Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan for ‘national active travel network
Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to an unprecedented plan to create a “national active travel network”, focusing initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely. The scheme, which involves all non-London regional mayors other than one from Reform UK, is intended to fit into wider efforts to devolve […]
York and North Yorkshire Mayor doubles investment in Active Travel schemes
Groups across York and North Yorkshire will be able to bid for a share of a new £4 million fund to encourage more active travel across the region. York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority approved the Mayor’s Active Travel Fund at a meeting on Monday 30 June when members also approved the motion to appoint […]
Active Travel: £300m for new walking, wheeling and cycling schemes
Millions of people will benefit from 300 miles of new walkways and cycle lanes thanks to almost £300 million in funding to boost walking, wheeling and cycling in England. The funding package announced today by the government and Active Travel England (ATE) will also allow the construction of improved crossings and junctions to make walking, […]
Richard Hammond and Chris Boardman discuss the future role of the car in our transport network on Highways Voices
Are cars destined to fade away, or are they turning into something even more essential to our lives and identity, and can we balance our love for cars with the pressing need to reimagine transportation systems for health, climate, and cost-of-living challenges? Today, Richard Hammond, famous for his years of motor journalism on Top Gear […]
Highlights from our 2023 podcasts on the last Highways Voices of the year
Why would a highways and transport technology-focussed podcast have discussed dehumidifiers, fast fashion and taking a shop’s takings to Barclays? Because all, in their own way, can be used as examples of things that affect our industry, and you’ll find out why if you listen to this quick round-up of some of our content from […]
Boardman looks to make active travel “easy, every-day choice”
National Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman MBE has attended a meeting at Downing Street as part of the Government’s National Physical Activity Taskforce to help get millions more people involved in sport and physical activity by 2030. Speaking at the meeting, Mr Boardman said: “We are all convinced by the case for health. A healthy […]
Richard Hammond and Chris Boardman discuss the future of the car on this week’s Highways Voices
“People… buy a new football strip every six months because of the team they support,” says motoring journalist Richard Hammond on this week’s Highways Voices, “Or a new pair of trainers made on the other side of the world by somebody else’s children out of fossil fuels-derived oil-derived materials and then shipped around the world […]
Active Travel England head agrees the car has a future, “because it is so useful”
The Commissioner of Active Travel England has told Highways News that there is a future for the car in our transport provision, but that the challenge is reducing the need to use it. Speaking on the Highways Voices podcast, Chris Boardman said of the car’s future: “I think, of course it does. Its utility is […]
Cycling levels down a quarter on lockdown peak
New figures released by the Department for Transport suggest that cycling levels in England are down on their peak levels seen in March 2021, but that they are still far above 2013 levels. In March 2021, cycling levels peaked during the coronavirus pandemic with an increase of 63% since December 2013. COVID-19 restrictions were still […]
£32.9 million to create a national network of walking and cycling experts
Local authorities are being given a fund to help skills training to help enable them to develop thousands of well thought-through local walking and cycling schemes, co-created by the communities who will use them. The Department for Transport says the investment will help local authorities in England design, develop and consult on high-quality active travel […]