#CycleToWorkUAE - in pictures

Lotte Schippers and colleagues cycle to work at Al Habtoor Business Towers. Rebecca Rees for The National

Peter England , chief executive of RAKBank, front left, leads the RAKBank peloton. Pawan Singh / The National

Employees of the RAKBank cycle to work.Pawan Singh / The National

Mohammed al Otaiba, Tha National’s Editor in Chief, left, talks with one of the participants, Alla El Deen Sadeq, a translator with Jernas Solutions, at a park-and-cycle location at Khalifa Park for The National’s #cycletoworkUAE campaign. Silvia Razgova / The National

Security guards try out the bicycles available at a park-and-cycle location at Khalifa Park. Silvia Razgova / The National

Dutch Ambassador Jennes de Mol cycles with his staff to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Sarah Dea / The National

A park-and-cycle location at Khalifa Park. Silvia Razgova / The National

From left to right: Marc-Andre Lorrain, Edwin Paul Franklin, Claudio Ramirez and Vince Hampton arrive for work at the Embassy of Canada in Abu Dhabi. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

Ehab Haddad, a sales manager at the Abu Dhabi Media, demonstrates his cycling skills at Khalifa Park. Silvia Razgova / The National

Dutchman Sander van Reijzen, 34, a general manager at an oil and gas company, rides his bike on Abu Dhabi's Corniche . Mona Al Marzooqi/ The National

Rodel Rodriguez, a respiratory therapist, has cycled to work everyday for the past three years. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National

A man cycles to work along the Corniche. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National

Ryan Enriquez, Concierge Officer at The Hilton cycles to work from Khalidiyah to The Hilton. Mona Al Marzooqi/ The National

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. January 13, 2015///The Hilton staff from left to right: Darshini Govindaraju, Training & Asst. HR Manager (cycles five times a week); Carolina Heto, Guest Relations (cycles everyday to work); Ryan Enriquez, concierge officer (cycles everyday to work); Praveen Kumar, Executive Pastry Chef (cycles everyday to work); Subramani Vaiyapuri; Assistant Chef (cycles everyday to work); Mark Anthony Queliza, concierge (cycles four times a week to work). Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Mona Al Marzooqi/ The National Reporter: Ramona Ruiz Section: National

Residents across the country took their first steps towards a healthier lifestyle on Tuesday as they cycled to work.