News8 mins ago
Halford's To Take Prescriptions
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by johnny.5. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
//UK Government spend on cycling per head of population is £1.60. Holland spends £26. //
yes, but that could have something to do with the historically different attitude to cycling in the Netherlands....
https:/
yes, but that could have something to do with the historically different attitude to cycling in the Netherlands....
https:/
Cloverjo
Painting a Red strip on the side of a road is not creating a cycle network.
https:/
Painting a Red strip on the side of a road is not creating a cycle network.
https:/
//UK Government spend on cycling per head of population is £1.60. Holland spends £26.//
And long may it stay that way.
//Could it be that by investing 25 times the funds that the UK does (Over many decades), that their roads are not death traps?//
I've been to Amsterdam once and I would never go again. The place is an absolute nightmare. I don't know much about Dutch roads outside the capital but the city is simply unusable for pedestrians. All the photographs you see of the small iron bridges crossing the canals must have been taken before the bicycle was invented. Every one of them has cycles chained together five deep along each pavement. If you want to cross the bridge you have to walk in the road. Guess what happens to you then? You are very lucky if you do not get hit by bikes speeding at you from both directions. Crossing the main road from the railway station into the middle of the city presents three problems: trams, cars and (surprise, surprise) more bikes. They come at you in the road, on the pavements, on the footpaths. Every available set of railings fences or lamp posts is used to chain up unused bikes. You cannot get near some shops; many bars and restaurants have their entrances obstructed by chained up bikes. If spending more money encourages more cycles into London it will become similarly off-limits for many. I'd rather the government kept my £24.40 and spent it on something sensible.
And long may it stay that way.
//Could it be that by investing 25 times the funds that the UK does (Over many decades), that their roads are not death traps?//
I've been to Amsterdam once and I would never go again. The place is an absolute nightmare. I don't know much about Dutch roads outside the capital but the city is simply unusable for pedestrians. All the photographs you see of the small iron bridges crossing the canals must have been taken before the bicycle was invented. Every one of them has cycles chained together five deep along each pavement. If you want to cross the bridge you have to walk in the road. Guess what happens to you then? You are very lucky if you do not get hit by bikes speeding at you from both directions. Crossing the main road from the railway station into the middle of the city presents three problems: trams, cars and (surprise, surprise) more bikes. They come at you in the road, on the pavements, on the footpaths. Every available set of railings fences or lamp posts is used to chain up unused bikes. You cannot get near some shops; many bars and restaurants have their entrances obstructed by chained up bikes. If spending more money encourages more cycles into London it will become similarly off-limits for many. I'd rather the government kept my £24.40 and spent it on something sensible.
Welcome to the Government’s latest ill thought out gimmick.
If you don’t get crushed to death by a bus at the next road Junction then this Is a great boost against obesity.
Not sure our rotund PM is the best person to lead this campaign. Cummings has probably told Boris he is emaciated after 2 weeks of nil by mouth in hospital, and the fat fool believes him. I won’t be taking slimming tips from a man with such an hefty majority :-)
If you don’t get crushed to death by a bus at the next road Junction then this Is a great boost against obesity.
Not sure our rotund PM is the best person to lead this campaign. Cummings has probably told Boris he is emaciated after 2 weeks of nil by mouth in hospital, and the fat fool believes him. I won’t be taking slimming tips from a man with such an hefty majority :-)
It is rather ironic that shops and businesses which have cried foul for years about traffic calming, bring unable to see the problem in terms of air quality and therefore health, are now seeing the consequences to their trade of a more urgent health emergency.
Doesn’t make the other one any less of an issue though
Doesn’t make the other one any less of an issue though
Latest Posts
Crosswords11 mins ago
ChatterBank16 mins ago
Quizzes & Puzzles24 mins ago
Crosswords24 mins ago
Related Questions
Sorry, we can't find any related questions. Try using the search bar at the top of the page to search for some keywords, or choose a topic and submit your own question.