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@IanMK yup - it's like the self-appointed "citizen auditor" stuff I guess? All about the cultural aspect. Validation of one's suspicions of "them" and perhaps "fighting the system". I doubt it ever has much to do with the (quite dull and complicated) business of public funds.

Dunno where that 2 to the 32 came from! Should be 10 as any file kno...

@Pub bike kibigram - like a kilogram but in binary (2 to the power 32) Killogram - similar, but it's in "dead weight" Kellogram - measured in breakfast cereal.

1kig = 1024g - surely any fool knows that?

It seems like a particular waste of money as I believe the work was funded by ATE. So the locals now have to pay to review something that was paid for by central government. Perhaps if the review shows a great return on investment (as so many of these schemes do) then Restore will encourage the council spend more money on Active Travel. No? Because it's just more culture war nonsense.

Yes ... but given that many people already have access to a car, they're even less likely to be tempted to "give it a go" when it's not just nowhere near as convenient as driving but not obviously a great improvement on walking. Alas, there is both a minimum hurdle AND a relative one to overcome. Cycling must appear "safe enough" in the eyes of people who aren't currently "cyclists". And it must be reasonably "attractive" and convenient relative to driving. Ultimately that won't happen unless driving gets just a bit less convenient. (Which is why "(first) we need to fix the congestion" has it almost backwards. Few people will be interested in change while the motoring status quo still *looks* like the best deal. And while that appears to be the case (more) people will drive more, which will soon enough return to equilibrium - restoring congestion).

@mdavidford Are you rounding down to the nearest 8.2 kg? Or did you invent a new unit: 1 kibigram = 1,032.9268293 etc. grammes?

@Aluminium can It could improve if only the parking was sorted... 😉

Holy Trinity...

The Cheltenham Cycle Spine goes all the way from Gloucester to Bishops Stortford, now wouldn't that be something to see !