On the closing day of New York City's historic C40 Climate Summit, Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia and Copenhagen's Mayor of the Technical & Environmental Administration Klaus Bondam took a lunch break to ride bikes with Transportation Alternatives in a symbolic loop around Central Park. As usual StreetFilms brings you the best coverage.
To view the City of Sydney's cycle strategy and details of the plan to build 55km of seperated cycle lanes in Sydney, visit: http://www.sydneymedia.com.au/html/3231-new-bicycle-lanes-to-improve-safety.asp
Josh MacKenzie
City of Sydney
Would it kill the good people at T.A. to wear suits for a change? That looked like critical mass surrounding foreign dignitaries. I know T.A. is way more savvy than that...
[...] T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 3 minutes 3 seconds [...]
Wow, there is my mayor riding in Central Park!
Cheers, nice coverage.
Gilbert,
P.S. To anon - why do they have to wear suits?
[...] Via Bike Sydney and StreetFilms. [...]
Go Clover, a little wobbly but you seem to be enjoying it. We need to see our leaders setting the example if cycling is to become seen as a normal form of transport, particularly in car mad Sydney.
#2 - What? Did you actually watch the video and see what people were wearing? People seemed to be dressed pretty "fine" to me.
Clover Moore is the joke of Sydney. Under her rule all we get are more buses and we are drowning in congestion. This seems like a holiday at the taxpayers expense. She goes everywhere in a limousine and her driver double parks. The only real person on Sydney Council is Councilor Shayne Mallard - he cycles everywhere. I bet she traveled Business Class also. She's in trouble in the elections next year - people are over the way she spends all the money.
Funny how Sydney is the city which has the lowest number of bike riders per capita in Australia. They have a long way to go to make it a bike friendly city.
P.S. I hope the Copenhagen mayor had some valuable words of advice for the Sydney one. Bring on the bikes!
At least Clover's "limousine" is a hybrid car!
Do business class passengers burn more jet fuel than those in tourist class ?
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