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Transport has been viewed as a means to overcome space (or the distance between things). In order to overcome this space, it is necessary to spend some time in motion. So transport became associated with time and motion. Time being a very precious commodity in our short little lives, became a bit of a preoccupation – how do we overcome this “lost” time in transport.

Below, I have a few little diagrams to show some of the ways we have conventionally dealt with this “problem”. It is important to remember that transport is a constantly evolving system with many complex feedback loops with a dependence on individuals’ behaviour – therefore, it can be very unpredictable. It is clear that there will be always side effects.

Dealing with time by trying to speed up the transport

Dealing with time using communication tools

Dealing with time by decreasing the distance

Dealing with time by using the time

Source - Cycling in Muenster

This is what the German study shows about how much space we use:

* Bicycle: 72 people are transported on 72 bikes, which requires 90 square meters.
* Car: Based on an average occupancy of 1.2 people per car, 60 cars are needed to transport 72 people, which takes 1,000 square meters.
* Bus: 72 people can be transported on 1 bus, which only requires 30 square meters of space and no permanent parking space, since it can be parked elsewhere.

A taxi ran into me last night (don’t worry I survived without a scrach on me and no real damage to my bike) and it got me thinking….. how many collisions with bikes are there that go unreported? My little collision (which was the taxi driver’s fault) was not going to appear on any record.

To give you a little background, I have been reading about the proportion of different types of road accidents that result in injuries or fatalities. This means that the statistics haven’t included lots and lots of relatively minor collisions.

It makes me wonder how I could actually find out real information and the only way I know how is to ask. I thought I would ask you to let me know of your experiences - how many collisions have you had? were they reported?

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