Miranda Devine had a rant this week about cyclists:
But hostilities were fed by the lies told by the Government and the RTA, which gave cyclists unreasonable expectations and ideas above their station. The former roads minister Carl Scully, a vegetarian cyclist, threw $250 million at the lobby, further fuelling expectations which were dashed by subsequent [...]
Archive for the ‘cycling’ Category
Bad laws make lawbreakers
Posted in Life, cycling, global warming on 31 October, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Cycle Lanes
Posted in cycling, environment, global warming on 10 January, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In a front page story in the SMH today, the NRMA (NSW’s peak motorist lobby group) accused the government of wasting money on cycle lanes.
“The Iemma Government is building a cycleway alongside choked Epping Road, despite as few as 25 cyclists using that corridor each day. At $7.6 million for the Epping Road cycleway, the [...]
Mrs Macquarie’s Chair
Posted in cycling on 26 January, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This morning, first thing, I cycled around to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair and back. The city was just waking up, with volunteers out early getting ready for various Australia Day events. There were bunches of volunteers meticulously sweeping the streets ready for the Australia Day 10k wheelchair race.
There were queues of vintage cars patiently waiting to turn [...]
Cycling to work
Posted in Sport, cycling on 11 January, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I cycled to work today, which is not that much of an achievement, given its 4.5 km, but I still feel proud. A few observations:
there are heaps more people cycling to work these days – I reckon twice as many as when I last cycled to work more than a year ago
it’s still really annoying [...]
-
Recent Comments
-
Popular Posts
Category Cloud
Archives
