Nine Elms on the road to more active travel10/04/2025 Transport for London (TfL) will shortly begin the next stage of works to upgrade Nine Elms Lane and Battersea Park Road with the addition of new cycle tracks, wider footways, improved pedestrian crossings and safer bus stops. |
First steps for Bury Interchange transformation08/04/2025 Plans for a new pedestrian bridge have been announced by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) as the first part of plans to create Greater Manchester’s first operationally carbon-neutral transport hub at the Bury Exchange. |
Active travel targets at risk as national strategy set for delay20/02/2025 The Government looks set to miss key active travel targets and is slipping behind schedule on the third cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS), Highways can reveal. |
£300m active travel funding allocated12/02/2025 The Government has confirmed £291m for active travel over the next two years as well as reforms to Active Travel England's (ATE) local funding model. |
Plowden in for Tuohy at CfBT14/01/2025 Campaign for Better Transport has appointed Ben Plowden as its next chief executive officer, taking over from Paul Tuohy, who is stepping down in the spring. |
Negative narrative on cycling 'harming health'02/01/2025 Anti-cycling coverage in parts of the media is damaging public health, according to Chris Boardman, who leads government efforts to boost active travel in England. |
UK’s second ‘Dutch-style’ roundabout opens10/12/2024 A roundabout that gives priority to cyclists and pedestrians has opened in Sheffield. |
O'Dowd joins the AT crowd with new delivery plan18/11/2024 The Northern Ireland Executive has launched a public consultation on its plans to deliver over 200km of ‘high quality’ active travel infrastructure over the next 10 years. |
Poole £15m works enhance sustainable travel15/11/2024 Milestone Infrastructure has begun work on a package of bus, walking, cycling and road improvements in Poole worth £15m. |
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Revealed: New council rankings in active travel26/09/2024 Active Travel England (ATE) has published new capability ratings for local authorities, showing improvements among the lowest ranked councils but slow progress overall, with no authority reaching the top level. |
Govt backs Khan to pedestrianise Oxford Street17/09/2024 The mayor of London has unveiled government-backed plans to pedestrianise London’s most famous shopping street. |
Bridge across beloved Clyde opens and closes and opens again09/09/2024 The Govan – Partick Bridge, one of the longest opening pedestrian and cycle bridges in Europe, has now opened. |
Scottish Govt slashes active travel as part of £500m cuts04/09/2024 Scotland's finance secretary Shona Robison has announced spending cuts of £500m in the current financial year, with spending on sustainable and active travel badly hit. |
Haigh: Councils should decide traffic measures22/08/2024 The transport secretary has pledged to back councils that implement low traffic neighbourhoods and 20mph limits, with the new government ‘absolutely determined’ to end the Tories’ ‘culture wars’ approach. |
Haigh wants 'unprecedented' cycling spend20/08/2024 A cycling charity has called for the transport secretary’s statement that she wants ‘unprecedented levels’ of investment in cycling to be turned into firm spending commitments in the Autumn Budget. |
Weave your way through London's rich engineering tapestry26/07/2024 A new guide inviting people to discover the ‘rich tapestry of engineering wonders and history that are woven above, below and across’ the streets of London has been launched. |
Lack of funding 'hindering road safety'20/06/2024 Limited funding and inadequate data are major barriers to road safety planning and measurement, local authorities have reported. |
The King's Birthday Honours: Boardman, Byers and Cragwell get gongs18/06/2024 Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman and National Infrastructure Commission deputy chair Julia Prescot are among the top names from the sector recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours. |
Cornwall opens flagship bridge after curtailed active travel plans16/04/2024 A 'game changer' active travel bridge over the A30 in Cornwall is now open. |
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