitter you can follow bikesalive see you all on monday evening leave a comment saturday 21 april 2012 busy mondays up until a few days ago the main information in this posting was intended to be the next bikes alive one hour go slow at kings cross 6pm 7pm on monday 30 april those of you on the bikes alive e mail list will have heard about this already if you aren t on the list and want to stay in touch e mail bikesalive london com and ask to be added further information about the 30 april event is below but first news of an urgent short notice event this coming monday 23 april die in at addison lee head office monday 23 april around 6pm probably most london cyclists will have heard about john griffin boss of minicab firm addison lee who this week instructed his drivers to use bus lanes in london promising that he will indemnify them against prosecution minicabs and other private hire vehicles can t legally use bus lanes most of which are open to proper taxis it seems that giving large sums of money to the tory party and having tête à têtes with ministers hasn t had a quick enough effect in his campaign to make himself even richer by getting the law changed in his favour so he s decided to just break the law anyway the result of such a change in the law would be to multiply the number of vehicles in bus lanes hence of course slowing down journeys for millions of bus passengers and greatly increasing the dangers for cyclists it s a testament to the poor standard of provision for cyclists in london that bus lanes are often the least worst place for us where we can for example get some respite from the often mind bogglingly awful driving seen from many addison lee drivers even worse john griffin went on to publish a factually inaccurate and victim blaming rant about the killing and injuring of cyclists on the roads a rant described by dr robert davis chair of the road danger reduction forum as a display of self pitying bigotry and victim blaming the kind of incendiary message that exacerbates law breaking behaviour by motorists some bikes alivers have responded to the addison lee boss by calling for a mass die in at which could effectively turn into a mass blockade of the company s headquarters within hours of the call going out the initiative was getting support even from quarters which normally don t look favourably on bikes alive type activities this might be because the action as billed is basically symbolic action but with large numbers it could turn into some peaceful direct action on the night the event has come about because of the outrage of many individuals groups and campaigns neither bikes alive nor anyone else prepared a detailed blueprint before calling for the action so come along with your own ideas to add to the occasion the addison lee head office is at 35 37 william road london nw1 a couple of blocks north of the euston underpass up hampstead rd the plan is to meet at 6pm on monday 23 april at the junction of stanhope street and william road and if there are lots of us at the junction of hampstead road and william road as well we ll then proceed to the addison lee offices for a die in make up bandages and fake blood welcome spread the word those of you who are members of facebook can do so via this page http www facebook com events 392495397451954 the next enforced traffic calming at kings cross bikes alive will be back at the lethal junction at kings cross on monday 30 april where we ll peacefully enforce a go slow for an hour from 6pm since we were last there a few weeks ago transport for london have been undertaking work on the junction however not only do these changes fail to address the dangers faced by cyclists they actually introduce new ones so we ll be actively confronting the results of official transport policies from 6pm to 7pm on monday 30 april just 3 days before the london elections the mayor elected that week will be responsible for transport for london tfl bikes alive will continue to take peaceful direct action until the mayor whoever it is reverses the tfl policies which prioritise vehicle throughput over the health safety and sanity of londoners as a whole for more background to the situation at kings cross and news of bikes alive s campaign of non violent self defence by cyclists see earlier postings below leave a comment friday 30 march 2012 events and non events of interest so well done the numbers turning out for a peacefully enforced go slow at kings cross are bouncing back again with a few dozen non motorised road users calming the death trap outside the station during the rush hour on monday it was enough to do the job even if as can be seen here the event was a bit straggly at times note that this was at a time when the whole of this road would normally have been choked as would the passers by with dangerous motorised traffic there s a more multi faceted photo reports of the event from demotix at www demotix com news 1126815 bikes alive protest held kings cross london we now bring you news or in some cases reminders of forthcoming events of interest and also some non event in the nicest possible sense information for your diaries 1 critical mass since this friday 30 march is the last friday in the month it s the london critical mass bike ride hundreds of cyclists will gather by the riverside under the south end of waterloo bridge from 6pm onwards by 7pm in theory the mass will be swooping through central london redressing the normal balance on the roads putting non motorised road users in charge note that on past precedent it seems likely there could be a consensus amongst participants that this month s route should stretch out south east to deptford se8 where a cyclist was killed last friday at the junction of deptford church street and bronze street in a hit and run incident involving a car 2 brighton bike fest there are always good reasons to go to brighton and for a week next month 16 22 april there s an extra reason for cyclists the brighton bike fest its aim is to celebrate cycling as a safe clean healthy and cheap alternative to the car bringing together various brighton cycle groups in a self organised celebration of the bicycle there are events every day for more details see www brightonbikefest org unlike the misprinted website address on some of their own literature tut tut this is the right address 3 spring cleaning london s air no apologies for another plug for the next main bikes alive mobilisation on thursday 19 april we re joining with our friends at climate rush in a clean air zone initiative we meet at defra s head office 17 smith square sw1 at 6pm then we re cycling and walking to somewhere which by the magic of peaceful direct action we ll transform into london s cleanest road free of traffic fumes imagine a road with no cars no toxic fumes a safe space for children to play for cyclists to ride and for pedestrians to walk you re encouraged to take your feather duster some children s games and food for a picnic there s more background on the climate rush website at www climaterush co uk our campaigns cleanair springclean non event news our comrades at lcc the london cycling campaign are organising a go dutch petition in the run up to the greater london elections in may calling on candidates to agree to make london s streets more liveable for everyone by making them as safe and inviting for cycling as they are in some neighbouring countries hence the name of the campaign see petition lcc org uk ea action action ea client id 1745 ea campaign id 13331 on the subject of lcc after the government recently promised 15million to decrease dangers for cyclists at junctions in london lcc called it a welcome gesture which is probably about right however their website s coverage of this links to an earlier item in february where lcc talk of the need for rethinking junctions in the light of the public outcry over bow roundabout and kings cross bikes alivers might be a little surprised at the mention of kings cross given the lcc hq s refusal to tell their membership of a certain series of actions at kings cross that have been one of the most significant manifestations of that outcry also in the run up to the london elections londoners on bikes a campaign bringing together a range of cycling activists is encouraging people to vote with their bike given the probable closeness of the vote as between the two mayoral candidates most likely to win the idea is that they should see how crucial the votes of thousands of cyclists could be when they re making promises for more details see www londonersonbikes org uk most people will know about the zil lanes that will be in place all over london during the olympics which in order to speed up the limousines carrying the event s fat cat corporate sponsors and other dodgy characters will make many journeys intolerably difficult and in some cases impossible for millions of londoners for weeks on end worse still the changes to roads will increase the dangers faced by both cyclists and pedestrians who re trying to get around one dogged individual has spent ages trying using freedom of information regulations to get copies of whatever safety impact assessments were made concerning these changes it seems from the authorities stonewalling that either there are none or the results were too embarrassing to make public for those with a stomach for this kind of thing you can find some of the correspondence here and here if you re interested in making contact with people wanting to do something about the dangers posed by these lanes see counterolympicsnetwork wordpress com category transport also note the next gathering of anti olympics campaigners will be taking place on 14 april see counterolympicsnetwork wordpress com 2012 03 21 counterolympics at bishopsgate institute those of you who read the excellent camden new journal as all of you in and around that borough no doubt do should note an unfortunate misprint in this week s issue in their almost every week coverage of bikes alive the subtle wit of the latest bikes alive press release you can see them all here with its reference to the campaign s spring defensive was sadly lost on them they ve now told their many thousands of readers that we ve launched a spring offensive and we don t want transport for london to retreat to their bunkers any more than they do already and finally in an example of cultural differences and this relates to the lcc campaign mentioned above try to imagine if you were reading a news report of a crisis meeting of the british cabinet what photos of the prime minister arriving at the meeting you d expect to see and now look at this and apologies for having to include a link to the daily mail www mail com int news europe 1167724 dutch lawmakers struggle austerity debate html leave a comment thursday 22 march 2012 get those scissors out help promote next monday s one hour springtime go slow at kings cross for more details of the event see the last posting below or at https bikesalive wordpress com 2012 03 19 some variety one way you can promote it is by printing copies of the sheet of flyers you ll find here cutting them up and giving them 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