tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811061231462857550.post5497642015434248425..comments2024-03-27T23:33:51.537-07:00Comments on katsdekker: Inside the mind of a highway robberkatsdekkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03801161470696254169noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811061231462857550.post-28855978055982005052013-05-07T21:59:50.938-07:002013-05-07T21:59:50.938-07:00How about
"designers who cycle and desperat...How about <br /><br />"designers who cycle and desperately want to do a proper job, but are constantly knocked back by car centric politicians and senior managers who pander to those same politicians".<br /><br />Any highway engineer with a bit of skill can design proper cycle friendly layouts, even within UK rules. It is the politicians who need to change most. If they did, the simpering senior managers will do what they are told and the lowly highways guys can get on with it.<br /><br />Unless the political spectrum changes at the local councillor level where most decisions are taken, nothing will change.<br /><br />The Ranty Highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17361350433158148025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811061231462857550.post-16212313382500398282013-05-07T09:23:21.169-07:002013-05-07T09:23:21.169-07:00Nor is it the experience of a scientist in the com...Nor is it the experience of a scientist in the commercial world (i.e. me). We are at most usually only a couple of years behind knowing what our competitors are doing in detail - they will publish or give a presentation at conferences; we mostly apply similar general techniques - the ones that demonstrably work; and we pretty rapidly dump methods that are failing. And this is in a global sense. Do these UK designers not read technical journals or attend conferences? How on earth can UK designers who do cycle not cross-fertilise ideas with UK designers who do not? Must be a very strange world they live in - but the real problem is that rest of us have to live with the consequences of this apparent isolationism.Jitensha Onihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977971109066956363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811061231462857550.post-70516602031233853432013-05-06T11:43:02.422-07:002013-05-06T11:43:02.422-07:00If your designing a car, for instance, automotive ...If your designing a car, for instance, automotive designers look at their competitors and reuse their ideas. You will find piles of competitors brochures in a design studio. Take the design and make it better. <br />I find it hard to call these people who design roads designers.Cycling Punkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164481075268333792noreply@blogger.com