Bikes and Buses or Bikes vs Buses
The old perennial of where pushbikes should be allowed has reared its head after one (and only one) cyclist in Sydney broke the law twice, once by riding in a prohibited place, a dedicated bus lane, and then punching the bus driver.
There is no excuse for either activity but the vehement condemnation of cyclists in general because of this clown has been predictably outrageous.
Cycling is one part of the total road transport mix, just like cars, motorbikes, trucks, buses, trams and pedestrians. We all want to get from A to B as quickly as possible, however, for the good of us all, we need to consider efficiency as well.
It is patently inefficient to use many single person carriers to transport workers to the workplace, large tracts of scarce CBD land are dedicated to housing these vehicles, the consumption of fuel as the cars crawl along at a snail's pace is great and contributes to increased greenhouse gases.
Better alternatives are having a more compact city so that commuting distances are reduced, car pooling, using public transport or getting fit and riding a bike.
The last option only really becomes viable when cycling's dangers are reduced - this requires ALL road users to show respect for each other.
