{"id":594,"date":"2021-07-15T10:54:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-485533-2256537.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2022-07-18T17:47:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T17:47:55","slug":"get-involved-with-the-big-pedal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenbuying.co.uk\/get-involved-with-the-big-pedal\/","title":{"rendered":"Get involved with THE BIG PEDAL!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Get involved with THE BIG PEDAL!<\/strong><\/p>\n What’s the ‘Big Pedal?’<\/strong><\/p>\n Many schools<\/a> are taking part in the UK’s largest inter-school cycling and scooting challenge called the Big Pedal.\u00a0The Big Pedal<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose two wheels when travelling to and from school. It takes place over 2 weeks every year and there are prizes for those schools who record the greatest number of cycling or scooting journeys.<\/p>\n Let’s make this year’s event the biggest and best year yet!<\/strong><\/p>\n Success for Sustrans is when people are able to choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and our environment. This means people of all ages and abilities being able to walk, cycle and use public transport for more of the journeys we make every day. That’s why Sustrans are concentrating on the travel and play needs of children. “If we can now create the right space for young people to be out and about by foot and bike, independently and actively, then others will follow.” (Malcolm Shepherd – Chief Executive, Sustrans)<\/p>\n While children have aspirations to cycle to school, sadly only 1-2% achieve this UK-wide. Turning this desire into reality is clearly the right thing to do, and has so many benefits:<\/p>\n – Increase physical activity<\/strong>, tackling our chronic obesity problem and even helping improve academic results<\/p>\n – A cleaner environment<\/strong>, lowering both air and noise pollution, and helping us achieve our carbon targets<\/p>\n – Reduced congestion<\/strong>\u00a0that improves the reliability of our road network<\/p>\n