Unsurprisingly, the BBC's answer is "No". Here's the outro:
"Few doubt the advantages of two wheels in terms of our health and the environment, but there are considerations that have to be taken into account, including how to keep everyone on our roads safe and whether electric cars are an answer to those who want greener forms of four-wheeled transport. Oil price instability like we have now hits motorists hard and inevitably leads to people considering alternatives, but one thing has emerged from what we've heard and that is that cycling isn't a solution for all people everywhere: for those in rural areas, for the elderly, for some disabled people, cars cannot be dispensed with. At least, not yet."
There are so many things wrong with this podcast, including that motorists are the biggest reason why some roads aren't safe, motorists are also inhaling the pollution that the report only mentions affecting cyclists (contrary to other reports that motorists sat in queues with their cabin air intakes close to the exhaust of the vehicle in front actually inhale MORE pollution than people walking or cycling just metres away, let alone on greenways) and that some of "the elderly" and "disabled people" that they're disingenuously appealing for in their penultimate sentence are not able or not allowed to drive anyway.
It feels like the BBC decided the answer and then structured a show to reach it. I can't recommend it. The Bike-Bashing Campaign is alive and well.
