{"id":72,"date":"2004-09-12T13:07:57","date_gmt":"2004-09-12T01:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/?p=72"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:51:50","slug":"cycle-paths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/12\/cycle-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle Paths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I found this quote on the Bicycling Advocacy<\/a> group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cycle paths are to bicycling like bunny slopes are to downhill skiing. Nobody is going to be serious about downhill skiing long-term without leaving the bunny slopes, and getting comfortable on the real terrain. And nobody is going to be serious about cycling long-term without leaving the cycle paths, and getting comfortable on the real terrain – cycling in traffic.
— Serge<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found this quote on the Bicycling Advocacy group. Cycle paths are to bicycling like bunny slopes are to downhill skiing. Nobody is going to be serious about downhill skiing long-term without leaving the bunny slopes, and getting comfortable on the real terrain. And nobody is going to be serious about cycling long-term without leaving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"1","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/shadowfoot.com\/footprint\/2004\/09\/27\/danger_on_the_roads\/","url_meta":{"origin":72,"position":0},"title":"Danger on the roads","author":"Brian","date":"27 September 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting data in the World report on road traffic injury prevention by The World Health Organization (WHO). 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