Brits should cycle and walk to work to help reduce the spread of coronavirus as the lockdown eases.
Around £2 billion will now be spent on cycling and walking across the UK, including on widening cycling lanes, introduction of electronic scooters and schemes to make bicycles more affordable.
It is also believed the move will cut pollution significantly.
Speaking to the press at Downing Street today, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps also told how a further budget will be set aside to build new charging points for electronic vehicles and to finally tackle our roads' potholes.
"Only travel when you need to. Be considerate to others and let's play our part to get Britain moving safely again to whenever that is," Mr Shapps said.
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"Preventing overcrowding, which could lead to a second spike and more deaths, will be the responsibility of each and every one of us.
"Whilst it's crucial that we stay at home, when the country does get back to work we need to ask those people to carry on cycling or walking and for them to be joined by many others as well."
But, announcing the £2 billion package "to put cycling and walking at the heart of our transport policy", he said a national cycling plan will be published in early June to help double cycling and increase walking by 2025.
He said other measures will include pop-up bike lanes and wider pavements as well as cycle and bus-only streets.
Mr Shapps was asked if he would accept that parents will not be able to cycle to work until schools are fully up and running.
He replied: "I think it is true to say that people have, through this crisis, found a lot of different ways of working, and many more people than ever thought it was possible have discovered they've been able to work from home.
"And I imagine that quite a lot of that will continue, and possibly for quite some time, particularly as social distancing remains at the heart of making sure that we proceed with extreme caution, which is absolutely our desire."
And the minister also told how the death toll from coronavirus in all UK settings has hit 31,587 after 346 more people were recorded as succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours.
But tomorrow, Boris Johnson is set to reveal the Government's "road map", setting out a plan on how restrictions will begin to be lifted.
It is understood any steps will be carried out "with extreme caution" though.
The lockdown could be eased in three distinct 'phases' with some shops reopening first.
Small shops and outdoor workplaces would reopen in the first phase in early June, followed by large shopping centres and some offices in the second phase, according to the plan seen by The Times.
Ministers have already made clear that pubs, restaurants, hotels and leisure centres will be among the last to open - and the Times reports they will be in the final phase.
