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Thirty years on and Grimshaw still has the drive to boost cycling

Rik Thomas
05 July 2007
Practicing what he preaches... Sustrans? John Grimshaw cycling on the Bristol & Bath railway path (national route 4).
Practicing what he preaches... Sustrans? John Grimshaw cycling on the Bristol & Bath railway path (national route 4).
The national cycle network isn't just for rural areas... pedestrian and cyclist commuters mix freely on national route 4 through Bristol city centre.
The national cycle network isn't just for rural areas... pedestrian and cyclist commuters mix freely on national route 4 through Bristol city centre.
National cycle route 7, part of the Lochs and Glens route, is one of the most beautiful operated by Sustrans and Grimshaw is particularly enthusiastic about the Scottish Executive's attitude to sustainable transport.
National cycle route 7, part of the Lochs and Glens route, is one of the most beautiful operated by Sustrans and Grimshaw is particularly enthusiastic about the Scottish Executive's attitude to sustainable transport.

 

Transport charity Sustrans' chief executive, John Grimshaw, is currently as busy as he has ever been. As the organisation he helped found in Bristol in 1977 celebrates its 30th birthday, Sustrans is currently, among many other things, bidding for £50m of lottery money to fund 79 community projects as part of its Connect2 project (LTT 21 Jun) and is also exhorting people to 'Change Your World' by making fewer car journeys. It is also continuing to build and manage the national cycle...

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