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£5m emergency plan to enable socially-distanced cycling and walking across Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs

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Cycling and walking in Greater Manchester are to get a £5m boost to help people travel while social-distancing - and avoid a spike in car use.

Since all but essential travel was banned in March, traffic has plummeted by 60 per cent, while walking and cycling account for around 33pc of all journeys and cycling alone has grown by 22pc.

As reported by the M.E.N on Sunday, pollution and congestion have fallen as a result. The huge change to our travelling habits is clearly down to the unprecedented restrictions on our lives as a result of the COVID-19 crisis - but leaders are now looking at how to further enable these habits during the recovery phase.

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