Saddle sore? Dutch cycling professor sees what’s wrong with Brisbane streets
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/saddle-sore-dutch-cycling-professor-sees-what-s-wrong-with-brisbane-streets-20230921-p5e6iv.html
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Zagorath@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
And yet he comes and gets shown around by one of our Ministers in the middle of a crackdown against cyclists by our excellent police force.
Oh, and one of the places they were cracking down against cyclists is a place that that same Minister has a record of him breaking the "law" while showing that foreign dignitary around.
Nottalottapies@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah, the crackdown is dumb. I wish BCC would invest a few billion to improve infrastructure ahead of the Olympics. Wishful thinking probably.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Indeed. Or just redirecting a fraction of the money spent on road widening projects towards basic bread-and-butter bike paths, without the need to only concentrate on the big flashy projects so much.
murbul@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Fox got blocked after that :)
I've ridden with Mark Bailey before and he rides FAST. His PR for the Goodwill Bridge is 44km/h with 33 km/h average, and consistently well above 20km/h average for most of his rides. I don't think you can wave all that away as a GPS glitch.
Zagorath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Ah, I was wondering why the discourse seemed to stop after 8 comments on that activity. Still, while I side more with Fox here than I do with Mark, I do think by hiding behind a pseudonym, Fox was not doing himself any favours. It's hard to blame Mark for blocking him given that.
murbul@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
He's also blocked on MB's Facebook where he uses his real name. And TBF he is a bit of a troll. Although the bar for being banned by the minister is fairly low. Any kind of negative sentiment on his posts is usually hidden or outright blocked pretty quickly.