On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:31:28 +0100, Peter Amey
wrote:

Lanes, even shared use ones, might genuinely help a "little old lady"
potter to her local shop but they are no good for a 10 mile fast commute
to work. I suspect the latter group are disproportionately represented
in u.r.c

Quite probably. And is it not the former group who we want to
encourage to take up cycling as a means of transport rather than using
their cars?

My view is that sensibly-designed facilities should be built
(preferably in the kind of way the Dutch do where they are wide enough
and properly laid out - or in any new development things like the
Milton Keynes Redways which, like it or not, do result in quite a bit
of leisure cycling that you don't as much get elsewhere) but it should
remain optional to use them, as the former group will be more at home
on the road.

Neil

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