Letter: Switch transport funds to cycling - The Guardian 22nd August 2008

Some have dared hope that Britain's haul of Olympic cycling medals will prompt a cycling revival and solve the nation's obesity crisis ('Put cycling on school curriculum', August 21). This may happen, but only if we invest significantly more in cycle-friendly infrastructure. Cycling is recognised - along with walking - as the physical activity most accessible to the two-thirds of Britons who do not presently reach even minimum recommended levels of activity. But few will try cycling while our streets are so traffic-dominated and hostile. So while 47% of children would like to cycle to school, for example, only 3% do.

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