Guyanese should make more use of bicycles

Aug 01, 2015 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
I wish to supplement the advice given to the Police by Mr Bhulai in the letters column this week that bicycle patrols are more appropriate than horse patrols, by suggesting that we seriously consider using the bicycle more than we do now for regular, routine commute within the city and even for short commute in the country-side, instead of using our private cars and taxis.
The many benefits of doing so are indeed quite obvious e.g. the reduction of traffic jams, saving petrol cost, reducing congestion of our streets (it might even encourage our Government to construct special ‘cycle lanes’); the health benefits of physical exercise, reduction of pollution etc. etc. are also most significant.
Those of us who have had the benefit of travelling abroad, especially in countries in Europe (the rich, sophisticated Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands especially come to mind) will recall the omnipresence of the bicycle; so it should not be seen as a status-lowering practice, but one that subscribes to common-sense and practicality.
Nowrang Persaud

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