tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post1921993864925073785..comments2024-02-02T10:14:07.404+00:00Comments on Mad Cycle Lanes of Manchester: Manchester Cycling Strategy - consultation draftsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-77643747476800471282011-12-29T10:25:57.816+00:002011-12-29T10:25:57.816+00:00There's no 'confusion between sports cycli...There's no 'confusion between sports cycling and cycling as transport in the UK'.<br /><br />There's not mean to be any coherent cycling strategy in the UK.<br /><br />These latest 'consultation drafts' are the latest in a very long line of documents, strategies, plans etc which exist solely to employ the publically paid people who write them and the publically paid or lottery funded people who attend lots of meetings about them.<br /><br />It's all just an exercise in keeping people on the public payroll and not really anything to do with promoting cycling as a form of transport.<br /><br />That's why we get lots of hopeless cycle lanes and not much else to show for their efforts.petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09988347024466013018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-46166625520515496802011-12-29T00:26:47.686+00:002011-12-29T00:26:47.686+00:00This is typical of the confusion between sports cy...This is typical of the confusion between sports cycling and cycling as transport in the UK. British Cycling is concerned with the former. A "Memorandum of Understanding" between them and the city can't therefore be expected to have much to do with improving everyday cycling conditions, for improving them isn't directly in British Cycling's interests. It is very unlikely to make Manchester a "World Class Cycling City" (whatever that is). Somehow all those funny places in Holland that have 50% modal share of cycling never seem to go on about being "World Class Cycling Cities". They just get on and provide properly for cycling. I think it would be better if British Cycling just stuck to organising sporting events and left cycle campaigning to local campaigners.<br /><br />David<br /><a href="http://www.voleospeed.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Vole O'Speed</a>David Ardittihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255565837583244148noreply@blogger.com