BICYCLE TRANSPORT
Sir, —Is it not about time that some constructive thoughts were given to the chief means of human transport —bicycles? In the United States they reckon that the average motor-car carries 1.7 persons, so that roughly three bicycles carry the equal of two motorcars. Fast car drivers are driving bicycles off the roads. There are parents who are preventing their children from riding bicycles. Big motor-buses creep behind you without a warning. Confusion abounds. I walked 1500 miles along the streets of London when I was there in 1936-37. I was amazed to find that, despite railway trains, motorbuses, etc., tne bicycle was the chief means of human transport. In an age when members of Parliament, city councillors, etc., do not ride bicycles, the problem is, what can we do? — Yours, etc., L. C. WALKER. July 11, 1955.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27709, 13 July 1955, Page 3
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