tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post8614680028748748081..comments2024-02-02T10:14:07.404+00:00Comments on Mad Cycle Lanes of Manchester: Where all the money went on cycling... FoI requestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245014510735955366.post-10924474764132482672012-05-22T12:07:18.041+01:002012-05-22T12:07:18.041+01:00While I'm not personally convinced of the sens...While I'm not personally convinced of the sense in going as fast as you can around an oval wooden track on a fixed-gear, no brakes bike, I am not jealous of their good fortune and wouldn't want to make invidious comparisons between the sports cycling and transport cycling infrastructure budgets. <br /><br />At a guess, the budget for the velodrome comes from ring-fenced grant aid money which has been awarded for sports development, maybe even specifically for cycle sport. The budget for the cycle-transport shemes evidently comes from specific sources as well.<br /><br />The real beef is surely that none of thse schemes are being funded from the roads budget. Last time I checked, bicycles were vehicles, in law, and have an entitlement to use the roads, and are ridden by people who pay their taxes. Quite probably they also pay "road tax" as they also mostly own cars. Evena single measly percent of the roads budget would probably take you most of the way to a Dutch level of infrastructure in a few years, at the expense of making each road lane about 10cm narrower.Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.com