UK unveils financial aid to boost cycling, walking
31-July-2021

The UK government has unveiled a 338 million pound ($472 million) package in an effort to boost cycling and walking across the country, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced Friday.
According to the announcement on Friday, the funding will help see the construction of hundreds of miles of new high-quality cycle lanes and aid the delivery of new schemes to encourage walking, Xinhua news agency reported.
Infrastructure upgrades, changes to The Highway Code and new requirements to ensure that active travel schemes' effects are properly assessed are among the raft of measures included in the Summer of Cycling and Walking document published Friday.
As the UK prepares to host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) later this year, these initiatives are expected to play a key role in the government's drive to build back greener from the pandemic and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, said the Department for Transport (DfT).
Last year, cycling increased more than in the previous 20 years put together, with the number of miles cycled on British roads rocketing by 45.7 per cent to 5 billion.
Independent opinion polling and new research also published by the DfT showed that active travel schemes are supported, on average, by a ratio of two-to-one.-IANS
KTR Slams Telangana Govt for CBI Probe Against KCR, Calls It an Insult to People
Tamil Nadu Issues Public Advisory as Viral Fever Cases Rise; Masks Urged in Crowded Areas
KCR’s Daughter Kavitha Suspended from BRS Amid Family Rift and Power Struggle
PM Modi Condemns Abuse of His Late Mother at Bihar Rally, Calls It Insult to All Mothers
Indian Army Joins US Troops in Alaska for Yudh Abhyas 2025 Military Exercise