Promoting cycling - UK

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The government today launched a £47m quest to establish a British "cycling city" that would get more people on to two wheels, and cut congestion and pollution.

The winning metropolis will join London, which has already announced a £400m cycling and walking programme, in launching a series of initiatives including new cycle routes and training schemes.

Six new "cycling towns" will also be selected to share the £47m fund with the chosen city. Local authorities interested in becoming a cycling city or town have until March 31 to make their application.

Aylesbury, Exeter, Lancaster with Morecambe, Brighton, Derby and Darlington are already receiving Department for Transport funding dedicated to promoting bike use. "I've been hugely impressed by the work of the existing cycling demonstration towns, and see no reason why that couldn't be repeated on a larger scale," said Ruth Kelly, the transport secretary. "I want to see bold ideas from the first major cycling city - new ways to link residential areas to major transport hubs, city centres, schools and facilities."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/21/travelandtransport.cycling

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1. I love bikes.

Wish they could do that in Los Angeles. With the weather and terrain, it could easily be the perfect bicycling city. Instead, it's a traffic death trap for cyclists.