Cycling in Sydney Australia
I'm not sure if anyone posted this yesterday, but it's worth a look. Our premier's entry in the "I also ride a bike" stakes ....
http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/barry-goes-biking-20120308...
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Permalink Reply by Pooliothrvwganster1 on March 10, 2012 at 4:32pm 
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Folks wo cycle in CoS (it applies elsewhere too but this is the best NSW example because it is the most activist council as regards cycling) know that the local and state governments are at cross purposes. This seems fundamentally stupid. Imagine having one government building separated paths in a city and having a different (and combative) government controlling traffic signals.
We need BoF to take one ride from Harris St to SHB on the path so he can see how stupid the light sequences are.
Permalink Reply by Snowy_5 on March 10, 2012 at 7:08pm Not one ride but do it everywhere on bike but he`s a scaredy cat.
Tell him to stop using the taxpayers funded money on his belching limousine *cough cough,hack hack* rides.
Permalink Reply by Andrew on March 10, 2012 at 8:08pm BoF needs to ditch the car for a week, and jump on a bike
Permalink Reply by Kylie on March 11, 2012 at 11:37am Maybe we need a campaign on him like that one in Melbourne a few years ago, where they got that journalist to stop hacking on cyclists and ride a bike. Her name eludes me for the moment (post-big-ride-brain).
Permalink Reply by MadameBike on March 11, 2012 at 3:09pm
Permalink Reply by Cate on March 11, 2012 at 3:40pm He's a bit hard of heart towards anything his butt can't fit on.
Still I wonder why politicians in this day and age are still luddites about cycling.
Permalink Reply by baa baa on March 11, 2012 at 4:01pm The last Premier seemed to “get” the whole bike riding thing.
Permalink Reply by Neil Alexander on March 12, 2012 at 9:22am Maybe it was a baa'd biking experience? Perhaps he ran into a lamb rather than a noddy.
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