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Alan Braggins
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In article <[email protected]>, Simon Brooke wrote:
>in message <[email protected]>, Peter Clinch
>('[email protected]') wrote:
>
>> Although with Connect2 we have a starnge situation. It isn't "you
>> can 50 million for cycling, do the best you can", it's "you have 50
>> million for these specific infrastructure projects, or nothing at
>> all". I'd sooner have a not perfectly spent 50M than nothing.
>
>I'm going to back out of this discussion. I hold to my general opinion that
>Sustrans is a waste of perfectly good oxygen, but in the specific cases of
>the Connect2 schemes those I've looked at do on the whole look sensible.
>
>However, I don't think money spent 'on cycling' which doesn't actually do
>cyclists any good is a good thing in itself.
I'd agree. But if the Connect2 schemes are sensible on the whole, then
they will do cyclists some good.
> On the contrary, the
>politicians and the media will tend to feel that cyclists have had their
>share, and we'll go back to the back of the queue. Which seeing that I
>feel there is an urgent need for quality, free or low cost, road training
>for new and returning adult cyclists, is something that concerns me.
But on the other hand if we effectively turn down the 50M on offer for
infrastructure, they might decide that cycling is a low priority for the
voters as a whole, rather than offering money for better training instead.
>in message <[email protected]>, Peter Clinch
>('[email protected]') wrote:
>
>> Although with Connect2 we have a starnge situation. It isn't "you
>> can 50 million for cycling, do the best you can", it's "you have 50
>> million for these specific infrastructure projects, or nothing at
>> all". I'd sooner have a not perfectly spent 50M than nothing.
>
>I'm going to back out of this discussion. I hold to my general opinion that
>Sustrans is a waste of perfectly good oxygen, but in the specific cases of
>the Connect2 schemes those I've looked at do on the whole look sensible.
>
>However, I don't think money spent 'on cycling' which doesn't actually do
>cyclists any good is a good thing in itself.
I'd agree. But if the Connect2 schemes are sensible on the whole, then
they will do cyclists some good.
> On the contrary, the
>politicians and the media will tend to feel that cyclists have had their
>share, and we'll go back to the back of the queue. Which seeing that I
>feel there is an urgent need for quality, free or low cost, road training
>for new and returning adult cyclists, is something that concerns me.
But on the other hand if we effectively turn down the 50M on offer for
infrastructure, they might decide that cycling is a low priority for the
voters as a whole, rather than offering money for better training instead.