http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Why put cycling last?" en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:34:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13092#post-158607 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:47:24 +0000 chdot 158607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I was thinking how I'd never allow a child unescorted on any of the roads I took, and also if I was a new or unconfident cyclist that I wouldn't do that either."</p> <p><a href="http://www.citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13091#post-158606" rel="nofollow">http://www.citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13091#post-158606</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13092#post-158597 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:18:38 +0000 chdot 158597@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This post has been referred to in <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13091">a different thread which is talking about gender issues</a>.</p> <p>The main point is about 'what campaigners should ask for' (and how that relates to pedestrian and bus issues) which is highly relevant to Edinburgh!</p> <p>"</p> <p>I was prompted to write this post by Mark Treasure’s recent piece about the West End Project. Why, asked Mark, do cycle campaigners sometimes seem to put other demands on urban space first, ahead of advocating for cycling? Why are we happy to accept that cycle infrastructure is not possible because of other – often also worthy – demands, whether bus provision, wider pavements, public space, trees, heritage and so on? (Of course, often behind a ‘good’ need lurks an unquestioned assumption that we provide for private car use …)</p> <p><a href="http://www.rachelaldred.org/writing/thoughts/why-put-cycling-last" rel="nofollow">http://www.rachelaldred.org/writing/thoughts/why-put-cycling-last</a> </p>