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The new investment, which doubles the budget for Cycling England and will provide:

More money for the cycling Links to Schools project - which ties in schools to the wider 10,000 miles of the National Cycling Network reducing need for school children to cycle on busy roads. 70% of the links to schools built by the end of 2005 were off-road;

Funding to support the new more rigorous cycling proficiency test fit for the 21st century not the 1970s. Potentially training a further 100,000 children to a new, tougher standard including on-road training.

Speaking at the opening of a new traffic free cycle link to Oxford Community School today, Douglas Alexander said:

Further information

• Cycling England Opens new window

• Information on cycling from the Department for Transport Opens new window

More from Directgov

• Cycle safety for 11-15 year olds (parents section)

• Cycling and walking (travel and transport section)