Strategic Active Travel Network Oxfordshire Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) has finished consulting on the final draft of its Strategic Active Travel Network (SATN). The SATN is described as ‘an optioneering exercise’. It has resulted in a report, a desire lines
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).
Active Travel England Publishes Local Authority Ratings Active Travel England (ATE) has published its local authority ratings. Authorities are rated on a scale of 0 to 4. Five councils have been awarded Level 3. They are Nottingham, Leicester, West Midlands
Government to Make Savage Cuts to Active Travel Spending The government appears to be set to cut active travel funding in savage fashion. A written statement by Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, and a DfT press release, set
Outcome of Harrogate Station Gateway 3rd Consultation The results of the 3rd consultation on Harrogate Station Gateway have finally been announced. The Outcome Report shows that support for the project is growing, with opinion now evenly split. When asked ‘Overall,
Reversing the Decline in Active Travel Would Have Substantial Health Benefits – CMO Reversing the decline in active travel would have substantial health benefits, according to the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty. In his Annual Report 2022, he focused on
Stop Seeing the World Through a Windscreen, Says Health Professor Orthopaedic surgeon Professor Scarlett McNally says that we should stop seeing the world through a windscreen. In her article published in the British Medical Journal, she notes that 27,450 people
Contraflow Cycling Does Not Increase Crash Rates Contraflow cycling on one-way streets does not increase crash rates, researchers have discovered. Method & Results Robin Lovelace of the Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds University looked at road segments in London,
Cycling in London 40% Higher than in 2019 Cycling levels in London in Autumn 2022 were 40% higher than pre-pandemic, Autumn 2019. That’s according to TfL’s annual Travel in London report, summarised in a TfL press release. Cycling Weekday cycling
Gilligan Blasts LTN Critics Former government special advisor on transport Andrew Gilligan takes aim at critics of Low Traffic Neigbourhoods in today’s Guardian. He says that the real reasons some people object to cycling and walking infrastructure are: But they