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Pledge to increase cycling levels in Liverpool by 10% over two years - Liverpool Daily Post 14th October 2009
"TRANSPORT leaders pledged to increase bike trips by 10% by April, 2011, as part of a plan to make Liverpool a “cycling city”.
The commitment was made at Merseyside Transport Partnership’s (MTP) third annual conference, at FACT, in Wood Street, yesterday."
Liverpool health and transport chiefs want 10% increase in bike use by April 2011 - Liverpool Echo 14th October 2009
"HEALTH and transport chiefs pledged to make Liverpool a “cycling city”.
Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Liverpool city council said they wanted to increase cycling levels in the city by 10% by April 2011.
They signed a formal agreement setting out their commitment to cycling, and invited others – such as businesses, universities, and cultural and sporting agencies – to join the alliance."
Children under 16 'should be forced to wear cycle helmets' - Daily Telegraph 18th September 2009
Children should be forced by law to wear cycle helmets to reduce their risk of suffering a serious brain injury, doctors’ leaders have said.
A&E doctors demand that child cyclists be forced to wear helmets - The Times 17th September 2009
Children should be forced to wear helmets while cycling in order to cut deaths and serious head injuries on Britain’s roads, leading doctors say.
The Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine (APEM), which represents A&E specialists, called on the Government to make it illegal for children under 16 to cycle without wearing head protection.
7/7 London bombings may have resulted in 'second wave' of casualties on the roads - Daily Telegraph 3rd September 2009
The 7/7 London bombings may have resulted in a “second wave” of casualties on the roads as people switched from the tube to travelling by bicycle, psychiatrists believe.
Male elite cyclists and triathletes at serious risk of fertility problems - The Times 30th June 2009
Male cyclists who spend too long in the saddle risk damaging their sperm, research has suggested.
The gruelling training regimes followed by elite cyclists and triathletes, who spend many hours on the road and cover hundreds of miles a week, may lower the quality of their sperm to the point at which they suffer fertility problems, a study of triathletes in Spain has found.
Men who cycle more than 186 miles a week face fertility risk - Daily Mail 29th June 2009
Spending too long in the saddle could affect a man’s chances of fatherhood.
Cycling for long distances greatly reduces sperm quality and raises the risk of fertility
problems, a study has revealed.
It found that just 4 per cent of the sperm of athletes pedalling 185 miles a week – around 25 miles a day – were a normal, ‘healthy’ shape.
Elite cyclists 'risk infertility' - BBC Health News 29th June 2009
Professional cyclists should consider freezing their sperm before embarking on their careers, say researchers.
They found sperm quality drops dramatically with rigorous training.
The Spanish study of top triathletes found those who cover more than 186 miles (300km) a week on their bikes have less than 4% normal looking sperm.
'Make London like Bogota' - BBC Health News 24th June 2009
UK towns and cities should become more like the Colombian capital of Bogota, at least in their transport policies, according to Professor Martin Wiseman, medical and scientific adviser at the World Cancer Research Fund.
Letter: Switch transport funds to cycling - The Guardian 22nd August 2008
Some have dared hope that Britain's haul of Olympic cycling medals will prompt a cycling revival and solve the nation's obesity crisis ('Put cycling on school curriculum', August 21). This may happen, but only if we invest significantly more in cycle-friendly infrastructure. Cycling is recognised - along with walking - as the physical activity most accessible to the two-thirds of Britons who do not presently reach even minimum recommended levels of activity. But few will try cycling while our streets are so traffic-dominated and hostile. So while 47% of children would like to cycle to school, for example, only 3% do.
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