Cycling and walking in transport policy | Letters

Many people have bikes and a good intention to ride but fear the dangers of mixing with motor vehicles. This is one reason so many are cycling illegally on pavementsHelen Pidd’s timely article (28 March) showed that there needs to be more money spent on providing for cycling to increase the use of bikes from the present level of about 2% of trips. This is more than the number of trips made by rail, which gets £4bn a year funding. It is not just money, since there are more bikes in Br