Campaigning for cyclists in St Albans and surrounding areas
Thanks to all who contributed at our public meeting on 28th November 2011 helping plan developments for improvements for cycling in St Albans for the next 5 years. Find out what's going on in 2012 on the news page.
Plan your journey by bike:
at the transport direct website ->
Did you know?
- Europe could cut its total greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25% if we all cycled as regularly as the Danes.
European Cyclists Federation report ->
- Research shows that 77% of people own a bike yet only 14% use them regularly. (Team Green Britain 2011).
- 94 per cent of people are in favour of transport policies that support walking, cycling and local public transport. (Sustrans 2009)
- Cycling at least 20 miles a week reduces the risk of coronary heart disease to less than half of that for non-cyclists. (BHF)
- If one third of all short car journeys were made by cycle, national heart disease rates would decrease by between 5% and 10%. (Bikes not Fumes - CTC)
- Road transport is responsible for over 25% of the UK's Carbon Dioxide emissions, affecting the global climate and a major public health threat. (WHO 1996)
- Cycling is the most energy-efficient form of transport. For the same journey - 70x less energy than with an average car.
(Sustrans)
- On a bike you can travel up to 644 miles on the equivalent energy of 1 litre of petrol!
- 25% of Hull's road network now has speedlimit of 20mph. They have seen a 56% reduction in collisions, with a 90% reduction in serious and fatal injury collisions. (CTC news 2006).
