Part of 3. 2. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:32 pm on 23 May 2017.
Absolutely so. The change that is happening—it’s not yet happened across every local authority—the change that is happening at the moment is that cycling and walking are seen as modes of transport rather than means of recreation alone. We know that many of our cities are well placed to deliver cycle paths and cycle routes. We know that the issue for many people who might cycle is they don’t want to be on the road with cars. For the brave, yes they do, and quite rightly so because they have every right to be on the road. But the more we can develop cycle routes that are physically separated from cars, the more people we will attract, I believe, onto those routes because they don’t feel they have to compete with cars and lorries on the road. And that’s very much part of course, as he will know, of the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013.