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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Cycling campaigners call for end to culture war on active travel

Cycle Superhighway route, London.
The call from Cycling UK comes after a survey found almost half of people said safety was the reason they did not cycle. Photograph: Michael Kemp/Alamy

The new government should end the previous culture war-based approach to active travel and start investing properly in safe bike routes, the country’s biggest cycling campaign group has said.

The call from Cycling UK comes after a survey it commissioned, which looked into the reasons people don’t ride a bike, found that almost half cited safety worries, with older riders particularly concerned about this.

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