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Let's hope the Council is doing something to encourage commuters too - according to its own stats 45% of people who drive to work in Brighton travel less than three miles! http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/generalnews/display.var.2141456.0.brighton_and_hove_children_urged_to_cycle_to_school.php Brighton and Hove children urged to cycle to school More schoolchildren will be cycling safely to school this year thanks to a Government grant. Free Bikeability cycle training will be given to 1,380 schoolchildren by March 2009, after Brighton and Hove City Council received 55,200. The scheme will give youngsters the confidence to cycle on busy roads. Councillor Geoffrey Theobald, chairman of the environment committee, said: "Equipping young people with the necessary cycling safety skills will contribute to the city council's targets of reducing congestion in the city and particularly around our schools." Dean Spears, principal transport planner at the council, said: "This successful bid was jointly submitted by the city council's road safety and cycling demonstration town teams, and will provide one-toone tuition for young people enabling them to cycle safely throughout their lives." Brighton and Hove is one of six Cycling Demonstration Town projects in the UK, which aims to improve cycling infrastructure. Its projects include the cycle freeway on Grand Avenue and The Drive and schemes such as personalised travel planning, cycle training, car-free days and bike week. Funding for the scheme and Bikeability has been provided by Cycling England, the Government's specialist cycling organisation.
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