Almost twice as many boys as girls routinely cycle in the UK, a pioneering report on young people’s active travel has found.
The study, led by the charity Sustrans...
...also found strong support among children for measures to help them cycle and walk, such as dedicated bike lanes, slower traffic speeds and barring motor vehicles from outside schools.
Stopping the school-run madness would be good, but of course if you asked their parents, they'd say something quite different.
While all active travel is good for long-term heath, long-term studies have shown these benefits are particularly marked when it comes to cycling, especially compared with walking.
Despite walking being safer? Well, sometimes, anyway.
Lily, a secondary school girl from Swansea, said she used to cycle around her neighbourhood but stopped because “it’s not really seen as cool, and we can be quite self-conscious about that”. A lot of cycling gear was “made for men instead of women”, she added.
Well, just pretend you're a boy, love. It's all the rage now.
It's great when they ask kids stuff, because they always get the answer they want.
ReplyDeleteSome of these kids should be approached for comment again when they grow up
IF they grow up....
DeleteWho in their right mind would let their children cycle, or walk, unattended nowadays with the current illegal migrant policy?
ReplyDeleteWell, indeed....
Delete"Almost twice as many boys as girls routinely cycle in the UK, a pioneering report on young people’s active travel has found."
ReplyDelete"pioneering"??? FFS a bairn wi' a sair erse could have told them that.
I can't remember the last time I saw a female cyclist.
Delete"A lot of cycling gear was “made for men instead of women”,"
ReplyDeleteHow on earth did I survive childhood without cycling gear?
(No, it wasn't by not cycling! I cycled a lot. On my own or with friends, I ranged over an area covering everywhere within maybe ten miles from home. )
The only cycling gear my kids have is a proper helmet, and maybe some fingerless gloves to minimise the inevitable scrapes.
DeleteI cyvcled as a child, we didn't even have helmets!
DeleteSay, I wonder what da kidz think about the idea of the Government taking money off their parents then giving it to a fake charidee so as to allow this bogus charity to then lobby the Government?
ReplyDeleteHow about that for an eye-opening case study in citizenship classes?
Do they still do those?
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