Transport for London (TfL) has published details of the world's first transport health plan.

The initiative will focus on how the organisation will encourage citizens to get active and help reduce the risk of developing illnesses such as heart disease, type two diabetes and some cancers. A number of measures will be introduced to help achieve this, including better walking routes and improving cycling safety in the capital.

Mayor Boris Johnson has already outlined his commitment to encourage more people to get on their bikes. The transport authority has more than trebled its spending to achieve this, which is expected to deliver up to £250 million in health benefits each year.

London's transport commissioner Sir Paul Hendy commented: "If we can make the environment and our public spaces more inviting, that will encourage people to be more physically active."

To achieve this, TfL has outlined plans to spend over £4 billion in the next ten years to make streets safer and more inviting for pedestrians and cyclists.