With the election build-up already well underway, Conservative MP Trudy Harrison has penned a post on The House website titled, "Let's take cycling out of the culture wars". "We proudly boast the UK's most popular challenge cycle route, Sustrans' Sea to Sea (or C2C) – from the Irish Sea at Whitehaven to the North Sea at Sunderland, some 138 miles. But the recently published, independently researched Sustrans walking and cycling index shows that people want to live in healthier places. "Let's be brave and take cycling out of the culture wars. I encourage every candidate standing at the next election to include walking or cycling on their leaflets; it might just attract people who don't currently feel spoken to.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2024 13:09 UTC