http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Chief medical officer prescribes cycling" en Mon, 18 May 2026 20:13:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9479#post-100030 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:34:09 +0000 wee folding bike 100030@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I will have failed if in five years time there are not...far fewer journeys by car. It's a tall order but I urge you to hold me to it."</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott#Transport" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott#Transport</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9479#post-100028 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:13:28 +0000 Min 100028@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes but notice too the bit where they also pointed the exact same thing out in 1997 when the New Labour government stopped road building projects and for a while I honestly believed things were going to change. :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9479#post-100026 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:00:12 +0000 fimm 100026@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wow.<br /> I love the line (from the website, not the report, which uses somewhat more formal language) "Politicians, grow some balls" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9479#post-100012 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:26:46 +0000 chdot 100012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Chief medical officer prescribes cycling &amp; urges local councils to invest in active travel. </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/chief-medical-officer-prescribes-cycling/014358" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/chief-medical-officer-prescribes-cycling/014358</a> </p>