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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...

Oh oh!  

...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.