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John Dales is a streets design adviser to local authorities around the UK, a member of several design review panels, and one of the London mayor’s design advocates. He is a past chair of the Transport Planning Society, a former trustee of Living Streets, and a committee member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety. He is director of transport planning and street design consultancy Urban Movement. Tweet John @johnstreetdales

Plus ca change, plus c`est la meme chose

Plus ca change, plus c`est la meme chose

This panel from a road safety advert manages to absolve the driver of any fault

This panel from a road safety advert manages to absolve the driver of any fault

Grant Shapps speaking to the Transport Committee and giving cycling two thumbs up (I think)

Grant Shapps speaking to the Transport Committee and giving cycling two thumbs up (I think)

Most tabloids covered this story, but with a sense of raised eyebrows rather than outrage

Most tabloids covered this story, but with a sense of raised eyebrows rather than outrage

Suitable topics for this month’s episode have been virtually elbowing each other as they beat a metaphorical path to my figurative door. Several have enough in common to encourage me to believe that I can do them reasonable justice within a single piece; so let’s see, shall we? As for my title, I toyed with those of three 1979/80 synth-pop classics: but Gary Numan’s Cars and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s Electricity ultimately lost out to John Foxx’s...

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