tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post3899367899280077612..comments2012-02-14T09:47:59.224+00:00Comments on MCRcycling: CEoGB Policy BashDr C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10234078254243840589noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-7531789932238006122012-01-31T14:24:15.430+00:002012-01-31T14:24:15.430+00:00"The same economic climate will force the gov..."The same economic climate will force the government to undertake major road building to create jobs, this is where we should be is getting a say in the design of these roads of the future."<br /><br />in the US, admittedly, but researchers have found that bike lanes create more jobs per $ million than roads; http://grist.org/list/2011-06-27-bike-lanes-create-jobs/ (Caveat - I've not read the research on which the articles are based).John the Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048680743149584464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-74862315226187232922012-01-26T00:07:36.824+00:002012-01-26T00:07:36.824+00:00In the economic climate that we are at present to ...In the economic climate that we are at present to say to the government build us bike lanes will be met with - no money.<br />The same economic climate will force the government to undertake major road building to create jobs, this is where we should be is getting a say in the design of these roads of the future.commuterjohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-10765147609575082272012-01-23T15:38:41.881+00:002012-01-23T15:38:41.881+00:00I think I agree with your statement, that CEoGB sh...I think I agree with your statement, that CEoGB should not be too specific in the solutions it proposes. That might just be that I don't have the expertise personally to be able to make informed comment on such proposals, however it seems to me that what we really need is a paradign shift from which the conclusions will then be obvious.<br /><br />Many people see these issues in terms of conflicts between "cyclists" and "pedestrians" and "motorists" and "residents" but these terms are misleading. I think most people - certainly I am - all four of these things, not more than one simultaneously of course but quite probably all four in a single day. When an executive drives his Range Rover into the city and parks in the local NCP, from then on he loses his carapace and becomes a pedestrian for the rest of his journey, exposed to the same risks and frustrations (changes in light timings, removal of crossings ec) as any other pedestrian.<br /><br />What really goes down is that we are all in conflict with the motor car, because instead of retaining it as our servant (and I accept that it is a very useful servant) we have, more so than, or indeed unlike, any other manufactured object we might possess, allowed it to beocme our master.<br /><br />What we need to do is recover our personal hegemony over the motor car, and that means overcoming the power of the motor industry to mislead and persuade us and our politicians, newspaper publshers etc, that it should have the hegemony over us.<br /><br />Damned if I know how, but it is about a lot more than cycling.Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.com