Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme Rumbles On The Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme (HTIP) rumbles on with no results so far. History HTIP began in October 2019 following the Congestion Study, which showed a big appetite for improvements to walking and cycling
Cycling Down 5.2% in Year to June 2023 Cycling traffic in England was down by 5.2% in the year to June 2023. That’s according to provisional figures published by the DfT. Cycling is still up by 13.8% against a baseline
85% of Drivers Speed on 20mph Roads 85% of drivers exceeded the speed limit on 20mph roads in 2022, according to the DfT’s Vehicle Speed Compliance Statistics for Great Britain 2022. The caveat is that the speeds in these statistics
Ipsos Our Changing Travel Report for DfT Earlier this month the DfT published an Ipsos report it had commissioned, Our Changing Travel. The report contains the results of research into public attitudes to travel following the pandemic. One finding that
Disappointing Anti-LTN Rhetoric from High-Carbon Transport Secretary Harper Transport Secretary Mark Harper indulged in populist anti-active travel propaganda in Sunday’s Telegraph. It is becoming increasingly clear that Prime Minister Sunak leads a government that is anti-active travel and uninterested in
Quantified Carbon Reductions The DfT is due to produce guidance for councils’ new Local Transport Plans (LTPs). It will include detailed information about how local authorities should deliver Quantified Carbon Reductions (QCRs) from their transport networks. The LTP guidance is
DfT Will Fail to Meet its 2025 Active Travel Objectives – NAO The Department for Transport (DfT) is set to fail to meet its 2025 objectives for active travel, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
Only 20% Traffic Reduction by 2030 Consistent with UK Climate Goals A 20% traffic reduction by 2030 would be consistent with the UK’s climate goals as set out in the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) Balanced Pathway. Unfortunately the UK government
DfT Major Road-Building Policy Pays Minimal Attention to Climate and Nature The DfT is planning to bust the UK’s carbon budgets and destroy wildlife habitat by carrying on with road-building business as usual. It is consulting on a draft National
New Cycling Stats from the DfT The DfT has launched a new Cycling Index for England, showing cycling levels on a rolling annual basis. The data come from 158 DfT sensors, or Auto Traffic Cycle Counters (ATCs). There are now