tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post3742925408612104096..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Legacy ? What legacy ? Sporting events _don't_ change peoples' behaviour. But proper cycling infrastructure certainly leads to more cycling.David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-87769204836853897682014-08-10T01:10:28.332+02:002014-08-10T01:10:28.332+02:00Dear David,
This is off-topic but I wonder if you...Dear David,<br /><br />This is off-topic but I wonder if you could perhaps answer a quick question? You have compared the spend per head in the Netherlands with the UK. Is it right though to say there is a separate cycling budget? From reading your work for some years now, it seems to me that cycling provision on roads is not some afterthought tacked on if the cycling budget permits but rather Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412247742128741823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-49757253629144164972014-08-05T13:19:24.674+02:002014-08-05T13:19:24.674+02:00Well said.I agree with everything you've said....Well said.I agree with everything you've said.I work in Derby,making my daily commute from Burton-on-trent.Derby is a city with virtually no cycling provision yet they've just spent 28 million pounds on a velodrome.How much safe cycling path could have been insalled for that money?Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05173048414872271182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-21765638472704547482014-08-04T18:30:17.297+02:002014-08-04T18:30:17.297+02:00In countries with a low modal share most regular c...In countries with a low modal share most regular cyclists are enthusiasts of one sort or another, sporting events do fire enthusiasm and that may persuade the future enthusiasts to take up cycling but the vast majority of the population will remain unmoved by it.<br /> <br />I did a sky ride in Newcastle/Gateshead on Saturday and for a few hours thousands of ordinary people enjoyed a 5 mile loop t.foxglovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744560832354199876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-5982529244349405282014-08-04T10:35:17.520+02:002014-08-04T10:35:17.520+02:00It works both ways. Most of my journeys are made...It works both ways. Most of my journeys are made by bike, and I campaign for cycling infrastructure in the UK, but I have almost no interest in cycling as a sport.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251409182403605985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-67159922807077139502014-08-04T03:22:12.785+02:002014-08-04T03:22:12.785+02:00Jitensha Oni wrote:
"...why the weekend wiel...Jitensha Oni wrote:<br /><br />"...why the weekend wielrenners don't branch out more is beyond me..."<br /><br />Kevin's comment:<br />Perhaps it is because another mode of transportation is a faster, easier and more convenient way of safely getting from A to B.<br /><br />As The Netherlands vividly demonstrates, when cycling is the fastest, easiest and most convenient way of Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-21464459394836600552014-08-02T18:33:20.490+02:002014-08-02T18:33:20.490+02:00Sorry about the length of this comment - it just g...Sorry about the length of this comment - it just grew.<br /><br />This is where the UK really ought to be making a distinction between fietsers and wielrenners. A proper distinction, not the pernicious conflation of fietser with "less confident" and wielrenner with "assertive, vehicular" that seems so common. [FWIW I define myself as a fietser when the bike dictates my pace Jitensha Onihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977971109066956363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-3184187294871341862014-08-02T14:29:51.017+02:002014-08-02T14:29:51.017+02:00I have been amused by the number of classic-car en...I have been amused by the number of classic-car enthusiast friends I (still) have (from a past life) who would not dream of getting on a bike, but were out there lining (closed) Yorkshire roads cheering for Team Sky a month ago! The next day, it's back to normal, without even anything to prompt them to re-evaluate the way, as motorists, they interact with cyclists on their everyday roads. Rebecca Oldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979821146538393459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-41660611685838878822014-08-02T08:34:36.909+02:002014-08-02T08:34:36.909+02:00I think the UK has become exceptionally good and s...I think the UK has become exceptionally good and spending cycling budgets, whilst not actually doing anything for cyclists. Cycling Punkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164481075268333792noreply@blogger.com