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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

Boris Johnson’s cycling vision stutters as number of bike journeys fails to rise above pre-pandemic levels

Prime minister Boris Johnson said the country should enter a ‘golden age of cycling’ months before announcing the £2bn plan for active travel - (Getty Images)

Boris Johnson’s vision to “unleash a nation of cyclists” appears to be stuttering with new annual figures showing the number of cycle trips made per person in England remains stagnant despite major work taking place.

The former prime minister pledged thousands of miles of new protected cycle lanes, training for adults and children and bikes on prescriptions as part of a whirlwind announcement for £2bn of funding for cycling and walking in the summer of 2020.

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