tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post8788947127725036551..comments2024-03-28T11:13:48.581+00:00Comments on i b i k e l o n d o n: Boris Johnson's bicycle revolution; the next chapteribikelondonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-85993713135667136772013-03-06T21:26:30.914+00:002013-03-06T21:26:30.914+00:00Let's wait and see what this latest cycling do...Let's wait and see what this latest cycling document actually says before passing judgementAustenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975752180599891677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-33532042518466149412013-03-06T17:24:30.458+00:002013-03-06T17:24:30.458+00:00David Hembrow demolishes Gilligans "40 years&...David Hembrow demolishes Gilligans "40 years" claim here: <a href="http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2013/03/what-do-we-want-gradual-change-when-do.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2013/03/what-do-we-want-gradual-change-when-do.html</a><br /><br />I'm starting to hear it repeated already, which proves the old adage about repeating a lie often enough and it becomes accepted as fact.<br /><br />Still, fingers crossed for tomorrow! I wait with cautious interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-70118548363642977402013-03-06T13:01:02.326+00:002013-03-06T13:01:02.326+00:00To echo Paul M's point about Amsterdam: it'...To echo Paul M's point about Amsterdam: it's like telling rural Africans they can't have mobile phones until they've already had the telegraph and landline phones installed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-18175563979710134562013-03-06T11:58:10.052+00:002013-03-06T11:58:10.052+00:00If anyone is expecting any real departure from &qu...If anyone is expecting any real departure from "Network Assurance" - trying to maximise motor capacity and increase journey reliability for cars - they are going to be disappointed. I really don't think Boris is about to give up on that.<br /><br />And until they bite the bullet and accept that the bull has two horns - better cycle infra and unbetter car infra - that will continue.<br /><br />Gilligan's remark about Amsterdam is silly. Just because they started 40 years ago doesn't mean it has taken them 40 years. I was last in Amsterdam at least a decade ago and it was just fundamentally better than London even then. If the comments box permitted I would draw a graph, but you know how it would look. Starts steep, then gradient decreases until it is just a gentle 1-in-20 rise. They got to that part decades ago.Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.com