The problem is a) people wont push hard enough for it and b) they havent twigged how easy it is to research and promote it.
Yeah that was my thoughts too (NIMBY syndrome?). It is hardly a major inconvenience in that the roads will be closed for 8 hours a day for 2 days. I would expect that most people will have left for work, or will be returning from work either side of the forced road closure period. For those who do not work, it does not take much planning to get enough shopping in to last 2 days; we do this at least once per year over the festive period with little problem. I suppose those people who can't get to the shops in their cars could, dare I say, walk / cycle (might do them good). Take the IOM for an extreme example; The locals have to endure many weeks of road closures over the summer months to accommodate the TT races and the Manx GP (and other lesser events such as the Southern 100 and rallys). They seem to manage OK even though due to the lack of roads, some residents are effectively "land-locked" for the duration of the closures. Yes it must rag the locals, but they (I expect) tolerate it because of the history and the ammount of money in brings to the local economy. Personally, I would love to have the TdF come through my town. I would just take 2 days off work and enjoy the show.
Have you never heard of the Dutch hills, i.e the wind.
