Madam, – While I wholeheartedly agree with Mark Fox (October 7th) that cyclists, as road users, deserve parity with motorists when it comes to the surface quality of cycle lanes, the question of funding for this maintenance remains to be addressed.
As it stands, motorists bear more than their fair share of the burden of taxation in this country, with only a fraction of their tax contributions going towards the maintenance and improvement of the road network. The environmental merits of improved access for cyclists may be laudable, but surely cyclists – as road users – should in some form contribute towards the improvement of facilities that exist exclusively for their own use? – Yours, etc,