tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522251493297350377.post3672361620084501445..comments2021-06-23T10:22:13.541+01:00Comments on Ultradian: Cycling to school with the CTC - Oxford editionAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11707029429045303950noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522251493297350377.post-58005183697548671272013-09-01T07:44:40.152+01:002013-09-01T07:44:40.152+01:00Thanks - you're right of course, compartmental...Thanks - you're right of course, compartmentalizing government budgets often leads to bizarre decisions. It's the opposite of good economic planning (where you attempt to minimize "externalities" in order to get closer to the true picture. <br /><br />And we sometimes forget, cycling seems to come not under Transport, but "communities and local government", whatever that is. <br /><br />Until the DfT commits to cycling in a big way (ie more than just Norman Baker), we are a bit stuck in the 1970s. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11707029429045303950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522251493297350377.post-56656873707036112612013-08-31T17:43:24.001+01:002013-08-31T17:43:24.001+01:00My children go to a secondary school near Leiceste...My children go to a secondary school near Leicester. They cycled to their primary school, but have to get the bus, a school bus service because there is no local bus route that can be used, and a service that drains the budget for that school in providing buses to get the children there.<br /><br />After school activity is equally limited by the fact that they have a 3-4 mile hike, and a choice of field paths (impassable in wet weather) or negotiating a way past a large high speed roundabout, connecting a trunk dual carriageway with a feeder dual carriageway, and local roads. <br /><br />Had the County Council had some forethought they could have build an underpass to connect the 2 parts of the old road buried under this mess and delivered something better than the 'crossing' provided for the historic route - by leaving a gap in the central crash barrier of the dual carriageway.<br /><br />Amortising the cost of the buses over 10-20 years would have gone a long way to paying to build that underpass when the roads were built but of course its not the education budget or the health budget in our silo mentality of government and planning.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11574227829528072780noreply@blogger.com