Re: London to shut streets to cars
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:03:41 +0100, Nick Kew <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:19:39 +0100
Simon Brooke <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Source:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jun07/jun30news
On September 23, the city of London will close 14km of roads to all
traffic except bicycles.
... is the wrong approach ...
1. In a place the size of London, it should be a far greater area.
2. And not just one day a year.
3. But with exceptions for the disabled and for working vehicles
(vans and up, not repmobiles:-)
Has Mayor Ken had an exchange visit to Bogota? I'll pitch in a tenner
towards his airfare.
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