Quote Originally Posted by Andy_the_Miller View Post
I've rode more miles on my bike this year than I have driven in my car. According to Strava, I've urrently rode 8,237km which is roughly 5,150 miles. I ride in all conditions - and I mean all conditions.

I drive to work as the roads from Wickersley to Sheffield Road at rush hour are simply not safe to ride on. Build proper cycle infrastructure and I will ride to work and take a car off the road and save a bit of pollution at the same time. I'm sure other people would do the same. What's the saying - Build it and they will come.
If you're building a new town, great - incorporate it. But trying to fit it within an existing heavily industrialised area is untenable. Be honest, you wouldn't want to use the cycle lane on Sheffield Rd. It's already in embarrassing condition and the number of roads and business access points makes it hazardous despite what's been done. And if you want to talk environmental impact, you'll have to include the impact of building the thing in the first place.

And while we're on envoronmental impact. Great idea to build that biomass power plant on Sheffield Road, and then have literally dozens of diesel powered lorries queing up to fuel it every day, creating not only a traffic hazzard , but polution as well. Heartily sick of virtue signalling projects where the true cost is never calculated.