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  • Rivers of Cars and Soft Mobility

    Rivers of Cars and Soft Mobility

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesThe biggest improvement you can make to walking and cycling mobility is to avoid having cyclists, and pedestrians blocked by car traffic. This can include traffic lights but also busy roads where it is impossible to cross. If you’re on a walk, or a bike ride, and you get blocked by cars,…

  • Pivoting from Google Adsense to Ko-fi

    Pivoting from Google Adsense to Ko-fi

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesA few days ago I removed Google Adsense from this blog because of two reasons. The first is that Google Adsense automatic ad placement is spam like, rather than reasonable. Ads are placed too frequently, and they obstruct us from reading content. The second reason is that on a low traffic site…

  • The Tuesday Solo Ride

    The Tuesday Solo Ride

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I didn’t dress for cycling. My plan was to see if I could get the power meter to work and then go for a short ride. In the end I found that as one device failed to detect them I would try a second. The second worked after a few seconds.…

  • The Absurdity of Commuting by Car

    The Absurdity of Commuting by Car

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I drove to an event in Geneva and I parked at the P&R étoile. I went by car for a simple reason. I wanted the trip home to be fast and efficient. It worked. What wasn’t fast and efficient was the drive into Geneva. I left with at least one and…

  • Disengorging Rural Roads With Wider Motorways

    Disengorging Rural Roads With Wider Motorways

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen I was walking in Neuchatel I noticed something striking. I didn’t see a single advert in favour of expanding the motorways. I expected that the Right Wing friends of Global Warming would push for the expansion of the motorways in Switzerland. That wasn’t the case. In Switzerland, at the moment, they…

  • Traffic Calming and Motorway Expansion

    Traffic Calming and Motorway Expansion

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    Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 2030 the motorway between Nyon and Geneva will be expanded to three lanes because they think that this will encourage growth and promote the economy. At the same time almost every village is lowering the speed limit to thirty kilometres per hour and villages like Signy, Gingins and others are placing…

  • The Decision Not to Drive For Sports On a Sunday

    The Decision Not to Drive For Sports On a Sunday

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesThis weekend I could have gone to Bellevaux for the VF, Thones for the VF, Kandersteg for the VF, and gone to Charmey, Rocher de Naye and one other places for hikes and climbing. I chose to do none of these things. My reason for this is to save money on petrol,…

  • The A1 Hallucination

    The A1 Hallucination

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesI just spent over an hour driving between Morges and Nyon because someone crashed his car, and everyone else is rushing home, or away because the holidays are beginning. I bring this up because the friends of Global Warming want to expand the A1 between Nyon and Geneva, to allow for fluid…

  • The Absurdity of Driving Culture

    The Absurdity of Driving Culture

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    Reading Time: 4 minutesFor a long time I thought that driving would give me freedom. I was impatient to be old enough to drive, and then I was impatient to pass my driving test. I failed the theory three times in Switzerland, zero in England, and the practical in England once, and once in Switzerland.…

  • Avoiding Rush Hour Recycling

    Avoiding Rush Hour Recycling

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    Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Monday, Wednesday and Friday the recycling centre is open from 1600-2000 or so, which is great if you’re working and want to go after work. The drawback to going at this time is that the one for local villages is down a narrow road where cars can barely pass each other.…