York Local Transport Strategy Consultation Results York’s Local Transport Strategy consultation results have been published in brief. They show 85% support for improving provision for walking, wheeling and cycling. The consultation was open from late 2023 to early 2024, and
Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road Crossings Consultation North Yorkshire Council (NYC) have finally got around to publishing designs for crossings of Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road, for people walking or cycling on Slingsby Walk. The council first announced it was
Move Free Report by Create Streets A new report called Move Free has been published by an organisation called Create Streets. Introduction: Twin Inventions The Introduction to the report notes that the safety bicycle and the motor car were invented
Safe Streets Under Attack in Dying Days of Desperate Government Safe streets in England are under attack once again by the unprincipled opportunists running the UK government. They are seeking to undermine Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and 20mph zones in
Sunak’s Anti-LTN Report Finds LTNs Popular A report commissioned by Mr Sunak to show that Low-Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are unpopular and ineffective has reached the opposite conclusion. The report was ordered in July 2023 and was due to be published
Birmingham Walking & Cycling Index 2023 Sustrans has published its bi-annual Walking & Cycling Index for 2023. The Index was previously known as Bike Life, and was inspired by Copenhagen’s Bicycle Account. It looks at progress made towards making walking,
HS2 Cycleway West Midlands West Midlands Mayor Andy Street is planning a Birmingham to Coventry cycleway alongside HS2. It will run over a distance of 21 miles, and use haul roads and maintenance tracks alongside the railway. Otherwise they would
Harrogate Cycle Network Prioritisation North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has published a report detailing its cycle prioritisation work for Harrogate. The report’s recommendation to proceed with ‘stakeholder engagement’, and to extend the work to Knaresborough, will be considered at a council
IPPR Stride and Ride Report Independent charity the Institute for Public Policy Research has published a new report on investment in active travel in England. It’s called Stride and Ride. The report contains five recommendations: The report says of the
Four Harrogate Cyclists Hit by Drivers in Less Than 2 Months It’s early in 2024, but already two Harrogate cyclists have been hit by drivers in the year so far, following on from two other collisions in December 2023. The