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‘Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft’ Exhibition  

Puma Bike  The Exhibition ‘Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft’ was held at the Barbican on 3rd of October 2008. It showcased a range of cycling products, presented by various designers who have taken into consideration the issue of cycle theft within their design.

The exhibition is open to the public until Thursday 6th of November 2008, at the Gallery Space at the Innovation Centre at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

From 15th of December 2008 to 31st of January 2009, ‘Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft’ will be shown at the New London Architecture Centre (The Building Centre, 26 Store Street London).

Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft Seminar  

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Watch Video (Rose Ades, Head of TFL’s Cycle Centre of Excellence)

‘Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft’ was a cycling and security seminar presented on the 3rd of October by Transport for London’s Cycle Centre for Excellence (CCE) in association with the Design Against Crime Research Centre (DACRC) and the London Bicycle Film Festival 2008 (LBFF).

The seminar was of interest to professionals responsible for delivery of design provision, management and policy for public space and cycling infrastructure. The seminar promoted a multi-agency approach to tackling the issue of cycle theft and promotion of cycle use and enjoyment of the public realm.

This multi-agency approach – which has drawn upon design to help make a difference - has been seen to be effective at cycle theft reduction in recent years and has contributed to the increases in cycle use in London.
Between 2003 and 2005 increases in cycle use matched increases in cycle theft. This period saw the implementation of multiple cycle theft reduction initiatives by various agencies including, Transport for London’s Cycle Centre for Excellence and the Design Against Crime Research Centre’s Bikeoff project.

The Bikeoff research initiative has delivered, in collaboration with TfL’s CCE, and the street management and transport teams of several of London’s Boroughs, tools and resources to facilitate multi-stakeholder communication, collaboration and evaluation in relation to delivery of cycle theft reduction and cycling infrastructure provision.

Putting the Brakes on Bike Theft 03.10.08  
Please RSVP d.d.davies@csm.arts.ac.uk or register online (link below).

For further information (programme, venue directions etc) please see:

http://www.amiando.com/LBFFseminar.html

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Safer Sustainable Cities event at Swansea Metropolitan University  
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Swansea Metropolitan University - Fighting crime with good design - 6 June 2008

Safer Sustainable Cities - Hosted by Swansea Metropolitan University in partnership with the Design Against Crime Research Centre. Co-organized by Chris Thomas and held at The Grand Reading Room in the Welsh School of Architectural Glass, Swansea, Wales.

The seminar attracted the attention of the local authorities and focused on designing out crime. Swansea City was awarded EU funding to redevelop the city centre infrastructure which includes the cycling links into and within the city. It focused not on detective work or CCTV but on cutting-edge design. Lorraine Gamman, a keynote speaker at the Safer Sustainable Cities event at Swansea Metropolitan University, is director of the Design Against Crime Research Centre at the University of the Arts London. She said: “Crime-proof designs make products more sustainable, as they become harder to steal, and so we don’t need to keep replacing them.”

Reported on the Times Higher Education website.

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Bicycle Film Festival 2007  
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Love your bike? Then lock it right!  
TdF rolls into town this weekend, all those lovely bikes! But for those of us not fortunate enough (or fast enough?) to have several bikes and a backup team to keep us on the road Bikeoff reminds you that if you love your bike then lock it up right - both wheels and the frame to an immovable object!

On the subject of loving your bike - this Sunday you can go down to the Design Museum on London’s South Bank and publicly declare your love for your ride. Cyclists will be filmed saying why they love their bikes. Design Museum, London, Sunday 8th July, 2007 http://www.designmuseum.org/talks.

Bikeoff did something similar on Valentines day earlier this year - see some of the results of ‘I love my bike because…’here.

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Bikeoff winners of London Sustainable Transport Award 2007  
Bikeoff won the award for ‘Best Cycling Initiative’ at Transport for London’s Sustainable Transport Awards 2007. 200 transport officers, senior managers and politicians from London Boroughs were told that we have “been recognised for leading the world in bringing new thinking and international best practice to London’s cycle parking - showing the importance of context in design, both to reduce crime/theft and to enhance the environment”.
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Holborn Unlocked Exhibition  
Lorraine Gamman and Adam Thorpe curated ‘Holborn Unlocked’ An exhibition of bicycle parking design solutions from CSM MA Industrial Design held at The Lethaby II Gallery, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Find out more about the exhibition and the project at the Holborn Unlocked website.
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Reinventing The Bike Shed 2 Exhibition  
Adam Thorpe and Lorraine Gamman curated the Reinventing the Bike Shed 2 exhibition at New London Architecture. The exhibition aimed to explore elements of the passion and the challenge of inner city cycling that was linked to the major show at the London Architecture Biennale.
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Holborn Unlocked - Storage and Security: Bikes student project  
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