A recent article by the BBC reports that bike racks near urban buildings and transportation hubs, like railway stations, may be banished to protect such public, high-traffic locations against attacks.
Amidst high anxiety over recent terrorist attacks in Europe and the U.S., the U.K. has proposed that it kick protections against terrorism into high gear. Engineers and other experts have recommended that bike racks in key, terrorist-targeted locations be removed as a precaution, as their presence may present a threat.
The recommendation to remove bike racks from public locations has provoked an uproar of protest from cyclists throughout the U.K. Protesters in London staged two massive demonstrations against the prospective measure, including one outside of St. Pancras rail station, a hub for cyclist commuters.
Wolmar also worried that innocent pedestrians and cyclists would be the ones to pay the price for such over-the-top anti-terror measures, and further doubted their effectiveness. “We can’t let them win by changing our way of life,” he said.
Photos via flickr by jeremybrooks and leftymgp.
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You obviously don’t know the life of a farm family. The rise in grain prices may be enough to help them pay off the mountain of debt they have from just a few years ago when grain prices were close to nothing.
I agree that we shouldn’t be using grains for bio-fuel when we could be using algae. However, with wheat prices the way they currently are, I see local farmers growing much more wheat and less corn.
Let’s complain about not having enough grain to feed the hungry and complain when people make an attempt to grow more grain.