http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Free bikes for school travel en Sun, 17 May 2026 18:22:47 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=455#post-3387 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:44:01 +0000 Kim 3387@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well it is worth a try. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=455#post-3386 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:49:46 +0000 chdot 3386@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Norfolk County Council says it needs to save £1.3m on home-to-school transport. But it still needs to get children to their classrooms every day.<br /> Its solution? To offer 22,000 young people who live more than three miles from school a free bicycle to keep. Any school student who currently gets bus or taxi fares paid will qualify. Electric bikes are being loaned to older pupils who have further to travel.</p> <p>Mary Roche, the transport policy manager, believes it's a win-win solution.<br /> "It does help towards health and wellbeing as well as keeping cost down for us," she says. "It's much cheaper to provide a cycle than a bus pass."</p> <p>Whether the children will agree on a dark and rain-drenched morning remains to be seen.<br /> "<br /> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8538686.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8538686.stm</a> </p>