Cycling to Work

Part of 3. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 3:13 pm on 20 June 2018.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 3:13, 20 June 2018

I have seen the study. In fact, I've got a copy of it on the back here. I don't know that we break down the numbers, but I think it's something that we can do and I think it'd be quite useful. In terms of what more we can do, we do offer all of the facilities that are available to everybody, so there are gender-specific showers here, six of them, for male and female. But I suppose what we offer mostly is the opportunity to cycle to work and to give some provision once you get here. We have teamed up with Cardiff council, because one of the big issues and reasons why people aren't cycling is because they feel afraid. So, we have teamed up with Cardiff council to provide free cycling proficiency lessons and that ought to go some way to help. We have also teamed up with Dr Bike, and that's a minor cycle repair service for bike users. We have looked at Sustrans and we do look to them to provide information and support to help us to help people cycle around Cardiff and Wales.