Active Travel

£20m for Manchester to address active travel 'barriers'

28/08/2025

Greater Manchester Combined Authority has approved a £20.7m package to 'address barriers to active travel' including infrastructure upgrades and maintenance.

Funding now available for Levenmouth active travel

22/08/2025

Fife Council has allocated £3.083m to the Leven Active Travel On-Road project following delays caused by funding uncertainties.

Brighton opens floating bus stop a month after govt suspends their use

31/07/2025

Active travel works to the A23 between Argyle Road and Preston Drove have installed a controversial 'floating bus stop', just a month after the Government halted their roll-out. 

CPC Civils on a roll with £17m active travel deal

30/07/2025

CPC Civils has been awarded a new £17m active travel contract by Birmingham City Council.

Applications open for TfL active travel grants

25/07/2025

Transport for London (TfL) has opened applications for a share of £550,000 to support community and not-for-profit organisations to encourage active travel.

'When a plan comes together': positive results for Transport for Wales:

25/07/2025

Transport for Wales (TfW) has hailed a 'positive' set of results in its 2024/2025 annual report, with significant increases in public transport use.

Yorkshire doubles down on active travel

09/07/2025

The York and North Yorkshire Combined authority has approved plans for a new active travel commissioner, who will oversee a boost in spending.

Regional mayors make national network pledge

03/07/2025

A dozen English mayors have pledged to work together to create a ‘national active travel network’.

Scottish active travel receives £23m boost

23/06/2025

The Scottish Government has allocated £23.45m across its seven Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) for active travel schemes that target short, everyday journeys.

Court of Appeal rules £200m active travel cuts were unlawful

12/06/2025

The Court of Appeal has ruled that £200m worth of cuts to active travel made in March 2023 were unlawful.

Winners of £26m active travel cash revealed

15/05/2025

Scottish transport secretary, Fiona Hyslop has announced the winners of a £26m tranche of cash for a raft of active travel projects.

New data from TfL’s e-scooter rental trial shows boost to active travel

13/05/2025

Transport for London (TfL), 10 London Councils and two e-scooter operators – Voi and Lime – have recently released new data that shows that London’s e-scooter rental trial has helped to boost sustainable and active travel in the city.

Nine Elms on the road to more active travel

10/04/2025

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 transformation

08/04/2025

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 delay

20/02/2025

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 allocated

12/02/2025

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 CfBT

14/01/2025

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 opens

10/12/2024

A roundabout that gives priority to cyclists and pedestrians has opened in Sheffield.

O'Dowd joins the AT crowd with new delivery plan

18/11/2024

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.

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