South Yorkshire’s mayor has announced a cycling and walking challenge for primary school pupils, as part of the region’s active travel initiative.
Oliver Coppard said Walk and Wheel, launched in Barnsley, would take place across the county.
Former Olympic cyclist Ed Clancy, also South Yorkshire’s Active Travel Commissioner, was at the announcement.
The initiative, launched at Joseph Locke Primary School, will run from 17 to 28 June, the mayor said.
“We need to make sure everyone in South Yorkshire has freedom and choice about how to travel and move, every day,” Mr Coppard said.
“That’s important at every age and stage of life, but nowhere is it more important than with our kids at school.
“Active travel is central to my vision of a better-connected South Yorkshire, but we simply must create a new generation who see the alternatives to just jumping in the car as an obvious first choice.”