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The DfT data demonstrates the surge in cycling – when Covid restrictions affected travel patterns – peaked in March 2021. The amount of cycling on main roads fell by 24.1 per cent from that time up to the end of 2022.

The decline has sparked concern that the government will fail to hit its own targets for increasing cycling activity.

However, the DfT added that cycling remains 11.1 per cent above pre-pandemic levels and had risen overall by 23.7 per cent since 2013. It has a long-standing target of doubling cycling numbers by 2025 compared with 2013 levels.

Chris Boardman, the former Olympic cyclist who heads government agency Active Travel England, said: “It’s great to see cycling in this country riding high at 11 per cent above pre-pandemic levels.

“The movement for moving is catching on as more of us choose to ride bikes for everyday trips, putting the joy back into journeys. This is great for our health, it’s free transport and it helps us to be more...

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  • I think they need to come up to where I live as it seems you can't move for cyclists! Slight smile

    Unfortunately many of the roads in my area are not cycle friendly. They're national speed limit country lanes sometimes with very limited visibility (tree and bush lined bends etc) and you take your life in your hands if you use them for cycling (although that doesn't stop many cyclist from using them) 

    I do wish that more could be done to make the road network safer for cyclists or perhaps specialised routes created for cyclists. I'd love it if I could cycle alongside the railway track all the way from my village to our office in Stevenage as I'd definitely consider doing that if I could! To cycle here using the road network would mean being on national speedl imit roads for 3/4 of the 15 mile journey here and that's not something I'd be happy doing.  FearfulBicyclist tone1 

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  • I think they need to come up to where I live as it seems you can't move for cyclists! Slight smile

    Unfortunately many of the roads in my area are not cycle friendly. They're national speed limit country lanes sometimes with very limited visibility (tree and bush lined bends etc) and you take your life in your hands if you use them for cycling (although that doesn't stop many cyclist from using them) 

    I do wish that more could be done to make the road network safer for cyclists or perhaps specialised routes created for cyclists. I'd love it if I could cycle alongside the railway track all the way from my village to our office in Stevenage as I'd definitely consider doing that if I could! To cycle here using the road network would mean being on national speedl imit roads for 3/4 of the 15 mile journey here and that's not something I'd be happy doing.  FearfulBicyclist tone1 

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