Baroness Jones urges Cardiff to embrace green cycling initiatives

Green Party London Assembly Member, Jenny Jones, visits Cardiff on Friday 29th April to support the Greens campaign in the city. Jones will accompany South Wales Central Lead List Candidate, Amelia Womack, in a visit to Gabalfa Primary School and hear about their Big Pedal Campaign. The campaign encourages children to cycle to school, and the Greens will be talking about their commitment to cycling in Cardiff.

Jenny Jones, a long time cycling campaigner, commissioned the report that paved the way for the London cycle-hire scheme, and advocates similar forward thinking in Cardiff. She commented: "Greens are the only party that are committed to prioritising a sustainable transport infrastructure, which is essential to link communities and enable safer cycling. We need to ensure that the costs of public transport and cycling are reduced, and that those of motoring are increased."

Greens have committed to develop new, safe cycle and walking routes and to implement a 20mph speed limit in all residential areas.

Amelia Womack said: "It's great to see schools across Cardiff supporting the Big Pedal Campaign with more and more pupils cycling to school. We need to lower speed limits and create new routes to ensure that travel to schools, linking communities and access to services can be done safely."

"We would like to see effective implementation of the Active Travel Act, developing the Enfys cycle route network in Cardiff and providing cycle training. Greens would ensure funding to develop more well designed routes and to transform Cardiff into a safe cycling city, that benefits from the environmental and health benefits that cycling brings."