Better public transport, cycle paths and other worthy initiatives will help, but only a little.

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The charity wants better provision of youth clubs, open spaces and cycle paths.

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The money will also be used to create more cycle paths in Glasgow ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

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For others it was about a sporting legacy, getting people on their bikes, building cycle paths and improving existing cycle lanes.

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Other suggestions include a capital-wide map of cycle paths, extending London's parks so they join together, zero-emission buses and play-streets linking schools.

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For good public schools and subsidised cycle paths, try Portland, Oregon.

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Seventy percent of the ride was off-road on cycle paths.

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As well as TransMilenio, he built more than 200km of cycle paths, a network of public libraries and got private schools to run new public schools in the poorer south of the city.

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On Kedleston Road both inbound bus lanes will be removed while on Duffield Road the bus lane will be scrapped in its entirety, with new cycle paths installed from Broadway to Palm Court roundabout.

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