Martin GodwinThu 7 May 2020 07.00 BST
The WHO recommends cycling to achieve the minimum daily requirement for exercise while physical distancing. Pedalling photographer Martin Godwin looks at cycling during the lockdown
- Cycling is enjoying a widespread rise in popularity in the UK. Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, says he wants to drastically increase space for bicycles and pedestrians
- ‘Many Londoners have rediscovered the joys of walking and cycling during lockdown … By quickly and cheaply widening pavements, creating temporary cycle lanes and closing roads to through-traffic, millions more will be able to change the way they get around our city,’ says Khan
- The lockdown has resulted in an increase in cycling across Scotland, too, according to a national monitoring scheme. Cycling Scotland’s chief executive, Keith Irving, says, ‘Many people are rediscovering cycling during lockdown, for exercise or essential journeys’