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Dave
Guest
A sign that we are in the middle of the Christmas break period (apologies to those having to
work ;-) )....
The local press ( Express & Star) had *2* cycling related stories in it tonight.
The first was regarding the fact that almost 100 million trips were made on the national cycle
network this year following an increase in the number of traffic free routes... Now call me cynical,
but 100 million!!!!...It would certainly explain why I virtually never see another cyclist on the
roads...they're all on the NCN, getting the trip count up. Apparently there are now 6,750 miles of
the network open. I reckon that someone with a calculator could work out that over 365 days, 100
million trips along 6750 miles of routes would probably result in traffic greater than M6/M5
junction at the height of the rush hour, i.e. approx 8 wide. I know they talk about 100 million
trips rather than miles, but lets, for sake of argument, average each trip out to say just a
mile......
The second article was about 'Cyclists demanding safety campaign', CTC campaign for greater
punishment, in line with damage done, with suitable quotes from Roger Geffen, CTC spokesman
(interesting pun!!). This is very admirable Roger, but if the original story about the amount of
trips now being taken on the NCN was accurate, there shouldn't be any cyclists left on the roads to
worry about....
May you all have a trouble free and safe New Year,
Cheers,
Dave
work ;-) )....
The local press ( Express & Star) had *2* cycling related stories in it tonight.
The first was regarding the fact that almost 100 million trips were made on the national cycle
network this year following an increase in the number of traffic free routes... Now call me cynical,
but 100 million!!!!...It would certainly explain why I virtually never see another cyclist on the
roads...they're all on the NCN, getting the trip count up. Apparently there are now 6,750 miles of
the network open. I reckon that someone with a calculator could work out that over 365 days, 100
million trips along 6750 miles of routes would probably result in traffic greater than M6/M5
junction at the height of the rush hour, i.e. approx 8 wide. I know they talk about 100 million
trips rather than miles, but lets, for sake of argument, average each trip out to say just a
mile......
The second article was about 'Cyclists demanding safety campaign', CTC campaign for greater
punishment, in line with damage done, with suitable quotes from Roger Geffen, CTC spokesman
(interesting pun!!). This is very admirable Roger, but if the original story about the amount of
trips now being taken on the NCN was accurate, there shouldn't be any cyclists left on the roads to
worry about....
May you all have a trouble free and safe New Year,
Cheers,
Dave