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The new RBWH Cycle Centre is now open, within the hospital
precinct adjacent to Bowen Bridge Road.
It has 750 bike parking spaces, showers, lockers and hair dryers.
All details including membership fees, casual rates, opening
hours and how to access the facilities are at
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/rbwh_cycle_centre/
CAST supports this initiative of Qld Health and the Dept of Transport.
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02.03.10
Ever realised how much of our traffic congestion is attributable
to parents delivering and collecting children by car from home
to school and back again every schoolday?
How much would the community save in health costs and wasted
time if most children walked or rode to school?
to parents delivering and collecting children by car from home
to school and back again every schoolday?
How much would the community save in health costs and wasted
time if most children walked or rode to school?
A new British study of 6000 children between 10 and 16 has revealed
that boys who rode their bikes to school were 20 per cent fitter than
those who travelled to school by bus or car, and the girls were 30 per
cent fitter.
"Children need to be active and stay fit in order to be healthy," said
the author of the report.
"Encouraging them to walk or cycle to school is one great opportunity to help achieve this."
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