More than £160 million is to be poured into “cycle proofing” Britain’s roads as part of a cycling revolution, the Prime Minister is to announce today.

Networks of safe cycle paths will be built in eight cities and four national parks, while the Government is also considering a national cycleway to run alongside the HS2 rail line from London to Manchester.

The Times Cities Fit for Cycling campaign has led to a public outcry over a lack of dedicated space. It has called on the Government to raise investment in cycling to £10 per head of population and to force local councils to build safe cycle routes into all new roads.

Today’s announcement includes many of the campaign’s points adopted, with funding of about £10