Active travel schemes to get recognised in new category at Highways Awards
Local authority active travel schemes will get the chance to be recognised thanks to a new category in this year’s Highways Awards. Sponsored by highways and transport solutions provider, Clearview Intelligence, the new category – The Active Travel Scheme of the Year – is awarded to an organisation or highway authority or joint submissions. This […]
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 […]
Active travel to Scottish schools remains at pandemic levels
New research suggests the percentage of school pupils travelling actively to school in the year 2021 stayed at similar levels seen during 2020. New data from Sustrans’ Hands Up Scotland Survey looked at children walking, cycling, scootering or skating to school. In the survey funded by Transport Scotland, 50.3% of school pupils asked said they […]
Next steps for Norfolk’s carbon cutting transport plan
A 15-year vision for transport in Norfolk, including investment in cycling, walking and better bus services is being set out by the county council. Norfolk’s Local Transport Strategy and Implementation Plan is set for discussion by Norfolk County Council’s Cabinet on Monday 6 June. Cllr Martin Wilby, Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Transport, said: […]
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 […]
Plans to drive down carbon emissions approved by Oxfordshire County Council
Action to tackle climate change in Oxfordshire is set to increase over the next three years as the county aims for a net zero carbon future. Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet has approved plans which could see its own corporate carbon emissions almost halved by 2024/25. The authority produced 10,774 tonnes of CO2 in 2020/21, but […]
Cornwall Council awarded £1.2m to support walking and cycling links between Penryn and Falmouth
A dedicated route for people wanting to walk and cycle between Penryn and Falmouth has taken a step closer to becoming reality following a successful Council bid for Government funding. The Council has been awarded £1.2m to develop proposals for the 1.7 mile route between Eastwood Road in Penryn, Draceana Avenue, and Falmouth Town Centre […]
New £12m cycle funding will be a ‘down payment’ on Mayor Steve Rotheram’s active travel ambitions
Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotheram, has announced £12m of additional funding has been secured to build high-quality walking and cycling routes across the Liverpool City Region. Outlining his ambition to make the region the best place in the country to walk and cycle, he said the new funding would be a down […]
A4 east/west cycle highway route – funding announcement
Slough Borough Council’s transport planning team has secured grant funding to develop a major cycle route across the borough. A total of £10.4m has been awarded from the latest round of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Active Travel Fund, representing full funding for the scheme. The promotion of Active Travel is one of the core […]
More than three-quarters of people would support the creation of neighbourhoods that make it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport in Cambridge
A new report produced by national walking and cycling charity Sustrans shows that participation in active travel is still high in Greater Cambridge. It also revealed strong public support for further measures that encourage walking, wheeling and cycling. Sustrans England director Midlands and East, Clare Maltby, said: “Greater Cambridge is cleaner and healthier because it […]