"When you ride past a school and there's loads of bikes in the shed,that's a really good feeling," she says. "Some days last summer, I wouldride past schools and there would be 30-plus bikes in the shed, comparedto six or seven when we started. So we're definitely seeing a bigincrease in cycling, which is fantastic."
Rooney is the Bristol officer for the Bike It project and, as such, herobjective is simple - to get more young people riding their bikes. Thescheme got under way in 2004 with funding from the cycling industry and'since then, the Department for Transport has provided further cash. BikeIt now operates across 15 local authorities, with officers in Aylesbury,Brighton, Bristol, Derby, Exeter, Lancaster, Manchester and York. Andlast week, London's transport chiefs pledged 390,000 to bring thescheme to the capital.
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