Cycle hires double during first week of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
West Midlands Cycle Hire’s (WMCH) free offer to encourage cycle hire during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has seen over double the amount of bike and ebikes being used during the first week of the scheme compared to an average week. Designed to help manage traffic congestion during the Games and offer more people a […]
North Glasgow canal path reopens after completion of new Stockingfield Bridge
A section of the Forth & Clyde Canal towpath in North Glasgow will reopen today ahead of the completion of the new Stockingfield Bridge. The 500m stretch of canal path from Stockingfield Junction to Ruchill Street has been closed for the past two years to allow construction of the iconic new active travel bridge – which is on schedule […]
Ministerial visit in Aberdeen for scheme to encourage people to ride bikes
A scheme to encourage people to ride bikes more was officially launched today with a Scottish Government ministerial visit. The I Bike Communities project aims to engage, enable, and motivate adults to increase their levels of active travel and physical activity which will improve health and wellbeing. It follows on from the successful I Bike […]
Glasgow City Council to build ‘People First Zone’ to encourage more active travel
A ‘People First Zone’ where people would have priority over vehicles has been placed at the heart of plans to transform Glasgow city centre. The proposal for a People First Zone intends to create an area of high-quality public realm in the city centre that encourages walking, wheeling and cycling while still providing access for […]
Liverpool City Council start public consultation on three new cycle routes
A major public consultation has being launched to get views on improvements to three cycle routes in Liverpool. Liverpool City Council is asking the public for their feedback on the proposed permanent lanes, which are located on the following routes: • East Lancashire Road to the city centre – from Norris Green to Breck Road and on […]
Applications open for new active travel project funding in Scotland
Sustrans has reopened its Places for Everyone programme funding to new applications for active travel infrastructure projects, the first time for over a year following the Covid-19 pandemic. Funded by the Scottish Government, Places for Everyone aims to create safer, more attractive, healthier, and inclusive places by increasing and diversifying the number of trips made […]
Work on new active travel link gets underway in Stockport – the latest phase in town’s £1billion transformation
The next milestone in Stockport’s £1billion transformation started this week as works commenced to build a new cycling and walking link between the new transport interchange and Station Road in the area The 195-metre cycling and walking connection, which has been funded through the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF), will provide a traffic-free, […]
DfT publishes framework for Active Travel England
The Department for Transport is today (21 July 2022) publishing the framework document for Active Travel England. This confirms Active Travel England’s responsibilities and objectives and sets out its relationship with, and accountability to, the Department for Transport and Parliament. Active Travel England will lead the delivery of the government’s strategy and vision for creating a […]
£11 million improvements to pavements, roads, cycle paths and planting in Nottingham city
Nottingham City Council has approved £11 million of improvements to make our neighbourhoods greener, safer, better places to get around. In 2021, the council was awarded £18 million from the Government’s Levelling Up fund to improve streets and local town centres, and make walking and cycling easier and safer. The money will be used to […]
£98m for Solihull’s transport network
More than £98 million has been provided to help improve Solihull’s transport network. The works including highway improvements linked to the HS2 interchange, new cycle routes into Solihull town centre, and plans to redevelop Solihull Station will be funded by the West Midlands City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS). The CRSTS, which is overseen by […]