Article 2JYWW How much could commuter cycling increase in your part of England?

How much could commuter cycling increase in your part of England?

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Rachel Aldred on behalf of the Propensity to Cycle
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New tool maps the potential increase in bike journeys under different scenarios - from routes avoiding hills to adopting e-bikes - revealing health benefits and informing future investment

Chances are you live in a place where less than one in 20 commuters regularly cycle to work. Sometimes people assume this is because England is too hilly, or that most home-to-work distances are too far to cycle. Hilliness and distance do matter. However, new research has found that this is only part of the story. With the right cycling conditions, cycling levels could be much higher than they are now.

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