I'd love for this to be a public acknowledgement of Milani's achievements/worth.
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ELEANOR ASHCROFT
Rotorua
Exercise in futility
I get it now as regards this craze to build cycle tracks everywhere. It's an expensive social experiment to get cars off the road and force people to exercise.
However, it does not solve the problem of getting the weekly groceries in, as they can be heavy and bulky with supermarkets no longer just down the road. Times have changed and food is no longer picked up almost daily as it once was.
It is my view that to get people away from their cars is a forlorn hope, as do-good theories just don't work. After two years of lack of use, I think the Green Corridor has proven my point.
While petrol and diesel powered vehicles are on the way out, electric vehicles are on the way in, as are electric bicycles. Is that not saying something?
The dream of theorists to have bicycles spread around the town for anyone to use as needed, then leave for others to use, is unrealistic. I believe in China this has resulted in a large number of wrecked or broken down bikes littering the town and nobody has the responsibility of repairing or caring for them.
In Europe and America, the same schemes have been tried and ended with all the bikes being stolen. So much for community ownership!
What it proves is these ideas are dreamed up by people who have no understanding of human nature, or how the real world works.
A J MACKENZIE
Rotorua