CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
'We' all know that cycling is good for personal health and 'we believe' that it probably saves the NHS money - and even more if more people cycled. I presume someone has done some research(?)
The quotes below are about the results of smoking bans.
"may still have saved the NHS over £8m."
"Research from Scotland, where a ban was introduced in March 2006, reported a 17% decrease in heart attack admissions in the year after its ban."
You couldn't make it up -
I posted about this topic on Twitter and got a response
"@CyclingEdin better questions How much does it cost the NHS? or Should cyclists have to pass a test and hold a licence & insurance?"
Name of Twit? - edinburghvan... (yes it's white)
There has been a certain amount of work done by Malcolm Wardlaw, such as Three lessons for a better cycling future and Assessing the actual risks faced by cyclists. Also Lloyd and Lee Cycling and Health.
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