Families across Wales are being encouraged to take part in Sustrans’ Bike to School Week 2017 (5-9 June) and discover the benefits of cycling, scooting and walking. Bike to School Week is an opportunity for children and parents to kick-start active travel habits and switch to cycling, scooting or walking for the school journey. It is also a time to celebrate the good work already being done in schools to inspire more children and their parents to cycle, scoot or…

Over the last bank holiday, three teams from Parkinson’s UK cycled to gardens open for charity in England and Wales to the celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the National Garden Scheme. The teams aimed to cycle 90 miles in recognition of the first garden opening in 1927, but with a team in Yorkshire biking 45 miles, another in Cheshire riding 30 miles, and a third in Wales pedalling 40 miles – they smashed their target with an impressive 115 mile…

Cycling in Cardiff is at a critical moment with a new cycling strategy being proposed for the city and the plans for the Active Travel Act walking and cycling networks out for consultation.  What happens with these plans and strategies will depend on who is elected to the city council in May. To find out which party will offer the best deal for the thousands of cyclists in Cardiff, Cardiff Cycle City, the organisation aiming to make Cardiff the best…

Cycling UK President and Channel 4 newscaster, Jon Snow, has written to Assembly Member candidates asking them to pledge their support towards improving investment and leisure access for cycling, should they be successful on 5 May. Cycling UK, the national cycling charity, has identified two simple ways to make Wales the healthier, greener and more prosperous nation its Active Travel (Wales) Act and the Well-being of Future Generations Act are designed to create. Our President, Jon Snow, has therefore asked…

Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate than cycling or scooting to school?  This Thursday, pupils from Bishop Childs primary school in St Mellons are preparing for the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting competition, where they will take to two wheels for their journey to and from school.  Hamish Belding, Sustrans’ Schools Officer will be at the school to help pupils to prepare with a Dr Bike and skills session, checking that pupils and their bikes are ready…