Underwhelming HTIP2 Report North Yorkshire Council (NYC) have published a brief update on the Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme (HTIP). It’s a short report about a much longer report by consultants which the council is refusing to publish – the consultants’
Rhiannon Letman-Wade Appointed Active Travel Commissioner Rhiannon Letman-Wade has been appointed as York & North Yorkshire’s Active Travel Commissioner. Her role is ‘to accelerate improvements to make the region a place where people feel safer and more confident to walk,
Mayor’s Active Travel Fund Prospectus The Mayor of York & North Yorkshire David Skaith has published a prospectus for his Mayoral Active Travel Fund. The Overview section at the start of the report points out that currently in North Yorkshire
YNYCA Independent Active Travel Consultant Post Advertised The role of Independent Active Travel Consultant to the York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) is being advertised. The closing date for applications is 17th September 2025, and candidates will be asked
Local Transport Grant for York and North Yorkshire York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA), run by Mayor David Skaith, is distributing £15.4 million of Local Transport Grant to the two constituent councils. They are City of York Council (CYC)
English Mayors to Get Powers to Set Traffic Reduction Targets English Mayors are to get powers to set Traffic Reduction Targets on their Key Route Networks. This is explained in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Guidance. A New
England’s Mayors Pledge 3,500 Mile Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Network Twelve of England’s Mayors have come together to make a joint statement on walking wheeling and cycling. It is signed and supported by National Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman, Transport
Mayor to Appoint Active Travel Commissioner Mayor of York & North Yorkshire David Skaith will today take a step towards appointing an Active Travel Commissioner. A meeting of the York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority this afternoon will approve the
A59 Multi-Modal Study An A59 Multi-Modal Study by consultants WSP (‘the Study’) provides options for improving transport on the 23km stretch of the A59 between Bond End Knaresborough and the York Outer Ring Road at Poppleton. The options include cycle
Spending Review 2025 Today’s Spending Review 2025 contained key budget information for local transport including active travel. The announcement included: Transport for City Regions The city regions are East Midlands, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East, South Yorkshire, Tees