Thin Pickings For Cycling In UK Autumn Budget Announcement

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I had high hopes for yesterday’s Budget announcement. Today, I’m feeling deflated and defeated – was I just too optimistic? The Budget announcement has been tentatively welcomed by Cycling UK and Sustrans, as the £100m for cycling and walking infrastructure goes some way to undoing the previous cuts. However, it’s a drop in the ocean compared to budgets for roads – where £500m has been allocated to maintenance – and the fuel duty freeze remains…

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  • prettygreenparrot
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    fuel duty freeze remains in place, effectively subsidising private transport

    indeed. Fuel is still clearly too cheap given the number of folks just sat with their engines idling while parked up and the relatively mind-blowing cost of intercity rail travel.

    Posted 56 minutes ago
    mrmo
    Free Member

    train prices up, bus prices up, VED prices up, so the fixed costs of having a car have increased but the costs of using it has gone down. So what are people going to choose?

    Posted 38 minutes ago
    a11y
    Full Member

    In relative terms fuel is definitely too cheap compared to the cost of other travel options.

    Last tankful in my car – MINI Cooper SD, 49.5mpg, £1.339/L – worked out at 12.3p/mile. 16 years ago I had a car of similar size/performance which did 45mpg – fuel was around £1.209 in mid-2008, also works out at 12.3p/mile.

    BoE’s inflation calculator suggests fuel at £1.209/L in 2008 should now cost £1.91/L…

    Posted 24 minutes ago
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