A new national body to plan and co-ordinate the development of cycling across the country and a new National Standard for Cycle Training was announced today by the Minister for Local Transport, Charlotte Atkins.
The new national body, Cycling England, will have a budget of at least GBP5m a year for the next three years to allocate to cycling programmes. Cycling England will change the way that the Government manages and delivers cycling policy to get better value from cycling investment.
Investment in cycling has greatly increased in recent years. In 2005/06, local authorities (outside London) expect to spend GBP46m on cycling facilities - up by 50% from 2000/01, while Transport for London is projecting a record spend of GBP17m on cycling in London in 2005/06.
Cycling England will work to build on the success stories of towns such as Bristol, Hull, London and York to ensure that this greater investment in cycling leads to increases in cycling across the country.
One of Cycling England's first priorities will be to promote the new National Standard for Cycle Training - a successor to The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' (RoSPA) Cycling Proficiency.
The new National Standard aims to increase the amount of cycle training, both among children and adults, and improve the quality and relevance of training.
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