A high-profile appointment to a new Advisory Panel... Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman welcomes appointment of four 'incredible experts' to help active travel thrive across the UK
welcomed the appointments to the new panel, saying Active Travel England had the support of four"incredible experts".
"Exercise improves health, and Active Travel England's mission is shared by the health service," he said following his latest appointment. "If you went back to the 1950s and 1960s there were extremely high rates of people cycling for work as well as recreationally across the country," he explained. "While the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is hopefully behind us, the obesity crisis which drains NHS resource and costs billions has not gone away. Cycling could be one of the miracle pills to help us through it, so it's fantastic to see Professor Sir Chris Whitty's appointment by Active Travel England," he told road.cc.