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.
Cycling Stuck at 2% of Trips in National Travel Survey 2023 Cycling is stuck at 2% of trips and 1% of distance travelled according to the National Travel Survey for 2023. The average number of cycling trips per person per
Labour Government Promises Unprecedented Levels of Funding for Cycling and Walking The new Labour government is planning to allocate ‘unprecedented levels of funding’ to walking and cycling. The information comes from a Laura Laker article in the Guardian today. Laker
West Yorkshire Vision Zero Strategy West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has published its Vision Zero Strategy (2024-27). The guiding principle behind Vision Zero is that no death or serious injury (KSI) is acceptable on the roads. West Yorkshire Vision Zero
North Yorkshire Plans to Turn Trinity Road into a Rat Run North Yorkshire Council (NYC) plans to turn Trinity Road, Harrogate, into an official rat run for through traffic avoiding the Prince of Wales roundabout. It is part of the
North Yorkshire Plans Fragment of Cycle Track on Pannal Ash Road North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is planning a fragment of cycle track on Pannal Ash Road. It is part of the West Harrogate Transport Strategy that accompanies an urban expansion
Cycling UK Survey Shows 70% Want More Cycle-Friendly Routes 70% of 4,000 respondents to a survey commissioned by Cycling UK said they want more cycle-friendly routes. Similarly, 64% of respondents wanted other people to cycle more, with only 9% against.
Active Travel England Design Assurance Service Active Travel England (ATE) has formally launched guidance about their Design Assurance Service to help local authorities. The aim of the service is to ensure that government-funded active travel or cross-modal schemes follow best