Greater Manchester Walking and Cycling Index

Most of the pavements near where I live are old and uneven. If you add in parked cars too it’s like doing an assault course.

When the children were small I got forced onto the road while they were on the path as there was no space for the wheelchair. I couldn’t see them behind the parked cars. It was very upsetting.

Unsafe pavements isolate people in their homes. When I was a manual wheelchair user I couldn’t go anywhere on the pavement.

We need to design our neighbourhoods to suit people rather than cars. We should get rid of cars on pavements.

Making streets accessible for everyone helps with health and wellbeing and it builds community. If you’re not in a vehicle you get to know people. It creates nicer neighbourhoods.