If you support segregated cycling infrastructure in Hackney

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Howard in reply to @dancing james

so political will, education and enforcement had a significant effect?

It's pretty cool, yes. And when people could see their self interest it's also hardly surprising. What the WHO can't say with any certainty is whether the political will created the need for change, or whether the people had the need, i.e. self interest, and the politicians enabled the change, or both. As Hefty says, things were pretty bad, and the upsides pretty obvious for everyone. They weren't asking people who drive to be nice to people who cycle or take more care around vulnerable road users, were they? Or were they?

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benborp in reply to @Howard

Basically the answer was they came down hard on anyone who broke the law. They introduced new laws to protect pedestrians and cyclists by increasing motorists obligations to protect vulnerable road users safety.

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Kidneys in reply to @benborp

:)
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dancing james in reply to @benborp

And this was probably a fuck ton cheaper than building infrastructure. Less accidents, fewer deaths, reduced burden on health services, revenue from enforcement it seems a no brainer.

But of course HOLLAND.

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