Both the UK government and HS2 Limited are ruling out funding a national cycleway that would have run parallel to the controversial infrastructure project and delivered a return on investment up to 533% greater than the rail line itself #HS2 #highspeedrail
— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) February 3, 2019
The UK authorities have effectively ignored a 2014 #business case report for the national cycleway, leaving the c.11.7m people living within just three miles (4.82km) of the proposed national route both without a new major cycle route and out of pocket #HS2 #cycling #edu
— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) February 3, 2019
Analysis: the United Kingdom is rapidly descending into a nation addicted to senseless and mathematically insane austerity; this does not bode well for its chances of retaining any kind of world role post-#Brexit #HS2
— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) February 3, 2019
To watch: having declined to provide a major 'no-brainer' cycle path, the UK government is now on track to miss its own 2025 #cycling trips target; gross incompetence of this kind is becoming all too commonplace https://t.co/89VidhSciD #cyclinglife #cyclinglifestyle
— ッ MEDIOLANA® EDU (@Mediolana) February 3, 2019