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, Chris Boardman, 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. Chris Boardman told the Highways Voices podcast that a car’s “I think, of course it does. Its “utility is the […]
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 […]
Walking, wheeling and cycling to be offered on prescription in nationwide trial
Social prescriptions, including walking, wheeling and cycling, will be offered by GPs as part of a new trial to improve mental and physical health and reduce disparities across the country, the government has announced. The government has awarded £12.7 million in multi-year funding to 11 local authority areas in England. The funding will go towards several pilot […]
Chris Boardman appointed National Active Travel Commissioner on a permanent basis
Chris Boardman MBE, has been appointed National Active Travel Commissioner on a permanent basis. Chris Boardman will continue to inspire the nation into getting about on foot and by bike after being appointed as permanent National Active Travel Commissioner alongside several other senior officials, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced today (28 June 2022). Chris, […]
