Enforcing 20mph speed limits across parts of the borough is just one of the proposals being put forward by Sutton Council ahead of a cycling summit due to be held later today.

The summit will discuss how the council can get more people cycling and keep them safe.

Subject to funding the council will identify one pilot location for a 20mph neighbourhood zone.

If its successful they find more sites if residents agree.

The zones would also have "physical traffic calming measures" and "low traffic zones" where cars would be restricted, but where cycling and walking will be maintained.

Sutton is considered to have a low number of cyclists compared to other London boroughs.

Only 1 per cent of journeys are by bike compared to 2 per cent for other outer London boroughs.

Transport for London's 2010 Cycling Potential report identified 118,200 potential bike trips that could have been made throughout the borough, but only 2,800 were recorded at the time.

It concluded that only 2 per cent of Sutton's cycling potential had been realised and that cars remained the dominant mode of transport with 77 per cent of Sutton homes owning at least one car.

The borough does have a low number of recorded cycling accidents.

There was only one fatality and 149 collisions involving cyclists being recorded between 2011 and 2013.

Sutton Council is supporting Boris Johnson's Vision for Cycling that hopes to get more people into the saddle.

It has recently been granted funds by Transport for London (TfL) for two quietway routes from Morden to Sutton and Worcester Park to Croydon.

The quietway routes are described as being guided paths on low traffic back streets that will not require any major new infrastructure and will rely on 'lines and signs.'

Sutton Council also sought funding from TfL for its Cycle to School Partnership programme in 2014.

The project would invest in a number of cycling routes to a cluster of schools within the borough, but TfL declined the bid made by Sutton Council.

As well as increasing the number of cyclists in the borough Sutton Council has committed itself to reducing carbon emissions as part of the 'One Planet Sutton' initiative, which aims to introduce a higher number of sustainable transport targets by 2025.

These include increasing the number of journeys made by cycling from 1 per cent to 2.2 per cent, walking from 28 per cent to 29.6 per cent and on public transport 16 per cent to 17.6 per cent.

To attend the cycling summit at 6pm today in Room One at the Civic Offices email roz.morrison@sutton.gov.uk