Cycling for the Rest of Us

Cycling should be the simplest, easiest and most convenient way to get around in most places in the UK, and yet the reality is that it's not – the roads are busy, and feel unsafe or unpleasant to ride on, and what cycle paths there are seem to take the long way round, or run out just when you need them most.

The Dutch and the Danes have demonstrated that it is easy to provide safe, attractive and efficient routes for cycling, away from fast traffic, which anybody and everybody – men and women, old and young, and rich and poor – want to use.

We at the Cycling Embassy of Great Britain want to see an end to cycling being pushed to the margins; we want to see a network of direct, well-designed, separated cycle routes that are safe even for young children to use.

An older lady rides her bike on a smooth, wide cycle path. She has shopping in her panniers and a bag hanging from her handlebars. A young mother with baby cycle behind.
Three teenagers ride alongside each other on a bicycle road
A mother and her young daughter ride their bikes

Why I joined the Cycling Embassy...

“As a long term volunteer with Sustrans I have spent a lot of time trying to encourage others to cycle. I consistently hear that fear of traffic is the major obstacle to cycling. I have therefore come to the conclusion that cycling levels will remain low until there is joined up Dutch-style infrastructure.”
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Good Cycling Facility of the Week

Cycle-only filter, Delft, The Netherlands
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