Ian Loader
@ianloader.bsky.social
I teach and research criminology stuff at the University of Oxford - https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/people/ian-loader. I am also Chair of Cyclox - https://www.cyclox.org. You'll find me musing on ecologies of security, policing, urban mobilities and Arsenal FC
Land Rover also does a Discovery Metropolitan edition. The name suggests it's for use in cities. Because you never know how high the kerb / cyclist / pedestrian you need to mount might be. And because there must be no limit to the pointless environmental harm you inflict.
Come with us on Sep 20th to cycle on a Kidical Mass across central London as part of the Cycling Festival. Dress up if you’d like to, bring your friends! Theme: Cycling Safari! 🦒 @ibikelondon.bsky.social www.ticketsource.com/ibikelondon/... #KidicalMass #KidicalMassLond #CarFreeDay #StreetsforKids
July Critical Mass is coming up! Join us this Saturday (25th) at 2pm, Middle Meadow walk. And here is the route, about 4.8miles (7.7km) with likely a short break midway.
Fix the schools - and you'll fix the city. Meanwhile, Paris has now 300 "rue aux écoles". These are school street where walking, playing, relaxing and cycling is allowed, and driving is forbidden. Around 50% of all public nursery and elementary schools in Paris now have a school street in front.
My Guardian piece today on how cars are growing faster than teenagers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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We've been busy - talking to local politicians, fixing bikes, leading a bike ride, handing out cycle maps and listening to people in Blackbird Leys in Oxford talk about cycling provision at Leys Festival on Saturday. Why not become a member and help us do even more? www.cyclox.org/index.php/jo...
Oxfordshire has its first two “side-road zebra crossings”, installed without Belisha beacons or zig-zags, on St Margaret’s Rd where it meets Banbury Rd in north Oxford, and on Cornwallis Rd where it meets Henley Ave in east Oxford. Such crossings are standard in mainland Europe but rare in the UK.
I wrote this to encourage urbanists to reflect on the ways the history of empires created the conditions for the ascendancy of the automobile. At the same time, I want to draw the problem of automobility to the attention of those already interested in imperialism and its legacies.
John Munro@johnmunro.bsky.social · 4w agoWhy are car-centric transport systems so difficult to undo? Because automobiles represent the dominance of private property over public space. In this @urbancyclinginstitute.org essay, I look to history to uncover how we got here. #StealingCars
I popped up on Project Edward to discuss how and why a criminologist became interested in the harms of car-centric mobility systems.
My Role in The Safe System
Non-Profit Podcast · Updated weekly · We’re pleased to announce that the Project EDWARD podcast has returned with the new title: My role in The Safe System. For the forthcoming season, we are planning...
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Reducing traffic reduces crime: see new study from Leeds. www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
Cutting traffic cuts vandalism, burglary and violence, research shows
Lowering traffic on urban streets can cut vandalism, burglary and violence, according to a significant new study by Leeds researchers.
leeds.ac.uk
Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.
theconversation.com/does-traffic... Shorter version.
Does traffic drive street crime? Our study investigated
Motor traffic makes residents feel less safe from vandalism, burglary and violence.
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Jose Pina-Sánchez 🇪🇺@jpinasanchez.eurosky.social · last mo.We (@toby-davies.bsky.social & I) estimate that once traffic is introduced into a neighbourhood, residents’ perceptions of vandalism, violence, and burglary rise from 6% to 9%, and we think thats probably an underestimate. To know more, check out our latest paper. www.kriminologie.de/index.php/kr...
Global Cycling Network has made a film about how the law treats road violence. What assumptions underpin criminal law and punishment? Does law’s focus on the driver obscure the structural reasons why roads are unsafe? How can we radically reduce road harm?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRf...
Why Aren't Dangerous Drivers Punished?
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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Completely agree with Will Norman on this. This is a terrible example being set by the LTA putting more dangerous vehicles on the road, especially insensitive considering the incident at The Study school in Wimbledon where the destructive power of these vehicles was shown to be so deadly.
Will Norman@willnorman.co.uk · last mo.As cars get bigger & bigger they take up more space on streets & in car parks and pose an increasing safety risk to road users. 👏LTDA for raising this issue with Wimbledon & their fleet of 170+ SUVs for tennis players🎾 Wouldn't smaller safer vehicles be better? www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
Professor @ianloader.bsky.social deed hier onderzoek naar en kwam met de aanbeveling: "Road safety as environmental regulation: The five D’s of reducing road violence."
Beyond motonormative punishment: On road safety as environmental regulation
Abstract. Criminology has a blind spot concerning road safety. The field tends to accept that the problem is best left to technical specialists; treats roa
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New episode up. This one has A LOT of food for thought.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · last mo.NEW EPISODE: Is the way we think about criminal consequences for drivers who harm pedestrians and cyclists another form of motonormativity? A study from Professor Ian Loader of the University of Oxford challenges how the law sees driving and offers solutions. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/r...
Every now and then I'm lucky enough to interview someone who truly challenges my thinking as an advocate and gives me new tools for the work that I do. This conversation with @ianloader.bsky.social was one of those times. I hope you find it as helpful as I did.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · last mo.NEW EPISODE: Is the way we think about criminal consequences for drivers who harm pedestrians and cyclists another form of motonormativity? A study from Professor Ian Loader of the University of Oxford challenges how the law sees driving and offers solutions. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/r...
They say never meet your heroes. Fortunately I ignored that advice to appear on my favourite podcast. We talked about the ways in which 'motonormative punishment' obscures the systemic harms of car-centric mobility and discussed five principles I have set out for radically reducing road violence.
Rethinking Criminal Consequences for Drivers Who Kill
Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 23 June · 1hr 2min
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The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · last mo.NEW EPISODE: Is the way we think about criminal consequences for drivers who harm pedestrians and cyclists another form of motonormativity? A study from Professor Ian Loader of the University of Oxford challenges how the law sees driving and offers solutions. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/r...
Britain about to get its seventh Prime Minister in ten years. I can’t say I’m surprised. As a people they’re often wonderful of course—very musical, for example, many charming customs, and always joking around in their quirky way—but they just don’t have the temperament for stable self-government.
France, we salute you! This should be across France but also standard across the world. The UK could introduce this and it would have a noticeable positive impact on driving deaths and injuries. It would also reduce insurance premiums for those of us who can drive without touching our phone.
