Covid bike and walking schemes do not delay ambulances, trusts say | The Guardian
FOI responses also reveal no schemes introduced without relevant service being consulted
Laura Laker Sat 13 Feb 2021
Low-traffic neighbourhoods, popup cycle lanes, widened pavements and other walking and cycling schemes introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic have not hindered ambulance response times, a series of freedom of information requests has revealed.
Ambulance trust responses to FOIs submitted by the charity Cycling UK revealed that no such schemes were implemented without the relevant trust’s knowledge and that no delays to emergency response times had been identified because of them.