Despite working as Greater Manchester’s cycling and walking commissioner while living on the Wirral, the nation’s most prominent cycling campaigner recently sold his car.
“I’ve been using the bike to commute because I’ve been helping out in my local Halfords in Bidston,” Boardman told the Telegraph.
“When they had a massive increase of orders and no staff, I helped to build bikes one day a week. I said: ‘Okay, I will go two months without a car and see what it’s like’ – and it was fine. So I’ve given up the car. That’s quite a big step.”
He believes that this is something a lot more people could do.