The British still prefer to use cars instead of bicycles (The Guardian, regreq). No wonder this government cycling initiative fails, the big cities in England are no-go areas for cyclists.
Two simple actions to help us use our bikes (I have just started using mine a little after leaving it in storage for six years):
- Make it legal to use your bike on pavements. Fining kids for riding on the pavement is the wrong idea. Instead I suggest using the simple rule from home in Norway: allow cyclists to choose if they want to ride on the road or on the pavement — if you are riding on the pavement you behave like a pedestrian, if you use the bike on the road you follow the normal traffic rules.
- Make it legal to ride bikes in parks. Remove the
No Cycling
andCycling Prohibited
signs round the London parks and more people will get on their bikes.
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