"the most compelling evidence yet for the UK to leave the EU"

[growingvegetables]

Brace yourselves, folks.

@Andy in Sig, eat your heart out! This has persuaded me like no other evidence yet ..............

















"........ is the new cycle superhighway currently being constructed in and around Bradford, a city where the majority of routes from the city centre are uphill, and cyclists are rarely in evidence."


I give in . Or maybe not.

 

[classic33]

Any idea of the actual route?

 

[growingvegetables]

Any idea of the actual route?

Oh aye - it's this one!

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Yebbut, it's only uphill one way.

 

[classic33]

Yebbut, it's only uphill one way.

Uphill tends to be one way!

 

[Accy cyclist]

 

[raleighnut]

What a nobber, when cycling uphill (going slower) is when cycle lanes are most needed.

 

[classic33]

Oh aye - it's this one!

That one!

Yebbut, it's only uphill one way.

Unless you're going downhill.

What a nobber, when cycling uphill (going slower) is when cycle lanes are most needed.

And this one is an excellent example of providing parking, on one side of the road only. On the downhill section.

 

[robjh]

"a city where the majority of routes from the city centre are uphill"
paraphrase : "a city where the majority of routes to the city centre are downhill".

What's not to like?

(unless of course you don't want to go to Bradford city centre. I went there once and it didn't seem too bad, in fact I was a split decision away from spending 4 years there)

 

[growingvegetables]

Yebbut -

I NOW have the most compelling evidence yet for the UK to leave the European Union. .... I am given to understand that the project is costing in excess of £26m, funded mainly by capital from the European Union. This money is available because the EU provides grants for cycle lane schemes in major cities.
...
Were the UK not dependent on the EU grant money but instead had been able to retain its own revenue, it could channel the money into projects that are needed, projects that would benefit the majority and not a minority.

.......................................... all right, lads and lasses, maybe I have a warped sense of humour, but it made me laugh.

 

[classic33]

"a city where the majority of routes from the city centre are uphill"
paraphrase : "a city where the majority of routes to the city centre are downhill".

What's not to like?

(unless of course you don't want to go to Bradford city centre. I went there once and it didn't seem too bad, in fact I was a split decision away from spending 4 years there)

Inclines too steep, keeping you there?

 

[robjh]

Inclines too steep, keeping you there?

no, university offer from Norwich. Bradford appealed as it was so different from a suburban Surrey upbringing, but the soft charms of East Anglia won out in the end.