Wednesday 12 January 2011

Welcome

Welcome to my blog. Cycling in the city has been set up to act as communication between myself and those who love (or hate) cycling in the city.  Currently I am embarking on the final stage of my BA (hons) degree in 3d design at the University College Falmouth.  For the final brief I thought long and hard about what I really love and what interests me...

I love cycling and spurred on by road accident between me, my bike and a car I researched into cycling as it seems to be a bike boom going on right now.  Bristol has had over £20 million invested through becoming the nation's first Cycling City and London too has enjoyed a fruitful year with the beginnings of the Barclay's cycle hire scheme, 'super' highways and in general, more attention upon commuting.  However what struck me, through reading the ever increasing amount of blogs, websites and news articles about cycling was that still, the number one factor that deters people from cycling altogether or is their biggest issue when cycling in the city is safety.  Safety of themselves, of other other cyclists and other road users.

And so, here is the next stage in my design project; asking people what they think about cycling in the city and do they feel safe.  I want to hear your opinions on this matter so please get involved and leave a comment.  I will try to post an online version of the questionnaire I am currently distributing. (january 2011)


The result of the first stage of my project which was research based is now to produce a physical outcome, LNR> lycra not required. More info to follow (feb 2011)