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" a perception that some cycle campaigners can be both rude and never satisfied"
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Posted 1 month ago #
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The study, based on interviews with dozens of councillors and local officials who lead on transport projects across the UK, found that opponents of bikes lanes and similar projects were the most uniformly hostile, but sceptical cycle campaigners were some of the harshest critics.
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Well yes
Antis are ‘not in front of my house or anywhere else that might inconvenience ME.
Campaigners - ‘not another consultation/terrible design’.
Problem is as well as convenient trope of ‘war on motorists’, there seems to be little progress on any ideas about ‘people want to feel able to cycle safely’ or ‘less traffic is better for most people’.
Posted 1 month ago #
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