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Title: Interesting design concept for carrying bikes on trains, gets recognition??? Post by: CyclingSid on July 14, 2021, 10:36:47 The All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) appear to have put their foot in their mouth:
https://twitter.com/allpartycycling/status/1414612049817124867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1414976201572200449%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Froad.cc%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2Fcycling-live-blog-14-july-2021-284837 (https://twitter.com/allpartycycling/status/1414612049817124867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1414976201572200449%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Froad.cc%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2Fcycling-live-blog-14-july-2021-284837) Not well received on Twitter and possibly less so in cycling press https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-14-july-2021-284837 (https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-14-july-2021-284837) Glad to see somebody included the H&S diagram on safe lifting. Disappointed that government money appears to have been given to such an impractical design. Title: Re: Interesting design concept for carrying bikes on trains, gets recognition??? Post by: broadgage on July 21, 2021, 22:56:49 Government love this sort of nonsense.
"exploring all possibilities" "new and innovative solutions" "more research needed" And of course talk of such rubbish is a good alternative to actually doing something in the here and now. Like building proper trains with luggage vans. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |