Increase cycling eightfold

On Page 63 of his anual report, Sir Liam Donaldson the Chief Medial
Officer, calls for an eight-fold increase in cycling.
http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1757
Full report:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/.../dh_114012.pdf

==========Quote==========
The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.
In the last annual report before his planned retirement this year, 'On
the State of Public Health', Donaldson despairs over the low levels of
physical activity in Britain.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.

The report recommends that: "National targets should be set to double
travel on foot in England’s towns and cities, and to increase travel
by bicycle eightfold; transport policy and road design should support
the achievement of such gains." (page 63)

Cycling could save over 50,000 'healthy years'
The report says: "There would be significant reductions in heart
disease, stroke, diabetes, depression and dementia. In London alone,
over 55,000 healthy years of life could be saved every year. Travel by
bicycle or on foot needs to become the safe, viable, attractive option
for a far greater proportion of journeys." (page 60)

The report recognises that: "Lifestyle changes can make a substantial
contribution to slowing climate change and can significantly reduce
the disease and death that are associated with a sedentary lifestyle –
a lifestyle to which the current absolute dominance of motorised
transport contributes." (page 60)

Reports repeating the same message
The advice from the Chief Medical Officer reinforces the messages from
the Active Travel Strategy jointly presented by the Department for
Transport and Department of Health last month.

The strategy notes that the annual cost of physical inactivity related
to transport in urban area total £9.8 billion. This is as significant
as the cost of road casualties and congestion costs.

In 2009, a Lancet report drew similar conclusions about the need to
increase cycling to improve public health.
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On 30 Mar, 03:57, Tom Crispin
wrote:
On Page 63 of his anual report, Sir Liam Donaldson the Chief Medial
Officer, calls for an eight-fold increase in cycling.http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1757
Full report:http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/...sets/@dh/@en/@...

==========Quote==========
The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.
In the last annual report before his planned retirement this year, 'On
the State of Public Health', Donaldson despairs over the low levels of
physical activity in Britain.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.

The report recommends that: "National targets should be set to double
travel on foot in England’s towns and cities, and to increase travel
by bicycle eightfold; transport policy and road design should support
the achievement of such gains." (page 63)

Cycling could save over 50,000 'healthy years'
The report says: "There would be significant reductions in heart
disease, stroke, diabetes, depression and dementia. In London alone,
over 55,000 healthy years of life could be saved every year. Travel by
bicycle or on foot needs to become the safe, viable, attractive option
for a far greater proportion of journeys." (page 60)

The report recognises that: "Lifestyle changes can make a substantial
contribution to slowing climate change and can significantly reduce
the disease and death that are associated with a sedentary lifestyle –
a lifestyle to which the current absolute dominance of motorised
transport contributes." (page 60)

Reports repeating the same message
The advice from the Chief Medical Officer reinforces the messages from
the Active Travel Strategy jointly presented by the Department for
Transport and Department of Health last month.

The strategy notes that the annual cost of physical inactivity related
to transport in urban area total £9.8 billion. This is as significant
as the cost of road casualties and congestion costs.

In 2009, a Lancet report drew similar conclusions about the need to
increase cycling to improve public health.
==========/quote==========

Yeah but who is going to listen? Our car-centric country is dominated
by motorists and their families who, if this newsgroup is anything to
go by, really hate cyclists to the point of extremism.

Doug

Doug wrote:
On 30 Mar, 03:57, Tom Crispin
wrote:
On Page 63 of his anual report, Sir Liam Donaldson the Chief Medial
Officer, calls for an eight-fold increase in cycling.http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1757
Full report:http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/...sets/@dh/@en/@...

==========Quote==========
The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.
In the last annual report before his planned retirement this year, 'On
the State of Public Health', Donaldson despairs over the low levels of
physical activity in Britain.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.

The report recommends that: "National targets should be set to double
travel on foot in England’s towns and cities, and to increase travel
by bicycle eightfold; transport policy and road design should support
the achievement of such gains." (page 63)

Cycling could save over 50,000 'healthy years'
The report says: "There would be significant reductions in heart
disease, stroke, diabetes, depression and dementia. In London alone,
over 55,000 healthy years of life could be saved every year. Travel by
bicycle or on foot needs to become the safe, viable, attractive option
for a far greater proportion of journeys." (page 60)

The report recognises that: "Lifestyle changes can make a substantial
contribution to slowing climate change and can significantly reduce
the disease and death that are associated with a sedentary lifestyle –
a lifestyle to which the current absolute dominance of motorised
transport contributes." (page 60)

Reports repeating the same message
The advice from the Chief Medical Officer reinforces the messages from
the Active Travel Strategy jointly presented by the Department for
Transport and Department of Health last month.

The strategy notes that the annual cost of physical inactivity related
to transport in urban area total £9.8 billion. This is as significant
as the cost of road casualties and congestion costs.

In 2009, a Lancet report drew similar conclusions about the need to
increase cycling to improve public health.
==========/quote==========

Yeah but who is going to listen? Our car-centric country is dominated
by motorists and their families who, if this newsgroup is anything to
go by, really hate cyclists to the point of extremism.

Doug

If this ng is anything to go by, most have no problems with cyclists.

--
Tony Dragon

Doug wrote:
wrote:
Yeah but who is going to listen? Our car-centric country is dominated
by motorists and their families who, if this newsgroup is anything to
go by, really hate cyclists to the point of extremism.

This newgroup isn't anything to go by.

I know lots of motorists who one way or another are getting out on their
bikes more so now than they were a couple of years ago.

Some of them go mountain biking which means they drive to the trail, do
some riding off-road then drive home again. Seeing as the report is
about health not ideology, that's just as valid as mixing it with
London's traffic if not more so.

--
www.slowbicyclemovement.org - enjoy the ride

On 30 Mar, 03:57, Tom Crispin
wrote:
On Page 63 of his anual report, Sir Liam Donaldson the Chief Medial
Officer, calls for an eight-fold increase in cycling.http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1757
Full report:http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/...sets/@dh/@en/@...

==========Quote==========
The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.
In the last annual report before his planned retirement this year, 'On
the State of Public Health', Donaldson despairs over the low levels of
physical activity in Britain.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.


==========/quote==========

Well, for walking in cities I don't see how the transport
infrastructure needs to be redesigned. You just go out and do it.
For almost 60 years, as a city dweller, walking has been by far my
main way of getting around and it sure keeps me fit. Except in central
shopping areas, there is oodles of space on uncongested pavements to
make fast, uninterrupted progress. When I walked to and from work
during rush hours I was often moving faster than the traffic queues in
the city centre. And, in most cities, increasing provision of
pedestrian crossings and pedestrian lights at junctions have made it
easier and safer to get around. I just needs to be realised that
walking needs as much experience, care and skill as driving and
cycling to keep you safe.
As an aside, and I say this as straight experience, the main risks I
experience are caused by cyclists on pavements, or cyclists failing to
observe lights. With motor vehicles on the road it much easier to
judge and control safe interaction with them: a point which needs
addressed if cycling is going to increase and more people are going to
be encouraged to walk.

Toom

On 30 Mar, 05:54, Doug wrote:
On 30 Mar, 03:57, Tom Crispin
wrote:

On Page 63 of his anual report, Sir Liam Donaldson the Chief Medial
Officer, calls for an eight-fold increase in cycling.http://www.lcc.org..uk/index.asp?PageID=1757
Full report:http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/...sets/@dh/@en/@...

==========Quote==========
The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.
In the last annual report before his planned retirement this year, 'On
the State of Public Health', Donaldson despairs over the low levels of
physical activity in Britain.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.

The report recommends that: "National targets should be set to double
travel on foot in England’s towns and cities, and to increase travel
by bicycle eightfold; transport policy and road design should support
the achievement of such gains." (page 63)

Cycling could save over 50,000 'healthy years'
The report says: "There would be significant reductions in heart
disease, stroke, diabetes, depression and dementia. In London alone,
over 55,000 healthy years of life could be saved every year. Travel by
bicycle or on foot needs to become the safe, viable, attractive option
for a far greater proportion of journeys." (page 60)

The report recognises that: "Lifestyle changes can make a substantial
contribution to slowing climate change and can significantly reduce
the disease and death that are associated with a sedentary lifestyle –
a lifestyle to which the current absolute dominance of motorised
transport contributes." (page 60)

Reports repeating the same message
The advice from the Chief Medical Officer reinforces the messages from
the Active Travel Strategy jointly presented by the Department for
Transport and Department of Health last month.

The strategy notes that the annual cost of physical inactivity related
to transport in urban area total £9.8 billion. This is as significant
as the cost of road casualties and congestion costs.

In 2009, a Lancet report drew similar conclusions about the need to
increase cycling to improve public health.
==========/quote==========

Yeah but who is going to listen? Our car-centric country is dominated
by motorists and their families who, if this newsgroup is anything to
go by, really hate cyclists to the point of extremism.



You bring the vemon of others upon yourself.

McK.

On 30 Mar, 03:57, Tom Crispin
wrote:
On Page 63 of his anual report, Sir Liam Donaldson the Chief Medial
Officer, calls for an eight-fold increase in cycling.http://www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1757
Full report:http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/...sets/@dh/@en/@...

==========Quote==========
The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.
In the last annual report before his planned retirement this year, 'On
the State of Public Health', Donaldson despairs over the low levels of
physical activity in Britain.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.


And just how the hell is he going to go about this? Taking a look out
of my window today I can see its ****ing with rain. 15 miles away
articulated trucks were caught in snow drifts this morning. Coupled
with the fact the the weather is a hell of a lot colder in northern
britain than the south but its still classed as "Britain" for
legislation, govt targets,etc - even a fukn govt retard can see the we
have nothing like the same topography as Denmark.
Perhaps Sir Liam was on methandrome when he was writing that paper?

McK,

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:57:24 +0100, Tom Crispin
wrote:


The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.

Actually, he didn't say this, but don't let facts confuse you.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.

Oh good, they are going to run a grader over the countryside to
flatten all our hills?

"There would be significant reductions in ...depression and dementia.

Given the transition into rabid slathering intolerant arrogant
monsters which occurs to some when they don the Lycra I can't think of
anything more likely to _increase_ levels of depression and dementia
than increasing the level of bicycle riding eightfold.

The report recognises that: "Lifestyle changes can make a substantial
contribution to slowing climate change

Indeed it can, stopping breeding being the most obvious and effective
change. Unfortunately green activists tend to have nearly twice the
number of children normal people do.

On 30 Mar, 11:54, Peter Parry wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:57:24 +0100, Tom Crispin

wrote:
The Government's top health advisor, Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam
Donaldson, has said cycling must be increased eightfold to combat the
public health crisis caused by designing cities around motor vehicles.

Actually, he didn't say this, but don't let facts confuse you.

In particular, he calls for our transport infrastructure to be
re-designed in order to encourage the levels of walking and cycling in
the Netherlands and Denmark.

Oh good, they are going to run a grader over the countryside to
flatten all our hills?

"There would be significant reductions in ...depression and dementia.

Given the transition into rabid slathering intolerant arrogant
monsters which occurs to some when they don the Lycra I can't think of
anything more likely to _increase_ levels of depression and dementia
than increasing the level of bicycle riding eightfold.

The report recognises that: "Lifestyle changes can make a substantial
contribution to slowing climate change

Indeed it can, stopping breeding being the most obvious and effective
change. *Unfortunately green activists tend to have nearly twice the
number of children normal people do.

No it not about stopping breeding it is about decreasing per capita
consumption and wastage and green activists tend to be a bit better at
that.

--
UK Radical Campaigns
www.zing.icom43.net
Cars are the main contributor to food miles at 48%.

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:50:22 -0700 (PDT), Doug
wrote:


No it not about stopping breeding

Of course it is. That is the cheapest and most effective way of
decreasing mankind's influence on the earth.

it is about decreasing per capita consumption and wastage and green activists tend to be a bit better at
that.

There is no point in them being better at decreasing per capita
consumption if they then go and breed like flies thus increasing the
number of consumers. Decreasing consumption by 30% a person but
producing 4 new green consumers per breeding pair isn't a saving but
just continues to make things worse.