Is that a motor behind me?

Published by Colin on 17th January 2007.

Is the Belgian government on drugs or something? They’ve just voted a law allowing motorbikes onto cycle paths. As if it wasn’t difficult enough to get people cycling in town.

Imagine the chaos on shared paths like the one in Brussels’ Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat which are bad enough as it is.

While many cities and countries attempt to make life for cyclists easier, Belgium faces the other way. And the FEBIAC, which is supposed to represent motorists and cyclists, only ever acts in the name of the former. It’s depressing…