Indeed, because the Dutch for decades have had a policy of investing heavily in building new roads and cycle paths to ensure capacity for both and to ensure both can be segregated. In this country in… (View Post)

Not really. According to homeless charities, homelessness actually increased, significantly, during Covid. In the short-term rough sleeping initially fell, as people who would have been rough sleepin… (View Post)

Not true at all, the car itself is a shield that protects the inhabitants of a car which cyclists lack. Also cyclists also lack air bags etc too. Car inhabitants are far, far safer than cyclists are,… (View Post)

As a liberal I dislike the state telling people what to do. As a pragmatist I see it as the same as a seat belt law. I see zero reason why seat belts should be a legal requirement but helmets are not… (View Post)

You're really willing to die on this hill? OK, if you want examples of French laws as opposed to French executive action explicitly overriding international law then here's a few more examp… (View Post)