I want to ride my bicycle! Safe cycling routes for kids in Malta

Abstract

It’s another perfect-weather-sunny-day with zero chance of rain. Another day ideal for bicycling. Images of happy families cycling though rugged country lanes or empty scenic roads immediately come to mind. Only to be quashed by the harsh reality that there seem to be none in Malta. Fact 1: Malta has one the highest rates of cars per person in Europe. Fact 2: The present infrastructure is heavily geared towards vehicles and cycling infrastructure is pretty terrible. Fact 3: Maltese children are among the most obese and starved of open spaces in Europe. Happily, we have found some time to present to you with a new fact! There are some places where you can actually cycle with children (for more than 10 minutes) and feel relatively safe. Here are some of them.