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Updated website

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

The website has been updated with lots of new content:
- Bike portraits
- Time-lapse sequence/film experiments
- Upcoming talks/conferences

I have also rejigged the navigation a little – so it should be easier to find existing content too. Happy to hear any comments/thoughts on the design and please let me know if you spot any weird/dead links etc.

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Bike tagging

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

I cycled to Hackney three times today from Central London, which is something I can say I definitely did not do with Hull. (One 2.5 day trip was enough, what with panniers filled with far too books and technnology). Equipped instead with a small backpack, this series of short trips meant I experienced three distinctly different times and types of entry and exit into the area. I had two scheduled interviews (one at 8am and one at 4pm) and during the middle of the day, I met with Rachel and Alix at Ridley Road Market. Although we already have a substantial response from Rachel’s participation at the Bikeweek Breakfast run by Hackney Cyclists, we wanted to further broaden our sample of cyclists by randomly approaching people in key cycling areas. So, today we spent time talking with cyclists as well as tagging parked bikes with our postcards along Kingsland Road. This has proved to be a successful approach in Hull so we are interested to see if it is going to work in Hackney. If you have had your bike tagged or you chatted to one of us today or you are simply interested in being part of the research please get in contact.

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Hackney fieldwork update

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

It’s all gone a bit quiet on the Hackney blog, but a lot is going on behind the scenes… interviews are being arranged and will start soon, participation in events continues, and we will soon be reworking the website to include more “think pieces” based on the research findings.

Walthamstow marshes
Walthamstow marshes cycle route (links Walthamstow with Central London via Hackney), evening

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Why Hackney?

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Hackney was chosen because it has seen the highest rise in cycling of any of the London boroughs. Hackney is an inner city borough that is experiencing uneven processes of gentrification. It has high levels both of poverty and of cultural diversity. There are relatively low levels of employment within the borough – many employees travel into central London to work, a distance of around 4-5 miles. Hackney has up till very recently lacked a tube station (except for Manor House at the extreme North of the borough), although bus services are relatively frequent. It has low rates of car ownership.

Hackney offers a diverse cycling experience – including canals, parks, and river routes, some very busy major roads, and traffic calmed local streets. The local cycling campaign encourages council officers to follow principles of integration (cycling with the traffic) and permeability (e.g. promoting cut-throughs for cyclists).

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Hackney fieldwork blog

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Welcome to the Hackney fieldwork blog! We are currently in Hull, but I will be in Hackney during Bike Week and will start fieldwork posts then.

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