〓〓 Robert Anderson 〓〓

ALT Fewer children are learning to ride bikes — here’s why

ALT But he said there were bigger changes on the roads. There were about 14 million cars on the road in 1974, a figure that has since increased to 33.6 million. “The idea that we should expect children to share the road with a load of congestion, which is inherently unsafe, is a vicious circle,” Tranter said. “Other parents don’t want their children to cycle to school because it doesn’t feel safe. Infrastructure has to be a part of this, and we can’t expect [to change] anything otherwise.”

ALT Dear Prime Minister We are writing in relation to your recently published “Plan for Drivers”. We write as Active Travel Commissioners representing Mayors of Combined Authorities, but we also write as drivers. We believe the most effective plan for drivers will be to get right behind the Government’s Gear Change plan. There are some very real challenges in local transport and a key one is ensuring the existing road network does not suffer huge congestion, bringing disbenefits to communities and to the economy. The politics of our respective Mayors may differ but the fact that Gear Change has been welcomed and united transport experts shows that it is the kind of long-term policy thinking that we need.