Nuxx:1b6a5ec6-1701-44de-a684-07a07473a88a@s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com

Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <1b6a5ec6-1701-44de-a684-07a07473a88a@s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Forced to use the primary position. Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:16:31 -0700 (PDT) References:  Lines: 12 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.251.27 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1243268191 2501 127.0.0.1 (25 May 2009 16:16:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 16:16:31 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.251.27; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 1810 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:704024

On May 25, 1:14=A0pm, "Simon Mason"  wrote: > Our local Council, unlike nearby Kingston upon Hull, is not known for its > pro-cycling measures, so I was stunned to see this conversion of one of t= he > main roads from the city to the Humber Bridge converted to a primary > position cycle lane, with the previous inside lane barred for car use.

Well, there's your answer: it's not a pro-cycling measure, it's an anti-car measure. "How do we cause congestion by removing roadspace for cars? I know, let's put in a cycle lane/bus lane/hatchings/ pavement buildout/etc."