What I do
I volunteer my experience to help bicycle advocacy and community groups lobby effectively for better cycling conditions.
I have worked with, for and against governments, planners, engineers and politicians around the world. I know how they think and how decisions get made.
Advocates often fixate on a particular solution: copy Holland, build this cycleway, implement this plan. But opportunities for change present themselves in many different ways. The trick is recognising the openings when they appear, rather than repeatedly pursuing the same plan of attack.
I help groups recognise those opportunities and use them to achieve practical goals: safer bicycle transport, children riding to school, and more liveable communities.
Past partners
Peñalosa administration of Bogota Colombia; Bogota, Secretaria de Desarroollo Economico; NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure and Byron Shire Council; City of Newcastle; HDB URA LTA and NParks Singapore; the city of Shenzhen with the International New Towns Institite; Hunter New England Local Health District; Economic Development Queensland; Shimano; The Green Building Council of Norway; FutureBuilt Oslo; Ramboll Engineering Oslo; Fragment Architects; Pådriv partnership Oslo; Bane NOR (Norway); Mavid Group Newcastle; architectuur-nl; Pakhuis de Dezwijger; Architectural Institute of British Columbia; European Cyclists’ Federation; European Cyclologistics Federation; The Australian Institute of Architects, Sydney; BYKKO Australia; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; PowerHouse Museum, Sydney; AIA Center for Architecture New York; NAi (New Institute) Rotterdam; Singapore Institute of Architects; The National Museum of Australia; The University of Canberra; Transport for NSW.
My Method
My background is in architectural theory and philosophy, not transport engineering. That difference allows me to reframe bicycle mobility as an architectural and cultural generator, not an engineering problem.