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I think this is problem that's endemic in the UK too. Our love of the motor vehicle, and design of the city to meet the needs of the motorist just leaves little

I think this is problem that's endemic in the UK too. Our love of the motor vehicle, and design of the city to meet the needs of the motorist just leaves little to no room to make cycling a safe activity. Just take London UK for example, last week one person died and another was critically injured cycling in the city http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cyclist-crushed-by-lorry-by-oxford-circus-was-just-inches-from-death-8925865.html http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/cyclist-crushed-by-lor... http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/cyclist_killed_on_mile_end_road_named_as_hospital_porter_brian_holt_1_2978792 http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/cyclist_killed_on... https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=de&msa=0&msid=207305429162328382245.00049de451f464602f536&z=11 https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=de&msa=0&msid=207... If cycling is to ever become safe, cities need to start embracing the bike like they do in the Netherlands, but it's no easy task.

Brakenshire 13y ago
Yes, definitely a big problem in the UK too. Although I think support for cycling is perhaps more cross-party than in the US, at least in the political elite. Both the Conservative PM and Mayor of London are nominally pro-bike, also The Times (centre-right paper for those from outside the UK) ran a major campaign on cycle safety, after one of their journalists was killed: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49196 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49196 Although certainly their freedom to do something serious about the issue is restricted by the anti-metropolitan, anti-liberal vroom vroom demographic. > If cycling is to ever become safe, cities need to start embracing the bike like they do in the Netherlands, but it's no easy task. On that topic, this mini-documentary is worthwhile looking at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o

Brakenshire 13y ago

Yes, definitely a big problem in the UK too. Although I think support for cycling is perhaps more cross-party than in the US, at least in the political elite. Both the Conservative PM and Mayor of London are nominally pro-bike, also The Times (centre-right paper for those from outside the UK) ran a major campaign on cycle safety, after one of their journalists was killed: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49196 http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/49196 Although certainly their freedom to do something serious about the issue is restricted by the anti-metropolitan, anti-liberal vroom vroom demographic. > If cycling is to ever become safe, cities need to start embracing the bike like they do in the Netherlands, but it's no easy task. On that topic, this mini-documentary is worthwhile looking at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuBdf9jYj7o