How Cities Made a Huge Mistake in Promoting Cycling
16th January 2018
Today the bicycle is a mixed bag, usually with more negatives than positives. In many cities, bike lanes now consume more road space than they free up, they add to pollution as well as reducing it, they hurt neighbourhoods and business districts alike, and they have become a drain on the public purse. The bicycle today — or rather the infrastructure that now supports it — exemplifies “inappropriate technology,” a good idea gone wrong through unsustainable, willy-nilly top-down planning.
January 16th, 2018 at 14:57
He, no mention of crime in the article. That’s a major oversight. We’re talking access, opportunity and location.