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  • Recently I learned that 2km is the distance above which active travel rates for children travelling to school drop.  A little over one mile is just too far for many parents when negotiating their local roads. I get it; I also limit the journeys I make with my children in the cycle trailer to hyper-local trips, of around one mile. However, I would love to feel enabled to tackle longer journeys but the reality is that too many of our roads are too hostile for 8-80 cycling. Tragically, this isn’t simply my ‘perception’ of danger. […]
    Recently I learned that 2km is the distance above which active travel rates for children travelling to school drop.  A little over one mile is just too far for many parents when negotiating their local roads. I get it; I also limit the journeys I make with my children in the cycle trailer to hyper-local trips, of around one mile. However, I would love to feel enabled to tackle longer journeys but the reality is that too many of our roads are too hostile for 8-80 cycling. Tragically, this isn’t simply my ‘perception’ of danger. […]

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