Cycling could save NHS millions

A Guardian article discusses how the NHS would save £250m a year if one in 10 journeys were made by bicycle, according to a study commissioned for a campaign for government to treat cycling more seriously.

Cambridge University researchers concluded that if cycling made up 10% of all trips, as against the current figure of about 2%, the nation would also gain the combined equivalent of more than 1million years of healthy living over a decade due to lower rates of inactivity-related illnesses.