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On a cycling group that I am a part of, a message was circulated this week of an executive who died after being hit by a truck from the back

We have no real appetite for making our cities better and easier to negotiate for the majority of the public
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We have no real appetite for making our cities better and easier to negotiate for the majority of the public

Aakar Patel
As some readers may know, because I have written about it here before, I cycle around. When I go to work it is usually or often on the bike. It is cheap, healthy and above all it does not contribute to climate change. I sold the car that I have (though my wife has hers) and do not think I will ever get another, and certainly not another that has an internal combustion engine. If India allows easy import of Tesla’s electric vehicles, I might consider getting one of those, though heaven knows how it will fare on our roads.

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