[sustran] Re: Will you let your children cycle to school ? I won't

[Zainab Wahidin]

Dear Chu Wa,

Thank you fo raising this issue. I would love to see more people cycle 
but the traffic system in Penang is not cycle or pedestrian friendly. 
I myself was knocked down while cycling on Gurney Drive. 

In the race to develop and gain industrial country status, we have 
robbed children of the right to mobilty. Perhaps this is the right 
time to capitalise on the climate change issue and make governments 
realise their auto dependence policy is back firing.

Zainab W.
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- primary school pupils want to cycle to school on their own but parents' concerns are stopping them.
  
  - 90% of youngsters have bikes and more than 30% of them would like to cycle to school, only 1% actually do
  
  - parents who drive their children to school risk  creating a habit of dependency that undermines children's confidence  and self-reliance
  
  - It's a great shame children are being denied the  opportunity to experience this (cyling) independence because parents are worried  about their safety on the roads
  
  All above remarks from THE HERALD (UK) can  be applied to Singapore directly. I am just wondering how many cities  (developing or not) are facing similar problems?
  
  Chu Wa
  Commuter cyclist
  Father of two
  
  
  
  The full news: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1247222.0.0.php
  
  
  
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