tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post1929423527617633777..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Motor car madness. A warning from 40 years agoDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-24810907175359126862011-11-16T10:01:10.086+01:002011-11-16T10:01:10.086+01:00Since 2005 London's got a lot worse, a 4 mile ...Since 2005 London's got a lot worse, a 4 mile bus from West Hampstead to Hamleys takes over an hour during the day. <br />Little free flow of traffic now.<br />Supply & demand = those on expenses (tax deductible = the 99% subsidise them) or with lots of cash can travel while ordinary people's mobility is severely constrained. <br />Looking at the people cycling in London, most are DopeyDavenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-41307325130038816702011-11-16T02:24:20.015+01:002011-11-16T02:24:20.015+01:00Actually, the best innovation so far is the Charge...Actually, the best innovation so far is the Charge Zone in central London. In compliance with the law of supply & demand, mostly those with business in the centre are the ones in the centre, and they are willing to pay for the necessary permit to drive there. To belabour the obvious: a huge demand has been placed on central London's infrastructure of which there is very limited highwaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619122855480674269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-39786052959230327972011-11-15T19:09:04.040+01:002011-11-15T19:09:04.040+01:00Actually many of the things he mentions WERE done....Actually many of the things he mentions WERE done. Britain was actually one of the first countries to introduce pedestrianised areas - after all Traffic in Towns was written here. <br /><br />Much of Alan Wakeman's idea of cutting up London into discrete chunks was proposed by Abercrombie. And in any case, as we know, the problem isn't so much the back streets as the main roads. He doesn&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-89376180245196157252011-11-15T17:21:32.581+01:002011-11-15T17:21:32.581+01:00Sounds like the Dutch government watched this, and...Sounds like the Dutch government watched this, and decided to take the alternative route. Was the Netherlands the first country in the world to tame the motor car? The UK certainly wasn't!Fonanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02138087859465124942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-60434283164692388322011-11-15T16:37:10.007+01:002011-11-15T16:37:10.007+01:00It's a case of 'build it and they will com...It's a case of 'build it and they will come', except they built roads for cars and the cars came and clogged the roads, belching clouds of noxious dangerous fumes that shorten lives and deafening noise that destroys communities. And when the cars can get up to speed they too often mow-down cyclists and pedestrians, tearing them limb from limb. Now most people feel too scared to cycle amoebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783694650121687459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-75766402976318257082011-11-15T14:33:58.214+01:002011-11-15T14:33:58.214+01:00Excellent and thought-provoking: we've motored...Excellent and thought-provoking: we've motored too far down the route of turning over our cities to the automobile. Streets filled with pedestrians and trees is a worthy vision, and I would challenge any urban planner to explain why the car-centric alternatives are still being designed and implemented.John Romeo Alphahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289456379789026152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-33797886236397724952011-11-15T10:14:27.388+01:002011-11-15T10:14:27.388+01:00And today, three decades on, the UK parliament are...And today, three decades on, the UK parliament are debating not the rights of humans to walk and breathe, but the cost of petrol and how much misery an extra 3p per litre will bring.<br />Mark Garrett, Bristol UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com