“Back when we were fewer there was a glorious freedom in dancing through the traffic, whose rules and logic we learned so well that it often felt like a benevolent force, sheltering us as much as it threatened us. We were the pilot fish darting in among the sharks, the gazelles sprinting through herds of lumbering bison.” Requiring only two sentences, Emily Chappell manages to capture the essence of cycling in London before Boris Bikes and cycle superhighways.
www.theguardian.com
Tag: transport
Touch&Travel
“Sie benötigen weder Kleingeld noch müssen Sie irgendwo anstehen oder bei der Kontrolle nach dem Fahrschein suchen. Ihr Handyticket befindet sich immer auf Ihrem Smartphone.”
www.touchandtravel.de
Öffi
“Öffi is an Android app that tells you where and when trains and busses go, including delays and replacement bus service for more and more transport authorities in Europe and beyond.”
oeffi.schildbach.de
That’s me: radical superhero of the streets
“Cycling in London is an extreme sport, little safer than base jumping. A journey begins with trepidation and ends with me slightly high that I’m still alive.” Janice Turner does not depend on timetables or traffic. On two wheels, she enjoys the pleasure of knowing exactly what time she’ll arrive.
www.timesonline.co.uk