Harrogate Station Gateway Designs 2025 The latest designs for Harrogate Station Gateway have been published on the North Yorkshire Council (NYC) website. This follows the council’s successful defence against a legal challenge to the scheme. These are some of the
Quantifying the Carbon Emissions of Local Transport The DfT yesterday published Local Transport Quantifiable Carbon Guidance. The guidance notes (1.1) that transport is the UK’s largest carbon-emitting sector and that ambitious action is needed. The purpose of the guidance is
ATE Business Plan 2025-26 Active Travel England (ATE) has published a Business Plan 2025-26. It is just an interim plan, with a further 3-year plan expected to be adopted after the publication of the government’s third Cycling & Walking Investment
Roadspace Reallocation Schemes Should Take Account of Traffic Evaporation, Recommends Report A report about the benefits of active travel schemes recommends that schemes which reallocate roadspace away from general traffic should be appraised differently than they are now. Instead of
North Yorkshire’s Ambitious ATF2 Plans Turn to Dust North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has finished its Active Travel Fund 2 (ATF2) scheme on Victoria Avenue Harrogate. TL;DR Here’s a brief assessment of the negatives and positives of what was achieved. Negatives:
A&E Baines Lose Legal Challenge to Harrogate Station Gateway A&E Baines have lost their legal challenge to Harrogate Station Gateway Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs). The case was heard by Mr Ockleton, sitting as a High Court Judge. Baines (referred to
Headwinds Transport Decarbonisation Report A report about transport decarbonisation, called Headwinds and written by Leeds academic Greg Marsden, was published by the Energy Demand Research Centre in June. One of the report’s key findings is that the government’s current plans
Local Transport Grant for York and North Yorkshire York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA), run by Mayor David Skaith, is distributing £15.4 million of Local Transport Grant to the two constituent councils. They are City of York Council (CYC)
Van Aert Comes Good on Stage 21 Stage 21 of the Tour de France 2025 ended in a solo victory for Wout van Aert. This was a different Paris finish from normal. The finale involved three laps of a Champs-Elysées
No Mathieu? No Problem on Stage 20 Team Alpecin Deceuninck made light of the absence of Jasper Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel with a win on Stage 20 of the Tour de France 2025. It was their second sprinter,