Dorothy Robbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Richard's point was that it was not only the cyclists who > voted more than once.
Indeed! > So everyone was playing by the same rules, except it seems the > cyclists are very organised. Oddly enough, in my experience, most really passionate cyclists are either ambivalent or actively hostile to Sustrans. Serious cyclists tend to be either road-racing types or mountain bikers. For both groups, the idea of traffic-free trails suitable for family cycling is anathema - the road-racing types actively object to it, because they think that "pushing cyclists off the road" will mean worse conditions for those who are choose to stay on the road. I think the most likely reason for the Sustrans win is simply that it was the only national project - and given that the three winners in the £25m stream were all near the geographical fringes of the UK (Cornwall, Falkirk, Belfast), there's some benefit in spreading out the £50m prize. But then I'm just chuffed that it means the first blockage on the Melton Mowbray Navigation is going to be removed after ten years of campaigning. :) Richard
