The government has announced a 2 billion-pound ($2.42 billion) funding package for "active travel" such as cycling and walking, with 250 million available immediately for local authorities to make changes to their roads. Boardman, who is helping transform Manchester's cycling infrastructure in his role as the city's Walking and Cycling Commissioner, will host a webinar with 12 city authorities. "Enabling more people to choose cycling is vital if we want to ease pressure on public transport," Harrington said. "Bike riding and walking have just proved how robust they are in any kind of crisis," he told Reuters. "With people being told not to use public transport, cities have cottoned on to the fact that if they don't do something there will be massive implications."

Source: bd News24 May 17, 2020 12:33 UTC