Originally Posted by Rowan
I'm about as closely associated with it as you can get... and money is part of it, but from my experience it has a lot to do with the lak of acceptance of cycling among the *workforce*. I know that the blue-collars that are employed by the business arm of the capital city council here couldn't care less.
However, finding the right person within a council (or government department) can create a useful liaison that does get things done eventually. What I can't really understand is that a vast majority of cyclists always b!tch and complain, but rarely take up the invitation to establish a BUG or council bike committee to work within these structures.
Theres always going to be knockers of a good thing. Iv been to four bike week breakfast's in the city and the numbers are growing yearly thankfully, so the awareness is growing out there ,takes time for change to filter through and adjustments to council priorites to be made,in the system from all levels, i think people get frustrated with the system / well if theres no votes in it for the pollies they won't touch a problem in some departments. Im lucky to live in an earea that cycling is at least a priority.Trans Perth are doing there bit by supply bike lockers, and cycle paths are getting laid. Looking forward to bike week'05 and another water bottle and a great breakfast and chatting to other cyclist to swap views from other suburbs.