| Step 1 The number of crashes | | Step 7 Teach children to cycle. |
| goes down when more of us | | Press your school to provide |
| cycle. So let’s give cycling a real | | lessons or do it yourself. |
| boost. | | (Read the CTC Guide To Family |
| Step 2 Force large companies to | | Cycling, £9.99, www.ctc.org.uk). |
| install showers for biking workers. | | Step 8 Motorists who so much as |
| Step 3 Insist that train operators | | hinder a cyclist must be punished |
| improve the ludicrously bad level | | severely. |
| of bike service, even at rushhour. Get bikes on trains. | | Step 9 Set up more women-only |
| Step 4 Massively increase bikeparking facilities. | | bike classes. (Women cycle half |
| Step 5 Clamp down on bike | | as much as men.) |
| thefts. | | Step 10 Get cyclists off the |
| Step 6 Cover our towns with clear | | pavement |
| bike-only lanes. | | |
There are 16,000 serious bike
accidents on our roads each
year. The only way to cut that
shameful number is to take the
problem seriously.