Opponents of Harrogate Crossings Scrape the Barrel with Objections North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is consulting for a second time on crossings of Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road. Oatlands Drive is to get a parallel crossing, and Wetherby Road a light-controlled
Sustrans Manifesto 2024 Sustrans have published a manifesto, asking the next UK government to take five steps to improve our neigbourhoods, health and economy. The five steps are: The manifesto sets out the requests in more detail. It is subtitled
Reform Party Against Clean Air The Reform Party are against clean air, it transpires from their manifesto. Their transport proposals are all regressive, with no solutions to the problems of the 2020s. Further, there is barely a cigarette paper between
Active Travel to be Devolved to Mayors and Councils under Labour The Labour Party manifesto for the 2024 General Election is quite detailed and impressive on many subjects, but active travel is only mentioned twice. That doesn’t necessarily mean that
Green Party Proposes £2.5 Billion a Year on Active Travel The Green Party is proposing investment of £2.5 billion a year in active travel, with the money to be spent on new cycleways and footpaths. With the Lib Dems and
Lib Dem Manifesto Says Next to Nothing about Active Travel The Liberal Democrat manifesto for the 2024 General Election has next to nothing to say about active travel. On transport, the party appears to be focused largely on electric cars.
Cycling UK General Election Manifesto 2024 Cycling UK has published a manifesto for the UK General Election on 4th July 2024. The campaign group said: ‘…we’re emphasising the importance of investing in cycling infrastructure, promoting road safety measures and fostering
Local Councillors Agree to Fund Design of Two Cycle Routes Local Councillors agreed to fund the design of two cycle routes on Thursday. At a meeting of the Harrogate & Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee (ACC) on 30th May 2024, three
CWIS Investment Modelling The Conservative government knew in 2020 that the public money it was investing in active travel was insufficient to meet its own goals. The government commissioned Arup AECOM to run models to find out how much it
Active Travel England Lets Harrogate Cyclists Down with Lame Victoria Avenue Scheme Active Travel England (ATE) is letting Harrogate cyclists down, as well as people who would like to cycle around town but find it too hostile, by rubber-stamping a