Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars: Comfort of cycling needs to be akin to that of using cars

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1237-a

BMJ 2004;329:1237 (20 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7476.1237-a

Letter

Promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to using cars

Comfort of cycling needs to be akin to that of using cars

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EDITOR—Regarding the content of the paper by Ogilvie etal on promoting walking and cycling as an alternative to cars,¹I am disappointed to see that the various "interventions" havesuch negligible effects on behaviour. I have been cycling forover 40 years, in Britain, all over Europe and, for the past20 years, in Australia.

In Sydney traffic conditions are so dangerous to cyclists thatmy riding is reduced to a Sunday morning ride with friends andoccasional organised rides. I am disillusioned that my childrencannot enjoy the affordable freedom and pleasure that cyclinggave me in my youth.

If an infrastructure "intervention" increased my frequency ofcycling, or made it feasible to commute to work, I would seethat as a great improvement.

Most drivers seem wedded to the comfort of their cars and theprotection they offer from the elements. Compared with publictransport, . . . [Full text of this article]

Michael J McGrath, editor, Freesail magazine (windsurfing)

Manly Vale, NSW 2093, Australia accent@swiftdsl.com.au

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