tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post8428459553822369578..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: London, Boris, the dropping cycling budget, and infrastructure which doesn't workDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-90747809416357666952008-12-18T07:45:00.000+01:002008-12-18T07:45:00.000+01:00Spiderleggreen: We came close to making that stain...Spiderleggreen: We came close to making that stain ourselves !<BR/><BR/>Town mouse: Given how small the budget is in the UK, and how many obstacles and dismount signs come out of it, I've often wondered what proportion of the UK's cycling budget actually goes into things to stop cyclists.<BR/><BR/>Karl, Coco: I can understand both your feelings. The best conditions anywhere for cycling are here (David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-90409717777742129622008-12-18T00:43:00.000+01:002008-12-18T00:43:00.000+01:00As always, spot on... but this idea of 'let's all ...As always, spot on... but this idea of 'let's all share the road' is not just something daft politicians say: I have heard it from a supposedly (cycling) campaining organisation in my area. Behind it there is a certain amount of revenge-ist feeling ("Let's make them motorists share the road with us") rather than the practical matter of getting from A to B. Or maybe it's due to very low cocosolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040377173478647027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-45726225474498423752008-12-18T00:42:00.000+01:002008-12-18T00:42:00.000+01:00I've been along the route in your photos - it's ju...I've been along the route in your photos - it's just round the corner from my friend Dr Seth's house. He was cycling, while I was running, and I've gotta tell you that the facilities were unsuitable for either activity.<BR/><BR/>I am genuinely torn in two on the issue of cycling facilities though - on the one hand, there's the experience you so obviously have in Assen, while on the other, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-12721638105354893422008-12-17T17:59:00.000+01:002008-12-17T17:59:00.000+01:00I've been down some of those bike 'paths'. I think...I've been down some of those bike 'paths'. I think people plan them, and then someone panics that the bikes might actually go - gasp - fast and knock over a child, so they put obstacles all along them - <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/disgruntled/1569291492/" REL="nofollow">this</A> is one of my favourites...<BR/><BR/>Still - with a lower budget, maybe they'll have less money to spend Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-36428391784827752762008-12-17T15:56:00.000+01:002008-12-17T15:56:00.000+01:00Nice job. It's a wonder there isn't a blood stain...Nice job. It's a wonder there isn't a blood stain on that low ceiling.spiderleggreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306905473637646256noreply@blogger.com