CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
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"The idea that the space someone’s car occupies on the road is personal space, where the car is treated as a proxy body with its own right not to be molested, shows just how far this notion of reciprocity has gone."
From:
http://theconversation.com/cars-bicycles-and-the-fatal-myth-of-equal-reciprocity-81034
Yes - treating both road users the same is like taxing the rich and poor for an identical lump sum instead of a percentage of income.
"like taxing the rich and poor for an identical lump sum instead of a percentage of income"
You mean the Community Charge Poll Tax? Introduced by the same PM who lauded "The Great Car Economy"?
@crowriver - mass car ownership does show up the flaws in a free market i.e it requires a lot of collective investment, and is ultimately enslaving.
Interesting book referenced in that article: After the Car by Kingsley Dennis and John Urry, 2009.
Can be picked up quite cheaply second hand on fleaBay/Amazorg...
@crowriver I'll have to get copy.
Radio 4's Something Understood yesterday was on the spirituality of the car:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09bxjzh
Some good pieces, showing the allure of the speeding cocoon.
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