THE cycle hub in Barnsley interchange has undergone a transformation in a bid to encourage walking and cycling.
It is now the Active Travel Hub and as opened by Coun Dave Leech, Barnsley’s cycling champion and hub manager Adam Simmonite.
Coun Leech said: “It’s fantastic to open up the Active Travel hub to a larger audience. Not only does active travel increase the health of those who use it, it helps to reduce emissions for others too. ( “We have fantastic areas in our borough such as the Trans Pennine Trail and other cycle and walking routes with fantastic scenery. The Active Travel Hub and it’s range of offers available allows more people to use active travel on a day to day basis as well as being a pathway for getting more people to walk and cycle for leisure as well.
“We’ve seen events such as the Tour de Yorkshire and Barnsley Crit bring cycling to the heart of Barnsley which the cycle hub benefited from as it showcases the sport as something for everyone in Barnsley. The Active Travel Hub can continue that as well as promote walking activities such as the history walks and other events happening on a regular basis.”
The hub’s offer of free bike parking, bike checks, electric and regular bike loans, local cycle route information and recycle bikes will remain, and the hub will now offer an information point for the walking for health service run by Walk Well Barnsley.
