tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post7486511584809456262..comments2023-08-12T08:41:01.080+01:00Comments on Green Bristol Blog: It's Blog WarsChris Hutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-61815430184077132682009-10-17T11:54:02.476+01:002009-10-17T11:54:02.476+01:00I was excited at the idea of Bristol being a "...I was excited at the idea of Bristol being a "cycling city" although a bit puzzled as the announcement was made while the Council was trying to turn the finest cycling facility in the world into a bus lane.<br /><br />So far we have the Princes Street Bridge 'upgrade' and some pay cycles.<br /><br />The bridge upgrade was for pedestrians and has made things worse for cyclists. The pay cycles are already looking abandoned and neglected. Have they been used at all?<br /><br />I don't see much else happening and don't have high expectations right now.inksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-64287096955294170502009-10-16T11:55:06.658+01:002009-10-16T11:55:06.658+01:00Chris makes an important point about career bureau...Chris makes an important point about career bureaucrats, one which may be applied to every department in local government. The same may be said of paid, career charity workers, and paid, career politicians. We need truly independent voices if we are ever to get good administration.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-3686908675802332522009-10-14T16:42:06.656+01:002009-10-14T16:42:06.656+01:00I did not and do not "purport to represent th...I did not and do not "purport to represent the city's cyclists" and never would. I, like many others, do try to represent what I understand to be the interests of cyclists but that is different to claiming to represent the views of cyclists.Chris Hutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-47125976364149964712009-10-14T16:25:42.992+01:002009-10-14T16:25:42.992+01:00"So you see why I am cynical today"
Say..."So you see why I am cynical today"<br /><br />Says a man who appeared on the front page of the Evening Post purporting to represent the city's cyclists, advocating a bicycle lift for Park Street.<br /><br />If you're cynical, I don't know what that makes me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com