You may remember that Lance Armstrong dedicated a day of this year’s Tour de France to the five cyclists injured in a road accident in Kanata, Canada. We arrived in the country to find that the accused driver faced five more charges relating to the incident:
Ottawa Citizen 27th August 2009
Good to see (in the Birmingham Post 12th August 2009) some support for increasing the number of cycle lanes in the city and this from someone who appears not to be a cyclist. Jon Gill is right when he writes that Birmingham lags behind the rest of UK in regard to greener transport.
Birmingham Post 12th August 2009
Following a survey that found Birmingham to be among the country’s most dismal driving locations, Councillor Len Gregory told the Birmingham Post: “It is absolute nonsense to suggest Birmingham is not a car-friendly city….We put a lot into improving the lot of motorists.”
Birmingham "bad for cars" survey is rubbish. Birmingham Post 27th June 2009
Right on councillor! “Car-friendly” is the operative phrase indeed.
That Birmingham has long worshipped at the altar of the motor vehicle must be due, in large part, to the city having been the home of the Longbridge motor manufactory and its vast associated supply chain. (more…)