London 2012 aims for step change in walking and cycling habits with publication of new plans
The Olympic Delivery Authority’s new Walking and Cycling plans published today gives details on how £11.5m of investment will enable 385,000 spectators to “ride or stride” to the Games in 2012, and leave behind a legacy of permanent improvements to key routes between sporting hubs, thereby encouraging more people to walk and cycle to events in the future.
The ODA’s investment will see two new walking and cycling paths created and six more significantly improved. The new cycling paths will stretch from Finsbury Park to Victoria Park, where 5,000 new bike spaces will be provided, and from Epping Forest and the Wanstead Flats to Stratford.
An additional £7m will be invested into improving the Greenway, which is a 7km public footpath that runs from Victoria Park in Hackney, across the south of the Olympic Park and down to West Ham.
