Yorkshire & Humber Climate Action Plan 2024 The Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission has published an updated Climate Action Plan. The last one was released in 2021. Will it make any difference, or is just so much bla bla bla?
York’s Transport Strategy Implementation Plan is Fizzing with Ideas York Council has published a draft Local Transport Strategy Implementation Plan 2024-26. It will be discussed at a council meeting today. The Implementation Plan is fizzing with ideas. Most council plans
Framework for York’s Movement and Place Plan The City of York has received a report setting out a Framework for a Movement and Place Plan. It was commissioned from consultants PJA. Why Movement and Place? The report explains that over
Boardman at Active Travel Café England’s Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman appeared at Active Travel Café this week. Here are some of the things he said. 1) Capability Ratings Boardman learned from his time in Manchester that political will is
Victoria Avenue TRO Published North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has published a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) for its proposed changes to Victoria Avenue. The lame Victoria Avenue scheme is all that is left of NYC’s Active Travel Fund 2 projects. Originally,
Time Savings for Cars not Treated as a Benefit in Welsh Transport Schemes When assessing transport schemes in Wales, journey time savings for private car users are no longer considered as a benefit for Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) purposes. That’s
Tories Still Prosecuting LTN Culture War It appears the Tories are still attempting to prosecute a culture war over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and other sustainable travel, despite their defeat at the general election in July 2024. Written Parliamentary Questions On
Beech Grove to Get Traffic Calming Beech Grove Harrogate is to get traffic-calming measures. That’s a change from the position in December 2023, when no traffic calming was proposed. The information comes from an Active Travel Update report by North
Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme Has Cost £459,000 to Date The Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme (HTIP) has cost £459,186 in consultants’ fees to date. It has so far produced no on-the-ground improvements. 2019 Congestion Survey HTIP emerged from the 2019 Harrogate
Active Travel Capability Ratings 2024 Local authority active travel capability ratings for 2024 have been published by Active Travel England. Headlines There are now no Level 0 authorities, as the four councils previously rated 0 have improved to Level 1.