Reading Borough Council are building a new school by Rivermeads, and putting in cycling infrastructure along Richfied Avenue.

They believe 509 children will attend the school from Caversham, and that 214 will walk but only 15 will cycle, and they do not intend to do any work to connect this new bike lane to the cycling route over Caversham bridge. This means the children who do cycle will have to navigate either a blind corner and narrow unfenced paths by the river, or the awful roundabout by the Crowne Plaza.

We, Kidical Mass Reading, believe that if they joined up the bike lanes many more children would want to cycle to school. This would help them build independence and healthy habits, and reduce car traffic over the bridge at drop offs.