Al's Page

"Truly excellent pieces of design. Pics 1 & 2 perhaps have the (feeble) excuse of being a cycle way retrofitted to a footpath. The approach to the Anzac bridge crossing was designed and built as a shared pathway. No doubt it's aesthetically…"

"Mary St has a counterflow lane, but what about that little bit of Erskinville Rd from the PO down to Wilson St? It didn't have anything for bikes last time I looked, so there would still be a gap. Pretty silly hassling people for riding on a…"

"''You only have to watch pedestrians motorists cyclists in the CBD to see the number of red lights they run but they are not being fined.''"

"Clearly they can't deliver books using only, or even mainly cycleways in Sydney, but despite the futility of Union St and RTA obstruction, I think CoS have got it right: put in a few big showy cycleways and people will use them, and flow off…"

"Looking For An Excuse"

"old friend ex-pro cyclist tells me that where he lives in Switz (above the snow line) the gritters and show ploughs are out at 0500am in the mornings and have done at least x2 passes before he goes for his daily ride at 07:30 before work. it's…"

""Beer & Rock'n Roll" - are you sure that's Switzerland and not UK?"