Beat the Street initiative comes Braintree
Braintree District Council is excited to announce the arrival of the Beat the Street initiative across the Braintree district. Beat the Street is a game that encourages residents of all ages to walk, cycle and scoot their way to better health. Starting on 5 March 2025, Beat the Street will transform the Braintree district into […]
MPs question Active Travel England
The Transport Committee have questioned senior officials from Active Travel England (ATE) about the Government’s plans to promote cycling and walking. Linked to the DfT, ATE provides capital funding and advice to local authorities for designing and building active travel infrastructure. It promotes active lifestyles and low-carbon forms of transport, including pedal-cycles, e-cycles, adapted cycles and […]
Hull’s TravelWise Week campaign shortlisted for national award
Hull City Council could secure back-to-back national awards for promoting active and sustainable travel to residents, businesses and communities, after being shortlisted for the 2024 TravelWise Week Awards. Modeshift, the not-for-profit sustainable travel organisation that organises TravelWise Week, has confirmed that Hull City Council has been shortlisted in the TravelWise Week Campaign – Local Authority […]
West Midlands Mayor appoints experts to improve road safety and increase active travel
Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, has made two major appointments to deliver on his pledges to improve road safety and boost cycling and walking across the region. These are the first commissioners appointed by the Mayor and will advise on road safety and active travel – the collective term for cycling and walking […]
Cyclist and pedestrians get half-million pound Belfast boost
Northern Ireland’s Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd has announced a £580,000 investment in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure for Belfast. The work to upgrade 1.2km of Stranmillis Embankment eastern footway and cycle track commenced yesterday, and is expected to take 15 weeks to complete. Commenting Minister O’Dowd said: “This substantial investment includes reconstruction and improvement of the […]
University hosts open event on safer cycling
The London School of Economics is hosting an event next week (31 October) discussing how to make cycling safer in London. It says cycling and other forms of active travel have significant benefits for wellbeing, local economies, air pollution and the environment, and that a substantial increase in active travel is needed to achieve London’s […]
90% scared of cycling in UK cities — new research suggests fear of collisions, road rage and theft putting people off
A new survey has put the percentage of Brits who are scared of urban cycling at 90 per cent, with fears over being hit by a driver, experiencing road rage and the threat of theft topping the list of factors contributing to the concern. The figures come from research by bike subscription service Swapfiets, published by City […]
London’s cycleway length tops 250 miles as new schemes completed
Transport for London is trumpeting a key milestone in its London Cycleways network as the expansion of eight Cycleways across the capital means the total network is now more than 400km, that’s 250 miles. It says as part of its and the Mayor of London’s commitment to making cycling around the capital safer and easier, […]
Oxfordshire: School streets programme to install ANPR cameras
Five primary schools in Oxford and Didcot will have their school streets programme supported by the use of ANPR cameras. The decision was made at an Oxfordshire County Council cabinet member meeting on 5 September 2024. The schools have been trialling the school streets concept, which involves timed road closures with volunteers operating pop-up gates […]
TfL: 2024 active travel grant applications open for community groups of all backgrounds
Applications for TfL’s Walking and Cycling Grants London programme, with more than £565,000 of grant funding available for community and not-for-profit groups that encourage people to walk and cycle. Each successful applicant will receive up to £8,000 over two years with an opportunity to extend their project for another year and receive an additional £2,000. […]