In less than 24 hours, a crowd-funding campaign to publish a new Bristol Cycling Manifesto has raised almost its full target of £800.

“We’ve got an ambitious vision and if we join together to get our voices heard we can show that it’s popular and possible,” says campaign founder Eric Booth.

“We are asking you to make a small contribution to a big idea: to give everyone in Bristol the ‘Freedom to Ride’.

“Here’s the problem. You probably already know that cycling benefits everyone in Bristol: it is quick, cheap and pollution-free. So why don’t more people do it?”

Eric adds: “Our strategy is for main routes around and into the centre to be ‘Cycling Freeways’ – high quality, continuous, direct and often segregated.

“The network of pleasant ‘Cycling Quietways’ will be expanded and linked. Every area will become a ‘Cycling Neighbourhood’ with 20mph limits and great access for cycling and walking.”

For more information and to donate to the campaign, visit www.crowdfunder.co.uk/investment/freedom-to-ride-the-bristol-cycling-manifesto-1814.