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By leaving the car at home and travelling by bike, on foot or using
public transport, residents will be able to enjoy a range of free
activities during the week, which is run by Peterborough City
Council's Travelchoice team.
These
include:
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A
day's free travel on Stagecoach buses to mark Car Free Day on
Wednesday 22 September 2010. The voucher for a free Dayrider can
be found in the September/October 2010 issue of Your
Peterborough, which will be dropping through letterboxes from
Monday 6 September 2010.
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free swim for anyone who cycles or catches the bus to the
regional pool between Thursday 16 September 2010 and Wednesday
22 September 2010.
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Free
bowling for anyone who arrives at AMF Bowling at Bretton by bus
from Thursday 16 September 2010 to Wednesday 22 September 2010.
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Free
adult cycle training from the Travelchoice team. Ninety minute
lessons are available throughout the week.
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free breakfast is available for all cyclists and bus users who
stop at the Cornish Pasty Shop on Bridge Street, Peterborough,
between 7.45am and 9am on Thursday 16 September 2010.
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Free
entry to Flag Fen for those who walk or cycle there on Friday 17
September and Saturday 18 September 2010.
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Free
bike checks by experienced Bristows staff outside the Town Hall
on Bridge Street from 8am to 10am on Tuesday 21 September 2010.
There is
still time to enter the Travelchoice sustainable transport
photography competition. This is open to everyone, with the only
criteria being that entries must incorporate a sustainable transport
theme - whether this is the fun of a first bus journey, the
picturesque landscape captured on a country walk, or the joy of a
child as they master riding a bike.
Entries
should be emailed to travelchoice@peterborough.gov.uk by 12noon on
Monday 13 September 2010 to be in with a chance. The winning entries
will receive Queensgate gift cards.
Councillor
Samantha Dalton, the city council's cabinet member for environment
capital, said: "The Travelchoice Week activities offer something for
every interest and I hope this will encourage residents to leave
their cars at home and try out more sustainable ways of exploring
our city. Cycling, walking and using the bus are all better for the
environment and build upon our growing national reputation as the
UK's environment capital."
Matt
Barber, the city council's sustainable travel officer, said: "There
is a great range of incentives on offer to encourage residents to
use more environmentally-friendly forms of transport during
Travelchoice Week. Whether it is using a different form of transport
to make a regular journey, or visiting somewhere new by bus or bike
then we hope that trying it once might encourage residents to change
their travel habits on a more permanent basis."
For more
information, go to
www.travelchoice.org.uk
September 2010 -
Peterborough UK Community Website
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