£30m Active Travel route and A55 improvements officially opened
The completion of the safety and improvement work on the Aber Tai’r Meibion section of the A55, which includes a new active travel route, has been officially marked by the Minister for North Wales Lesley Griffiths. The £30m scheme, which includes £20.7m EU funding, addresses the increased risk of flooding due to climate change and […]
TRL Launches New Active Travel Audits Service
TRL has launched a new Active Travel Audits service aimed at guiding local authorities in making their cities, towns, and villages safer, more accessible, and better equipped to deal with the diversity in users and micro mobility modes. The audits are designed to identify and address the key safety, accessibility, and comfort concerns of two […]
Alan Turing Institute partnership brings data expertise to nationwide walking and cycling schemes
The Alan Turing Institute has been commissioned to create new software and data science techniques to support local authority delivery of walking, wheeling and cycling schemes, Active Travel England has announced. The collaboration, which will run for 2 years at a total cost of £200,000, will support Active Travel England and councils to deliver schemes […]
Shropshire Council starts consultation on new walking and cycling routes
People will soon be able to share their thoughts about an ambitious proposed network of new and upgraded walking and cycling routes across Shropshire – including new cycle lanes, footpaths, crossings and bridges. A six-week consultation into Shropshire’s draft first Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) will start on 17 April [2023]. An LCWIP […]
London’s boroughs awarded more than £63 million in funding to make streets healthier and safer for all
Transport for London (TfL) has allocated more than £63m in funding for London’s boroughs in 2023/24, with more to follow in 2024/25, as they continue their vital work making the capital’s roads safer and more attractive for people using public transport, walking and cycling. Healthy Streets investment in boroughs provides funding for local projects that […]
New Inverness Campus active travel route in sight
Works to deliver a new active travel connection from Cradlehall to Inverness Campus in the Highlands are well underway. The Scottish Government-funded Low Carbon Travel and Transport Challenge project is currently being built across HIE-owned land at Inverness Campus. Chair of the Council’s Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Cllr Ken Gowans is pleased to see work […]
Cuts to cycling and walking budget in England could cost £2bn in long term, says Labour
The government’s decision this month to slash the budget for cycling and walking in England by more than 50% could cost more than £2bn in the long term through its impact on public health and the wider economy, a Labour analysis has estimated. The £380m cut to the active travel budget in the current spending review, which […]
DfT has cut £380m of the £710m promised in 2021 active travel budget, according to APPGCW
The Department for Transport (DfT) has cut £380M of the £710M promised in 2021 for the UK’s active travel budget, according to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling & Walking (APPGCW). In a statement written by secretary of state for transport Mark Harper last week, it was announced that £100M would be spent on […]
New plan to boost active travel in East Herts
Walking and cycling routes are set to improve across East Herts as work starts on the district’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). The plan, which is being jointly developed by East Herts and Hertfordshire County Council, will enable a long-term approach to improving local cycling and walking networks and forms a vital part […]
Cambridgeshire County Council to encourage cycling and walking the first option for short journeys
Walking and cycling becoming people’s “go-to” option for short journeys is the aim of a new transport strategy set to be adopted in Cambridgeshire. Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) will vote this week (7 March) on the Cambridgeshire Active Travel Strategy. It will also help the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) with its own active travel plans, […]