Build the cycleways, and the riders will come

via thepunch.com.au

Two articles about Sydney’s cycle-ways.

I’ll tell you what’s really toxic. The motives of the anti-cycleway campaigners, that’s what. In truth, many of the most vociferous anti-cycleways campaigners are in cahoots with their big business mates who claim to be disaffected. They campaign, purportedly on behalf of the public who are slowed from driving to work, when really, they’re just protecting the interests of their top-end-of-town mates.

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More cycleway madness in CBD thanks to Lord Mayor Clover Moore from the anti-cyclelane/ pro car Daily Telegraph.

It will cost more than $76 million to build the bike lanes and the council boasts “by 2030, 10 per cent of trips made in the city (will be) on a bike”.

Nice!

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