North Yorkshire and York Councils Fail to Improve Active Travel Capability Ratings Neither North Yorkshire Council (NYC) nor City of York Council (CYC) has improved its Active Travel Capability Rating. Nine local authorities improved their ratings in 2025, meaning they
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
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
Responses to the Victoria Avenue Consultation North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has published the results of the consultation on their latest proposals for Victoria Avenue. Only six people (10% of responses) support the planned scheme, which has had all the cycling
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
Cycling in 2023 Down 7% on Previous Year Cycling was down in 2023 compared with the previous year, according to DfT road traffic estimates. Distance cycled in 2023 was 3.6 billion miles, which is 7.3% less than in 2022 but
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
Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road Crossings Consultation North Yorkshire Council (NYC) have finally got around to publishing designs for crossings of Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road, for people walking or cycling on Slingsby Walk. The council first announced it was
Four Harrogate Cyclists Hit by Drivers in Less Than 2 Months It’s early in 2024, but already two Harrogate cyclists have been hit by drivers in the year so far, following on from two other collisions in December 2023. The
High Horse Button on Coach Road Harrogate The push button at the top of Coach Road, Harrogate, is out of reach of everyone except horse riders and former England rugby player Martin Johnson. It is emblematic of cycle provision in