Cheshire East Council starts consultation on new active travel routes
Cheshire East Council has started a public consultation on its latest proposals to boost cycling and walking in the borough. The council wants to hear residents views on proposals for two new active travel projects – Manchester Road in Wilmslow and Handforth and Manchester Road in Tytherington. These two schemes secured the most support during […]
Oxfordshire County Council cabinet proposes investments in greener, fairer and healthier priorities and plans to meet future funding challenges
Updated budget proposals for 2022/23 to help make the county greener, fairer and healthier along with careful plans to meet current and future financial challenges have been proposed by Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet. Challenges include uncertainty over government funding for all local authorities, the ongoing impact of COVID-19 that continues to place pressures on the county […]
Westminster launches a series of Schools Streets trials
Westminster City Council in London has announced it is launching ‘School Streets’ trials at a number of schools in Westminster, aiming to create safer spaces around schools during school drop-off and collection times, to encourage pupils to walk, cycle and scooter on school journeys. It explains it’s a key part of its ActiveWestminster strategy which […]
London could become gridlocked because of shift to driving during pandemic
London could become gridlocked more often because of a shift towards driving as a means of transport during the Covid pandemic, the city’s mayor, Sadiq Khan has said, warning that it risks creating a new health crisis from increased pollution. While levels of walking and cycling have risen in the capital, the overall proportion of people making […]
‘Much still to be done’ to change attitudes towards active travel in Liverpool
There is ‘much still to be done’ to better incentivise and change attitudes towards active travel in the city, according to Liverpool Council’s Cabinet member for Climate Change and Environment. Cllr Dan Barrington said the city council has worked to ‘grasp’ the opportunity in terms of how people travel since the beginning of the pandemic, however […]
TfL asks people to have their say on plans for major new Cycleway extension and pedestrian improvements in west London
Transport for London (TfL) is asking people to have their say on newly unveiled plans for a major extension to west London’s Cycleway 9 route. The planned changes between Brentford and Hounslow would make thousands of walking and cycling journeys each week safer and easier, enabling more people to use healthier and more sustainable forms […]
Pier-to-pier cycle lane work starts in North Somerset
Work has begun to transform North Somerset’s coastline to create a pier-to-pier cycle lane between Clevedon and Weston for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders. The £3 million project is expected to open next summer and will connect to Route 33 – the National Cycle Network between Bristol and Seaton. The scheme has been a long-held ambition […]
New TfL data shows huge increase in the proportion of journeys made on foot and by cycle during the pandemic
The proportion of journeys walked and cycled in London increased from 23.3% in 2019 to 33.4 per cent in 2020, according to Transport for London (TfL). It has published a report that outlines the vital role played by walking and cycling during the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic has had a significant impact on people’s travel […]
Funding for cycling and walking schemes needs to be simplified for local authorities, says ICE
Funding for cycling and walking schemes need to be simplified further for local authorities, according to the ICE. This forms part of a number of recommendations from a recently published ICE insights paper assessing the impact of previous UK active travel strategies and what the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy needs to cover. For those reasons, the benefits of cycling […]
Cycling Scotland funds cycling facilities for residents in social housing
Cycling Scotland has awarded more than £49,900 to improving cycling facilities for residents at social housing developments run by The City of Edinburgh Council and Dunedin Canmore. More than 275 households will benefit from secure bike storage at their homes which will enable more people to use bikes as their main form of transport. In […]