Cycling City

Bristol is named first Cycling City

Cycling City is a source of great pride for Bristol and South Gloucestershire Councils. It represents clear recognition of our solid commitment to promote and encourage cycling through better infrastructure, training and promotion. Cycling City status is not just an award - it is an opportunity. The total funding of £22.8 million brings the potential for unprecedented levels of innovation, involvement and creativity.

"Our aim is to double the number of regular cyclists in Greater Bristol. 

To do this we need to deliver information and infrastructure which links people, where they live, to work, school, shopping and leisure activities as well as providing them with the skills to confidently undertake such journeys.

But perhaps more than any of these things, we need to engage local communities, to enthuse them, and to help them to discover how easy it is to take up cycling and the whole new way of life that cycling opens up to them.

Every citizen, not just those who cycle, will benefit from better air quality, less traffic congestion and safer roads. Those who we reach will also benefit from improved health and well-being, a cost-effective and sustainable form of transport to last a lifetime, and a fresh perspective on our beautiful city and the surrounding area.

To keep up to date with the latest Cycling City news, visit www.betterbybike.info

View the Greater Bristol Cycling City Delivery Strategy 2008 - 2011

View the Cycling City Leaflet - February 2009

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