'I used my preferred method of driving by vehicle' Torfaen council officers drove to meeting to discuss ways to promote active travel, adding that 'cycling and walking not always practical' cycling
All four council officers attending a meeting to discuss ways to promote walking and cycling, admitted that they drove to the venue of the meeting, with some even claiming that they were active drivers and preferred it over cycling and walking, which were “not practical”.
To which Mr Bates replied: “I disagree. As far as I’m concerned I do plenty of walking with my dogs. I walk at least an hour a day and I don’t need anyone telling me to do more.”Climate change chief Michele Mitchell, while confirming that she arrived by car, said that “cycling and walking isn’t always practical”. “It’s a time constraint when you’ve got to be in a meeting by nine o’clock and get to another meeting and that’s something we’re going to face,” she said.
He said the council is “fortunate a significant amount” of staff live within Torfaen, adding: “I’m not one of them unfortunately but I do work remotely as much as I can and I’m up in Torfaen maybe twice a week but the other three days I’m working remotely. Cycling UK called it “the most significant change in UK roads building policy over the last 20 years”, representing a “marked shift from other UK administrations’ simplistic and outdated views of building more roads as the answer to all transport woes from congestion to poor air quality”.
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