It's back to the bus for me ...... yes - I'm somewhat embarrassed to announce that I've frankly "had it" with cycle-commuting every single, working day ...
... and, as this very date is the 10th-anniversary of the introduction of free concessionary bus travel (which I'm not quite entitled to yet!), I've decided anyhow to revert to an annual bus pass for my regular commute, and to sell the s*dding bike :-(
I mean, what can I say --- but, that I've just simply had enough of it all:
- the weather in Edinburgh is quite frankly rubbish - and wet! ... it's so much drier in Copenhagen where all those Danes cycle all day, every day.
- and another thing - Edinburgh is just far too cycle-unfriendly ... never mind the traffic, what about all those bl**dy hills for a start!
- I'm thus completely knackered after my commute in the morning; and just want to jump in a taxi on the way home ... don't talk to me about supposed mythical health benefits?
- and there's just no evidence for all this airy-fairy rubbish about cycling improving your well-being ... who are you trying to kid?
- don't get me started on just how bad it all is for the local economy - I've never seen anything that actually proves the value of cycling is economically positive ... it's so blindingly obvious that the opposite is true!
- to top it all - it costs an absolute personal fortune, and I'd frankly even be better off driving every day ... there's just no evidence that cycling actually saves you money?
So - that's it - I really have "had it" with cycling every day ... I'm not prepared to be fooled any longer, and it's back to the bus for me :-))
4 comments:
Crazy negativity, Andrew. There's no magic-bullet solution... we need a balanced mix. And you need to learn how to achieve that balance if you wish to impress the voters of Edinburgh into voting for you and your party.
Le's start by stopping the crazy plans for George Street and getting a structured sensible plan for access to Central Edinburgh that addresses the needs and wishes of residents, businesses, commuters and tourists, and combinations thereof
Age of Reason
Thanks for the comment ...
... think you need to click on the last link in that blog-post: 'be fooled' --- and also double-check today's date ;-)
More seriously - if you've got detailed concerns about George Street, please don't hesitate to simply e-mail me: andrew.burns@edinburgh.gov.uk
Many thanks for checking the blog!
Andrew
All good points, but you forgot to mention that cycling also wastes so much valuable time. How many hours I bored myself to death in waiting rooms because I arrived too early for appointments, as I wasn't stuck in a traffic jam or had to circle around the block looking for parking. And often I had to stay to the very end of meetings as I didn't have the excuse "my parking ticket runs out..."
Ha ha!
How true that all is Stephan :-)
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