Cycling regularly to work (and, by extension, to school and on other regular journeys) has been shown to be the most effective thing an individual can do to improve health and increase longevity, and this applies even to people who are already active in sport and other physical activities (Andersen, Schnohr, Schroll and Hein, 2000). Cyclists typically have a level of fitness equivalent to being 10 years younger (Tuxworth, Nevill, White and Jenkins, 1986). A UK parliamentary health committee  noted:

“If the Government were to achieve its target of trebling cycling in the period 2000-2012 … that might achieve more in the fight against obesity than any individual measure we recommend within this report.” (TSO 2004)

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