Episode six and the Streets Ahead team have managed to infiltrate a significant part of the all-powerful motor lobby. It helped that Edmund King, President of The Automobile Association (now known as The AA), quite likes to ride a bike too.

King has recently called for the government to reconsider its £28.8bn road building programme, backed temporary walking and cycling infrastructure and called for "park and cycle" hubs outside cities to encourage active travel for longer journeys. It's not exactly what you'd expect from a motoring lobbyist. That said, in the interest of balance, we did go down a "cyclists could do themselves a favour by not always alienating drivers" rabbit hole, to even things out a bit.

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