According to an article published in TIMESONLINE, politicians are being urged to use up to 10% of transport budgets to invest in walking and cycling initiatives to fight obesity. As many of us already know, obesity rates in the United States are out of control; and with gas prices on the rise, this presents the perfect opportunity for many people to get out there and get some exercise while at the same time saving some extra cash in gas.

In England, spending on cycling in the 2006-2007 year amounted to 0.3 percent of the overall transport budget, while in Wales the number was 0.4 percent. Groups such as the Association of Directors of Public Health also want to see 20mph speed limits created and put into residential areas. Various groups are also demanding better driver training as well as enforced traffic laws. In the United States, various cities, such as Cary, NC have already begun to make the roadways more friendly to pedestrian traffic with the addition of added cycling routes and more sidewalks in residential areas.

When you drive through many neighborhoods now, you can also see clearly posted speed limits and/or speed bumps. Some cities have even tried to draw attention to the fact that drivers need to learn to share the roadways by marking bike routes so that they are clearly visible to drivers as they travel down the road. I think it is pretty clear that the trend for the future will include more people choosing to cycle, walk or run to where they have to go versus automatically grabbing their car keys. Because of this, it is important that drivers be even more vigilant while they are driving.

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