| Topic: | Re:Re:Why is London (including Putney) suddenly full of suicidal cyclists | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 18/12/24 20:10:00 |
| You seem to have completely missed that this is a worldwide effort - or more likely you are just trying to start an argument. Just look at Paris and what is happening there. Air pollution kills and the figures in many places have been considered illegal for very many years. This article (dated 2022) is just one of many: https://theconversation.com/12-best-ways-to-get-cars-out-of-cities-ranked-by-new-research-180642 It's obviously important that public transport needs to be more accessible to all so that more people who need that transport can use it. Most of our cities and towns and villages were not built with cars in mind and there is definitely not enough room for each adult to travel in their own personal box wherever they want to go and as more and more large homes are divided into flats our roads have too often become car parks. Bicycle hangers take up far less space! Active travel can keep us fitter, keeps the air we all breathe cleaner and leaves the roads free for those who really need them. I noticed the bank of red Santander bikes in Putney as I travelled by bus up the High Street the other day. It is now many years since Mayor Boris Johnson installed the first blue Boris bikes in London (they were actually instigated by Mayor Livingstone and only installed by BJ as Mayor). It's good to see them spreading out further. They obviously cause less of a problem as they have to be returned to docking stations. A main reason for the popularity of hire bikes is the cost and inconvenience of so much bicycle theft. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/opinion/secure-cycle-parking-is-vital-to-getting-more-people-on-bikes/ |