We need more people to cycle
THE RAC reports that the poorest 10 per cent of car-owning households are spending more than 25 per cent of their disposable income on buying and running a vehicle.
The result is "transport poverty". Transport has become the biggest area of household expenditure.
There is a simple, inexpensive, easily-to-hand solution which can help many people: ride a bicycle. It's cheap, quick, keeps you healthy and saves you money.
We need to be doing more to encourage people to cycle. In Copenhagen, around a third of people get to work every day by bike.
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We need to provide more cycle lanes and encourage more people to cycle whenever we can.
Of course, cycling is not the answer for everyone – some people just need to go long distances to out-of-the-way places, and can't use public transport.
But the council can and should do everything it can to promote cycling and walking in Bristol, and help people in these tougher economic times.
George, we need more routes like the great Bristol to Bath cycle path all over the city.
Steve Roberts
Horfield
8 Comments
by Bikecat
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 9:14AM
“Lone_ranger Some cycle lanes are useless and would put cyclists where they are more at risk from motorists. I only use them if they meet my criteria. Will they lead me to where I want to be? If I want to turn right at a junction there is little point me using the left hand feeder lane to reach the junction! So I use the right hand lane rather than the cycle lane. It's not a refusal to use the lane it's a reasoned decision each and every time.”
by Brandon_Hill
Monday, March 11 2013, 9:10PM
“....where cars don't dominate the street and cyclists and pedestrians come first”
by smoosername
Monday, March 11 2013, 8:35PM
“How about implementing all of Copenhagen's transport system?
You know, the one that is is reliable, cheap, convenient and integrated. The one that gives a huge choice to the people on how they travel.”
by Brandon_Hill
Monday, March 11 2013, 6:37PM
“Exactly Potato man, expect Loner/Anger to disagree”
by PotatoMan11
Monday, March 11 2013, 5:24PM
“Because the current ones are worse than useless. Imagine an 8 year old kid cycling on the roads at the moment, even in a cycle lane. Sounds pretty dangerous. And yet in Holland kids on average start cycling to school on their own at that age. Think how much less congestion there would be if there wasn't the school run traffic.”
by Brandon_Hill
Monday, March 11 2013, 5:24PM
“actually, 10s of billions, not millions spent on roads”
by Brandon_Hill
Monday, March 11 2013, 5:23PM
“I agree with this, the money spent on cycling is pittance compared to the millions spent on road infrastructure....
It's a shame that the roads, etc in central areas of Bristol hasn't been designed with cyclists in mind..”
by Lone_Ranger
Monday, March 11 2013, 4:39PM
“Come on, many cyclists refuse to use the cycle lanes provided, preferring to use the pavements or weave in and out cars instead - why would building more of them change anything excpet create more congestion for those can't cycle or take public transport?”