Changing Places at 15:00 will feature how Sustrans and its 10 000 mile network "might encourage us to get out of our cars and onto our bikes."

National Cycle Network to be plugged on R4 today

"In 1977, John Grimshaw and fellow bike activists in Bristol started to build a cycle path. By the end of this year, there will be 10,000 miles of paths forming the National Cycle Network across Britain. Yvonne Ellis finds out how John and his organisation, Sustrans, achieved this, and how they might encourage us to get out of our cars and onto our bikes."

Listeners from around the world can hear this programme live at this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/changingplaces.shtml

If you miss the programme, you can listen to it here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/…/listenagain.shtml

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