One of The Great Rorts Of Our Time

Cycleways--A Thing of Deceptive Beauty

When public bodies waste taxpayers' money, blood begins to simmer on its way to boiling.  It now turns out that Auckland--New Zealand's largest city--has been the victim of a scam.  The deception, apparently, has been carefully engineered by a bunch of anti-car, cycle zealots whose view of the future is soooo righteous, it justifies dissembling and lying.

We live close to the Great South Road as it makes its way down towards the Hunua ranges.  That main arterial road was once a main highway south, with two lanes heading south, and two north.  Now it is one lane either side.  But one both sides of the road there is a vacant cycle way to encourage and facilitate bike use.  What used to be two lanes of traffic each way is now one traffic lane and a cycle way.  At all times during the day and night, even in commuter rush hours, the cycle lane is more empty and barren than the Sahara.  As a consequence, traffic is gridlocked.

Commentator Mike Hoskings has also had his fill of this deceit and chicanery.