Council blames Tory Government's slashed active travel budget after only one in three cycling and walking projects receives funding
> "Depressing" decrease in cycling traffic due to government's"flawed" decision to slash active travel budget, says Cycling UK In September last year, when the cycle lane went to vote for being made permanent, it was voted against by only one member, Greens Councillor Rob White, who's also the leader of the opposition.
"The council should be bidding for money to make our roads safe for cyclists and join up Reading’s disjointed cycle network. Unfortunately it is wasting time bidding for money to duplicate existing links." Last week, six of the country's leading active travel groups came together to claim that the prime minister’s reported ‘Plan for Motorists’ will