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Old July 16th 20, 06:52 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Mason[_6_]
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Default Cycle lanes “can’t come at a catastrophic cost to traffic flow” says Crispin Blunt MP

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They were talking pop-up cycle lanes on the World at One this lunchtime.

Crispin Blunt MP – who helped force the removal of a pop-up lane in Reigate after just three days – paid lip service to the importance of new cycle lanes, before confidently asserting that they ,“can’t come at a catastrophic cost to existing traffic flow; nor should they come at a catastrophic cost to the business of a town centre.”

Chris Boardman was on too, talking about the one on the A56 in Manchester. (There’s a bit more about that one further down the page.)

There’s been talk about the A56 lane being binned, but it’s actually just a short stretch south of Sale that’s been abandoned.

Boardman pointed out that most of it is still up and in use.

“This isn’t actually a cycle lane at the moment,” he said. “It’s an alternative to public transport.”

He highlighted the fact that one third of households in Greater Manchester don’t have access to a car.

“On a normal day, there’s 320,000 people who travel around three miles to get to work, to shops etc,” he said. “200,000 of them – if we are to obey all the social distancing measures – either have to find another way to get to work or they don’t get to travel.

“So right now this is actually about social justice and giving people an alternative – a safe alternative – to public transport for the moment by reallocating road space for them.”

Pop-up bike lanes a necessary form of social justice says Chris Boardman.

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...16-2020-275491
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Old July 17th 20, 12:43 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cycle lanes “can’t come at a catastrophic cost to traffic flow” says Crispin Blunt MP

On 16/07/2020 18:52, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
They were talking pop-up cycle lanes on the World at One this lunchtime.

Crispin Blunt MP – who helped force the removal of a pop-up lane in Reigate after just three days – paid lip service to the importance of new cycle lanes, before confidently asserting that they ,“can’t come at a catastrophic cost to existing traffic flow; nor should they come at a catastrophic cost to the business of a town centre.”

Chris Boardman was on too, talking about the one on the A56 in Manchester. (There’s a bit more about that one further down the page.)

There’s been talk about the A56 lane being binned, but it’s actually just a short stretch south of Sale that’s been abandoned.

Boardman pointed out that most of it is still up and in use.

“This isn’t actually a cycle lane at the moment,” he said. “It’s an alternative to public transport.”

He highlighted the fact that one third of households in Greater Manchester don’t have access to a car.

“On a normal day, there’s 320,000 people who travel around three miles to get to work, to shops etc,” he said. “200,000 of them – if we are to obey all the social distancing measures – either have to find another way to get to work or they don’t get to travel.

“So right now this is actually about social justice and giving people an alternative – a safe alternative – to public transport for the moment by reallocating road space for them.”

Pop-up bike lanes a necessary form of social justice says Chris Boardman.

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...16-2020-275491


Who elected him?
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Old July 17th 20, 08:06 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Cycle lanes “can’t come at a catastrophic cost to traffic flow” says Crispin Blunt MP

On Friday, 17 July 2020 00:42:39 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 16/07/2020 18:52, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
They were talking pop-up cycle lanes on the World at One this lunchtime..

Crispin Blunt MP – who helped force the removal of a pop-up lane in Reigate after just three days – paid lip service to the importance of new cycle lanes, before confidently asserting that they ,“can’t come at a catastrophic cost to existing traffic flow; nor should they come at a catastrophic cost to the business of a town centre.”

Chris Boardman was on too, talking about the one on the A56 in Manchester. (There’s a bit more about that one further down the page.)

There’s been talk about the A56 lane being binned, but it’s actually just a short stretch south of Sale that’s been abandoned.

Boardman pointed out that most of it is still up and in use.

“This isn’t actually a cycle lane at the moment,” he said. “It’s an alternative to public transport.”

He highlighted the fact that one third of households in Greater Manchester don’t have access to a car.

“On a normal day, there’s 320,000 people who travel around three miles to get to work, to shops etc,” he said. “200,000 of them – if we are to obey all the social distancing measures – either have to find another way to get to work or they don’t get to travel.

“So right now this is actually about social justice and giving people an alternative – a safe alternative – to public transport for the moment by reallocating road space for them.”

Pop-up bike lanes a necessary form of social justice says Chris Boardman.

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Old July 18th 20, 01:32 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
JNugent[_12_]
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Default Cycle lanes “can’t come at a catastrophic cost to traffic flow” says Crispin Blunt MP

On 17/07/2020 08:06, Mike Collins wrote:

On Friday, 17 July 2020 00:42:39 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 16/07/2020 18:52, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
They were talking pop-up cycle lanes on the World at One this lunchtime.

Crispin Blunt MP – who helped force the removal of a pop-up lane in Reigate after just three days – paid lip service to the importance of new cycle lanes, before confidently asserting that they ,“can’t come at a catastrophic cost to existing traffic flow; nor should they come at a catastrophic cost to the business of a town centre.”

Chris Boardman was on too, talking about the one on the A56 in Manchester. (There’s a bit more about that one further down the page.)

There’s been talk about the A56 lane being binned, but it’s actually just a short stretch south of Sale that’s been abandoned.

Boardman pointed out that most of it is still up and in use.

“This isn’t actually a cycle lane at the moment,” he said. “It’s an alternative to public transport.”

He highlighted the fact that one third of households in Greater Manchester don’t have access to a car.

“On a normal day, there’s 320,000 people who travel around three miles to get to work, to shops etc,” he said. “200,000 of them – if we are to obey all the social distancing measures – either have to find another way to get to work or they don’t get to travel.

“So right now this is actually about social justice and giving people an alternative – a safe alternative – to public transport for the moment by reallocating road space for them.”

Pop-up bike lanes a necessary form of social justice says Chris Boardman.

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...16-2020-275491


Who elected him?


I thought Chris Boardman lived in Merseyside.


Who elected him?
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Old July 18th 20, 07:52 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mike Collins
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Default Cycle lanes “can’t come at a catastrophic cost to traffic flow” says Crispin Blunt MP

On Saturday, 18 July 2020 01:31:33 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 17/07/2020 08:06, Mike Collins wrote:

On Friday, 17 July 2020 00:42:39 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 16/07/2020 18:52, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
They were talking pop-up cycle lanes on the World at One this lunchtime.

Crispin Blunt MP – who helped force the removal of a pop-up lane in Reigate after just three days – paid lip service to the importance of new cycle lanes, before confidently asserting that they ,“can’t come at a catastrophic cost to existing traffic flow; nor should they come at a catastrophic cost to the business of a town centre.”

Chris Boardman was on too, talking about the one on the A56 in Manchester. (There’s a bit more about that one further down the page.)

There’s been talk about the A56 lane being binned, but it’s actually just a short stretch south of Sale that’s been abandoned.

Boardman pointed out that most of it is still up and in use.

“This isn’t actually a cycle lane at the moment,” he said. “It’s an alternative to public transport.”

He highlighted the fact that one third of households in Greater Manchester don’t have access to a car.

“On a normal day, there’s 320,000 people who travel around three miles to get to work, to shops etc,” he said. “200,000 of them – if we are to obey all the social distancing measures – either have to find another way to get to work or they don’t get to travel.

“So right now this is actually about social justice and giving people an alternative – a safe alternative – to public transport for the moment by reallocating road space for them.”

Pop-up bike lanes a necessary form of social justice says Chris Boardman.

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...16-2020-275491

Who elected him?


I thought Chris Boardman lived in Merseyside.


Who elected him?


In an ideal world no one from Merseyside would be allowed to vote as they are all unemployable.

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Old July 18th 20, 05:12 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
JNugent[_12_]
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Default Cycle lanes “can’t come at a catastrophic cost to traffic flow” says Crispin Blunt MP

On 18/07/2020 07:52, Mike Collins wrote:
On Saturday, 18 July 2020 01:31:33 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 17/07/2020 08:06, Mike Collins wrote:

On Friday, 17 July 2020 00:42:39 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 16/07/2020 18:52, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
They were talking pop-up cycle lanes on the World at One this lunchtime.

Crispin Blunt MP – who helped force the removal of a pop-up lane in Reigate after just three days – paid lip service to the importance of new cycle lanes, before confidently asserting that they ,“can’t come at a catastrophic cost to existing traffic flow; nor should they come at a catastrophic cost to the business of a town centre.”

Chris Boardman was on too, talking about the one on the A56 in Manchester. (There’s a bit more about that one further down the page.)

There’s been talk about the A56 lane being binned, but it’s actually just a short stretch south of Sale that’s been abandoned.

Boardman pointed out that most of it is still up and in use.

“This isn’t actually a cycle lane at the moment,” he said. “It’s an alternative to public transport.”

He highlighted the fact that one third of households in Greater Manchester don’t have access to a car.

“On a normal day, there’s 320,000 people who travel around three miles to get to work, to shops etc,” he said. “200,000 of them – if we are to obey all the social distancing measures – either have to find another way to get to work or they don’t get to travel.

“So right now this is actually about social justice and giving people an alternative – a safe alternative – to public transport for the moment by reallocating road space for them.”

Pop-up bike lanes a necessary form of social justice says Chris Boardman.

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...16-2020-275491

Who elected him?

I thought Chris Boardman lived in Merseyside.


Who elected him?


In an ideal world no one from Merseyside would be allowed to vote as they are all unemployable.


But you've already made it clear that you are deranged.
 




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