Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign

Taking your bike on public transport and cycling from where you get off to your final destination beats the car almost every time in terms of door-to-door speed and convenience, no matter how long the journey. This is the reason so many cities around the world have public transport systems that take bikes.
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Both the Manchester Evening News and Channel M gave a lot of space to GMCC’s latest Commuter Challange between a cyclist, a train passenger, a bus rider and a motorist commuting from Heaton Chapel to Manchester Town Hall in the morning rush hour last Tuesday.

The results were

First:
bicycle
20 minutes

Second:
train
35 minutes

Third:
car
43 minutes

Fourth:
bus
52 [...]