health and fitness: The UK's cycling revolution won't take off without funding

mardi 24 novembre 2015

The UK's cycling revolution won't take off without funding | Chris Boardman

Chancellor George Osborne should use the comprehensive spending review to deliver money for cycling for the sake of our health and our economy

The chancellor is a busy man. The day before the results of his Comprehensive Spending Review, I doubt he is giving too much thought to cycling but if he did he would see the real opportunity it offers to boost the economy and lighten the load on the public purse.

I am a cyclist but I am also a motorist. My family runs two cars and I drive about 25,000 miles every year. I’m not a fanatical advocate, I’m a realist who champions the cause of the bicycle because I believe in evidence. In fact the issue here is not about cyclists or cycling at all: it is about transport, health, pollution and the economy.