Originally Posted by
Roody
If it went up from 0.5% to 1%, it's a doubling of the number of cyclists. That is impressive.
The number of cyclists in Hobart actually
decreased between 2006 and 2011. That's not impressive at all, but with mandatory helmet laws and opposition to cycling infrastructure of the kind our two friends from Australia espouse (if, indeed, this mentality is prevalent there) it's hardly surprising.
Originally Posted by
Roody
I think you don't achieve continuing increases unless the city is committed to establishing a linked network of bike facilities and complete streets that even new cyclists feel comfortable with.
Yes, I strongly agree.