Transport Minister calls greening our road network “a challenge but also an opportunity”
The Transport Minister Trudy Harrison has told the Local Government Technical Advisers Group that “Everyone here has a role to play to ensure that we get emissions down and hit net zero by 2050. All roads the arteries that connect the country and power our economy”. The Minister gave the keynote speech at the organisation’s […]
Making Active Travel Easy – Chris Boardman on this week’s Highways Voices
“I started with an outcome of what do we want the places we live to be like, what do we want that to be for our families and our kids, and then what do we need to get people there – and easy is the is the first word. It’s got to be easy.” The […]
Boardman tells TTF – make transport “easy”
England’s Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman says it’s vital we make it “easy” for people to travel in a more active way. “If we can’t look out of a car window and see active travel and think ‘I could do that’ then it’s pointless,” he told the Transport Technology Forum conference in Liverpool, as he […]
Funding worth £200 million announced for new walking and cycling schemes across England
Millions of people across the country will benefit from cleaner air and cheaper ways to travel and keep active, thanks to £200 million of government funding for new walking and cycling schemes across England announced this week. The government’s new executive agency Active Travel England, led by Chris Boardman, will oversee the delivery of 134 […]
5p cut in fuel duty represents three times the current active travel spend, says new report
A 5p cut in fuel duty represents three times the current spending on active travel in the UK, according to a new report, which suggests that the financial relief would be better invested in active travel. The ‘Spending £2.4bn Better’ technical report concludes that the fuel duty cut – applied by the government in response to […]
DfT officially launches Active Travel England
The Department for Transport has officially launched its new executive agency, Active Travel England (ATE), which will be responsible for active travel spend and measuring performance. ATE will manage the national active travel budget, awarding funding for projects which meet the new national standards set out in 2020. It will inspect finished schemes and ask for […]
Chris Boardman to lead government’s new active travel body
Cyclist Chris Boardman is to become national commissioner of the government’s new cycling and walking body, Active Travel England (ATE), which launches today (24 January 2022). ATE will be responsible for driving up the standards of cycling and walking infrastructure and managing the national active travel budget, awarding funding for projects that meet the new national standards set out in […]
