Cycle training and walk to school programmes among £10m active travel funding boost
The government has confirmed more than £100 million in funding to deliver hands-on training, community programmes and school initiatives that give people across England the skills, confidence and freedom to walk, wheel and cycle. The multi-year funding, announced by Active Travel England (ATE) will include £78 million for the government’s flagship Bikeability programme, which has […]
Cycling UK issues response to ATE’s Women and Girls Safety programme
Cycling UK responds to new government guidance that will be issued to councils nationwide to help them consider how to make their streets safer for women and girls, from Active Travel England (ATE) announced yesterday. Sarah McMonagle, Director of External Affairs at Cycling UK, said “Across the country, fears around personal safety leave women restricted in terms of their everyday […]
Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan for ‘national active travel network
Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to an unprecedented plan to create a “national active travel network”, focusing initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely. The scheme, which involves all non-London regional mayors other than one from Reform UK, is intended to fit into wider efforts to devolve […]
Latest Active Travel plans approved by Cambridgeshire councillors
Cambridgeshire County Councillors at the Highways and Transport Committee have heard about the progress on active travel schemes around the county and accepted more than £4m of additional funding from the Combined Authority and Active Travel England (ATE). In recent years, the council has delivered active travel schemes across the county through more than £2m […]
Active Travel funding boost for Hertfordshire Council
Active Travel England have allocated £5,814,232 of additional funding to support active travel initiativesacross Hertfordshire. The funding will enable the development and delivery of local walking, wheeling, and cycling schemes, alongside community engagement initiatives. This supports the objectives in our Corporate Plan and a number of key policy areas including transport the environment, public health […]
Essex awarded multi-million pound investment to improve walking and cycling
Essex County Council has secured £7.3 million from Active Travel England to improve walking and cycling across the county. The county council has worked with city and district councils since 2020 to design a network of over 400 walking and cycling routes. The funding announced on Wednesday will be used to deliver new walking and […]
Active Travel: £300m for new walking, wheeling and cycling schemes
Millions of people will benefit from 300 miles of new walkways and cycle lanes thanks to almost £300 million in funding to boost walking, wheeling and cycling in England. The funding package announced today by the government and Active Travel England (ATE) will also allow the construction of improved crossings and junctions to make walking, […]
Government guidelines to make school runs happier, healthier and greener
Millions more school runs across the country can now be transformed to be healthier, safer, greener and more active, thanks to new government guidelines published this week. The guidance, published by Active Travel England and the Department for Transport, outlines how councils can better deliver school street schemes, so that they work best for pupils […]
National Highways working in tandem with Active Travel England
Olympic legend and Active Travel England ambassador Chris Boardman MBE and National Highways have pledged the two organisations will work more closely together to promote the benefits of active travel and a healthier future for all. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between National Highways and Active Travel England was signed at a meeting between National […]
£7.79m for transport improvements in Leeds
Leeds City Council has successfully been awarded funding for five schemes designed to enable residents to choose more active and sustainable modes of travel and improve road safety for everyone. A part of a £200million funding pot, which Active Travel England expects to generate up to 16 million extra walking and cycling trips every year […]