Sentence examples for cycling plan from inspiring English sources

Is TfL's new cycling plan revolutionary or a waste of time?

E-bikes were part of Mayor Boris Johnson's £913m Vision for Cycling plan, launched in March, one of its main aims to get people cycling who aren't already, to 'de-Lycrafy' cycling in Johnson's own words.

The Olympic Delivery Authority's Walking and Cycling plan of March 2009 had high hopes for for both, not just to facilitate smooth travel during the Games but to "leave behind a legacy of permanent improvements to key routes... encouraging more people to walk and cycle to events in the future".

Boyd Fraser, a spokesman for volunteer cycling advocates Beach Road Cyclist, said the cycling plan, while praiseworthy, didn't address some of the major concerns of cyclists, including legislative change to introduce a minimum passing distance and demerit points for drivers who open their car door on a cyclist.

"The cycling plan that we did have was a bit bitty and 'Let's do what we can'.

Paris and France overall has a huge problem with bike theft — nearly 1,400 bikes are stolen every day nationwide — something that a new Cycling Plan is trying to counter.

9.45am: Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, gives a speech setting out his new cycling plans for London.

This is an interesting case study area as it has an historically low cycling rate but very ambitions cycling plans following investment from the Department of Transport.

In 2003 elections the UI won enough council seats to jointly govern with the Socialists, and managed to get the cycling plans in the coalition agreement.

There is a strong suspicion that Boris Johnson rushed through his cycling plans in order to claim credit before his mayoralty expired, with the combination of self-aggrandisement and inattention to detail that typified his other grand projects.

But they are vitally important to keep in mind when the mayor has committed close to £1bn to realizing his cycling plans and such a handsome sum could have been spent instead on, say, the night bus service, which would immediately benefit some of London's poorest workers.