The Government's launch of its draft walking and cycling investment strategy over the Easter weekend was immediately met with derision in the press and by campaigners.
In the draft ministers hail the "great progress" made on cycling in the last government and set out how they will build on this with £300m of funding with the aim of doubling cycling activity and reverse a decline in walking by 2025. But Chris Boardman, British Cycling policy advisor, told the press that the funding was "frankly embarrassing", British Cycling saying in a detailed response that at best the U.K would reach 3.5% of trips by 2025.
Julian Huppert, the Lib Dem former chair of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group was "gutted" there was "so little investment," which the CTC said amounted to only £1.38 per person in England in total, and The Guardian added that it was "laughable" and "outrageous" given the need to improve safety.
Ministers maintained that the £300m dedicated to cycling in the Parliament will be supplemented by monies from:
But British Cycling said that other priorities such as road maintenance, saving bus routes and new housing development would put cycling and walking "at the bottom of most councils' to-do lists".
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