tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post5666331136781901031..comments2012-02-14T09:47:59.224+00:00Comments on MCRcycling: A Modern Clement AttleeDr C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10234078254243840589noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-40260681626330181752011-02-17T13:35:05.269+00:002011-02-17T13:35:05.269+00:00To be fair, the Hierarchy of Provision is referrin...To be fair, the Hierarchy of Provision is referring to "shared use cycle tracks" and simply doesn't consider the possibility of Dutch Style Infrastructure.<br /><br />I think it's correct to put "shared use" at the bottom. But I think Dutch style infrastructure should be added at the top. And that shows that superficially similar paths (segregated from the road) have completely different outcomes and value.<br /><br />And I think that indicates the care which must be taken in explaining the key differentiators of the dutch standards, so that designs do not morph into something more like today's shared use paths. <br /><br /><br />[Note: I think most cycle paths don't exclude pedestrians, but making a deliberate shared use pavement is just lazy and inadequate provision]Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443493823465136241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-40024365816689974752011-02-15T14:38:29.353+00:002011-02-15T14:38:29.353+00:00Before anyone posts the inevitable comment, yes I ...Before anyone posts the inevitable comment, yes I do know that Churchill won the 1951 election :-P Most metaphors don't stand up to close scrutiny. <br /><br />Plus, by then, the important work of change had really got going.Dr C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10234078254243840589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-22025666499853662642011-02-15T13:05:45.414+00:002011-02-15T13:05:45.414+00:00That's a very interesting comparison. I too do...That's a very interesting comparison. I too don't understand why it's damaging for bicycles in UK for the CEoGB to campaign for dutch infrastructure. It seems that it would only be natural for other campaigns to back it up, since, as CR has said himself, this is what they've been campaigning fruitlessly for the past decades. It would seem to me that a campaign which has the potential of engaging the would-be cyclists (which is the critical mass we need0 would be welcomed and supported. This is not so it seems. Questioning the infallibility of CTC and LCC is not welcome at all. We are called splitters, though we apparently want the same thing. Someone is being dishonest here. And the reason for it is obscure to me.ndruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15324118775089929952noreply@blogger.com