tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post3223507100305608089..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: A day at the races: Motor racing events have no effect on cycling in the Netherlands. It's the quality of infrastructure for everyday journeys that influences people towards cycling. Similarly, cycling events elsewhere don't increase cycling levels because they're not supported by infrastructureDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-89934298375273715972015-08-04T13:45:49.267+02:002015-08-04T13:45:49.267+02:00David
Thanks for the swift and full response. I w...David<br /><br />Thanks for the swift and full response. I wonder what it will take for the powers-that-be to realise the error of turning back the clock to the policies of the 50s and 60s. <br /><br />"If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us. But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives us is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273651898532926134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-89022242000598731022015-08-04T11:55:21.078+02:002015-08-04T11:55:21.078+02:00Graham: I've written about this before here an...Graham: I've written about this before <a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/search/label/nl%20is%20not%20perfect#recentmistakes" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/search/label/fragility#netherlands" rel="nofollow">here</a>. What it comes down to is a change of emphasis as people have retired. Cycling infrastructure was once seen as an David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-90358513698726997962015-08-04T10:12:36.999+02:002015-08-04T10:12:36.999+02:00Thanks for the article. However, worrying hints in...Thanks for the article. However, worrying hints included in your post that the Netherlands may be starting to slip back on its support of cycling, "Unfortunately, recent plans in the Netherlands do not offer the same support to cycling as was offered 20 years ago and this is putting Dutch cycling in danger." <br /><br />What has prompted this change?<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08273651898532926134noreply@blogger.com