tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568852931152106119.post1227895371934996272..comments2024-03-17T18:53:05.139-07:00Comments on CycaLogical: Morden Hall Cycle Standscrossriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00896858165635612158noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568852931152106119.post-57000786175546938242011-05-12T05:32:19.975-07:002011-05-12T05:32:19.975-07:00@Paul M - thanks for drawing my attention to Hindh...@Paul M - thanks for drawing my attention to Hindhead - I was dimly aware of the A3 work having been caught out by a diversion last year but I didn't know they were digging the UK's biggest land tunnel...looks like that very rare thing, a road scheme that has some benefit to the environment! I might just come down and have a ride around! Shame they didn't have any money left from the £400M budget to fix the cycle routes.aaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142330825237376723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568852931152106119.post-82236918113126480852011-05-11T07:08:25.439-07:002011-05-11T07:08:25.439-07:00The trouble with the NT is that they really don...The trouble with the NT is that they really don't understand the concept of utility, or transport, cycling. They see cycling purely in terms of leisure - load your bikes on the roof of your X5, come out to the country and ride around in circles for an hour, then load them up again for the journey home. If they are never out of your sight, why lock them?<br /><br />I live right on the edge of Hindhead Common/Devil's Punchbowl, which is now a superb offroad and downhill biking environment, and about to become even better when the A3 tunnel opens and the old road which bisects the common closes, in late July.<br /><br />The tunnel and the road closure should provide excellent opportunities to promote wider cycle use, for example for the villages to connect with the local towns, shops, railway etc. Some new infrastructure is already going in but essentially it doesn't go anywhere, or connect anything, because the Highways Agency and NT have only considered it in leisure terms.<br /><br />It wouldn't take much to join the dots - mainly clearer signage and replacing one or two stiles/kissing gates with proper gates you can wheel a bike through - but I don't have very high hopes.Paul Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929808238663838155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568852931152106119.post-17478873440867990542011-05-11T02:29:59.033-07:002011-05-11T02:29:59.033-07:00Why are people always trying to reinvent the wheel...Why are people always trying to reinvent the wheel. It only takes parroting the solutions already in use to be successful...ndruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15324118775089929952noreply@blogger.com