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28 Issue 63 • July 2023

ACTIVE TRAVEL

By bike or on foot –

new plan to get city active

Worcester people are to be supported to make more journeys by

walking and cycling with a range of initiatives, one of which will be
to launch a bike share scheme for residents and visitors.

The new Active Travel Action Plan local businesses to help more people
launched by Worcester City Council to leave the car at home in favour of BIKE-FRIENDLY
builds on its existing Environmental walking, cycling or ‘wheeling’ – i.e. Bike buses are groups of people
Sustainability Strategy and will using other forms of active travel who ride to school together. Each
include working with schools such as scooters, wheelchairs and child is accompanied by a parent
to encourage more pupils mobility scooters. or guardian, making it a safe and
and students to walk and fun way to travel. Worcester City
cycle, as well as providing Alongside practical Council recently gave a grant to Bike
additional bike parking measures, the plan will also Worcester to help them continue
at popular destinations see the promotion of active expanding the initiative to local
like parks and community travel at major events like primary schools. www.sustrans.org.
centres. the Worcester Show and the uk/campaigns/fridedays-bike-bus
Victorian Christmas Fayre, and
Councillor Stephen Hodgson, the provision of cycle parking at SAFE STORAGE FOR YOUR BIKE
vice chair of the City Council’s these and other City Council events. Crowngate Shopping Centre hosts
Health and Wellbeing Committee, a secure cycle storage unit which
said: “Helping people to walk and Council staff are being encouraged is CCTV monitored and accessible
cycle more, or take up another form of to walk and cycle more too, with 24/7. The unit includes electric
active travel, can only be a good thing. bike storage facilities at its offices power points for e-bikes and a self-
It increases their health and wellbeing, and e-bikes that can be borrowed for service cycle repair station with tools
reduces pollution and congestion, journeys between council premises. and a pump. Find out more: www.
and helps Worcester edge closer to crowngate-worcester.co.uk/cycle-
becoming a carbon-neutral city.” storage/
The active travel plan is intended to
support national targets, which include COMING SOON – BIKE SHARE
50% of all journeys in towns and cities SCHEME
being undertaken by active means by Residents, tourists and visitors will
2030. soon be able to hire a bike to travel
easily and quickly around the city.
LEAVE THE CAR AT HOME There will be multiple locations
The plan will see Worcester City from which to collect a bike. Similar
Council work with partners including bike share schemes operate in
Worcestershire County Council, many cities including Hereford and
Worcester Environmental Group and Birmingham.

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