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Cycling is a popular method of transport in the county of South Yorkshire, England. Between 2006 and 2014, there was an increase of over 25% in the number of cycle journeys being made in the county's urban areas.
As part of the South Yorkshire Active Travel Fund, the four boroughs of Sheffield, Doncaster,
Cycling is a popular method of transport in the county of South Yorkshire, England. Between 2006 and 2014, there was an increase of over 25% in the number of cycle journeys being made in the county's urban areas.
As part of the South Yorkshire Active Travel Fund, the four boroughs of Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
and Rotherham have invested in the construction of several new cycling infrastructure
Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where permitted, sidewalks. Roads used by motorists are also cycling infrastructure, except whe ...
projects, including cycle paths
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, and integrated and segregated cycle lanes.
Commuter cycling
An increasing number of roads in South Yorkshire are being paralleled by segregated cycle lanes, such as in Penistone Road, Bennetthorpe and Sheffield Road. This is intended to discourage commuters from using private cars, and instead cycle. It is also hoped that it will improve air quality in towns and cities by taking cars off the road.Leisure cycling
The Trans Pennine Trail, a 215-mile-long national route for recreation and transport, connecting Southport, Merseyside on the west coast to Hornsea,East Yorkshire
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on the east coast, passes through South Yorkshire.{{cite web , date=2022 , title=Welcome to the Trans Pennine Trail , url=https://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/ , access-date=2022-04-03 , website=Trans Pennine Trail , publisher=Trans Pennine Trail It is used primarily for leisure cycling rather than commuter cycling as it often does not take direct routes and is unpaved in some stretches.
The main east–west route passes through Penistone, Dodworth
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, Worsbrough, Wombwell,
Manvers, Harlington, Sprotbrough, Cusworth, Bentley
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, Thorpe in Balne, Braithwaite and Sykehouse
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. A north–south extension connects Royston
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, Cudworth, Stairfoot
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, Elsecar, Wentworth, Tankersley, the Meadowhall shopping centre and Beighton.
South Yorkshire hosts numerous park
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s, forests, lakes and reserves that can be enjoyed by bike.
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