New Scottish cycling design guidance released29/09/2021 The Scottish Government has published new guidance for cycling infrastructure, covering design and the wider planning context to support better, safer active travel. |
Cycle lane court challenge takes new turn23/09/2021 Cycling UK has won the right to challenge a council’s decision to remove a popular cycle lane after a High Court ruling refusing permission for a judicial review was overturned. |
Call for new Highways Act to support active travel23/09/2021 Parliamentarians have called for a new Highways Act and significantly increased funding to achieve the levels of active travel needed to support decarbonisation targets. |
Highway engineers are part of Wales solution, Waters says19/08/2021 Highway engineers in Wales are facing some of the biggest changes to transport policy of their careers, but a government minister has said they should not see this as a repudiation of their work. |
Highway Code changes to create new road user hierarchy30/07/2021 Planned changes to the Highway Code will create a new 'hierarchy of road users' and give greater cyclist and pedestrian priority at crossings and junctions, the Government has announced. |
Reassess pothole cash rules, insurer says09/06/2021 Zurich Municipal has called for local authority pothole funding to give greater focus to cycle paths and footways to protect cyclists and e-scooter riders. |
Bridges threat 'shows lack of joined-up thinking'24/02/2021 More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition objecting to Highways England’s plans to infill or demolish more than 100 disused railway bridges, which campaigners say could be needed for new rail or active travel routes. |
Delayed cycling schemes could go £6m over budget11/02/2021 A £19m package of cycling schemes in Cornwall risks going significantly over budget and missing what is already a revised delivery date, auditors have warned. |
Highways England off track on Cornwall cycle schemes25/01/2021 Highways England has admitted that main construction work for a cycling programme in Cornwall to which it is contributing £17m ‘is expected to commence in 2021/22’, despite originally stating that it would be ‘be delivered by spring 2021’. |
Exclusive: Highways England's active travel claims don't add up21/01/2021 Highways England has been unable to support its claim to have completed 160 cycle schemes between 2015-20 under its Designated Funds programme. |
TfL held to account over casualty rates14/01/2021 Transport for London has unveiled a new online tool that it said will enable organisations and the public to see the level of road casualties in the capital. |
Comment: Building habits from positive changes01/12/2020 Mark Kemp, chair of ADEPT’s Transport and Connectivity Board, explains the organisation's policy position on active travel and how it is a vital component of the transport solution. |
DfT warns councils over £175m active travel cash13/11/2020 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has announced councils' allocations for the £175m second tranche of the Active Travel Fund. |
Better places and active living with Balfour Beatty Living Places09/11/2020 As England goes through a second national lockdown, Steve Helliwell, managing director of Balfour Beatty Living Places, discusses how the spring lockdown transformed the way people travel - from a reliance on cars to more options for active travel. |
Bath widens 20mph limits to cut vehicle dominance15/10/2020 Bath and North East Somerset Council is set to extend 20mph limits to some of the main routes in and out of Bath for the first time. |
Scottish councils get active travel funding boost25/08/2020 The Scottish Government has cut its match funding requirement for permanent active travel infrastructure after giving councils nearly £39m for pop-up physical distancing schemes. |
Comment: The new day after lockdown14/05/2020 Past chief executive of the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) Richard Hayes, takes a look at what the new normal means for highways and transport. |
Government announces £250m for urgent active travel12/05/2020 The Government has pledged to release £250m to councils for the reallocation of road space to active travel 'within weeks', as part of a wider multi-billion pound package, backed by statutory guidance. |
Transport Scotland puts £10m towards active travel pop-up schemes06/05/2020 Transport Scotland has re-allocated £10m to pay for 'pop-up walking and cycling routes or temporary improvements to existing routes' in order to support social distancing. |
TfL announces major road reallocation programme06/05/2020 Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the ‘London Streetspace’ programme to accommodate a potential ten-fold increase in cycling and five-fold increase in walking when lockdown restrictions are eased. |
Ringway wins deal worth up to £2.5bn with Surrey
Highways Awards 2021 winners revealed
Government sponsors real-time lidar surveying tools
