The government has proposed an idea for a new strategy that will encourage more travel by bicycle, or on foot.

Its aim is that by 2040, people will choose walking or cycling as the natural choice for travelling shorter journeys, or as a way to break up longer ones.

Transport minister Robert Goodwill hopes that the strategy will double cycling, reverse the decline in walking and also reduce the rate of cyclists killed or injured on the road.

He is also aiming to increase the number of children who walk, or use their bikes to get to and from school every day.

In order to help this proposal along, it will be aided by safe and attractive infrastructure to encourage more journeys on bikes and by foot.

Mr Goodwill said: "The government's blueprint to encourage more people to cycle and walk will benefit the whole of society by boosting the economy, improving health, cutting congestion and improving air quality."

So far, the government has committed more than £300 million to helping realise this increase in cycling and walking and it intends to spend more.