Cycling in Yorkshire
Cycling in Yorkshire
23rd November 2025
York is consulting on a proposed City Centre Sustainable Transport route, also called the Rougier Route.
What are the proposals?
Read about York Rougier Route Consultation.
19th November 2025
Rhiannon Letman-Wade has been appointed as York & North Yorkshire Active Travel Commissioner.
What is her role, and what first steps does she intend to take?
Read about Rhiannon Letman-Wade Appointed Active Travel Commissioner.
28th July 2025
York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority is distributing £15.4 million of Local Transport Grant to its two constituent councils.
What will the money be spent on?
Read about Local Transport Grant for York and North Yorkshire.
15th January 2025
York has published its Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan, setting out priorities for improvements.
Which routes does the city intend to focus on first?
Read about the York LCWIP.
24th September 2024
York's draft Transport Strategy Implementation Plan is fizzing with ideas.
How does the old Roman and Viking city plan to change the way people get around in the next two years?
Read about York's Transport Strategy Implementation Plan is Fizzing with Ideas.
23rd September 2024
The City of York has received a report advising it on a framework for a Movement and Place Plan.
What should the plan say?
Read about Framework for York's Movement and Place Plan.
14th June 2024
The cycle improvements on Tadcaster Road York appear to be finished.
Here are seven comments on them.
Read about 7 Points about the Cycle Improvements on Tadcaster Road York.
3rd May 2024
Labour's David Skaith is the first York & North Yorkshire Mayor.
He was elected today with 66,761 votes. How does that compare to the other candidates?
Read about Labour's David Skaith Elected Mayor of York & North Yorkshire.
28th March 2024
York's Local Transport Strategy consultation results have been published in brief.
Do respondents support walking, wheeling and cycling improvements, and what are the next steps?
Read about York Local Transport Strategy Consultation Results.
7th January 2024
Labour's candidate for York & North Yorkshire Mayor wants better cycle infrastructure in the region.
What else did he tell local papers, and what are the commitments on his website?
Read about Mayoral Candidate David Skaith Wants Better Cycle Infrastructure.
6th December 2023
City of York's transport consultation is open until 4th February 2024.
It is wide-ranging and detailed. What are the main sections relevant to cycling and decarbonisation?
Read about York Local Transport Strategy Consultation Open.
16th November 2023
City of York Council is to launch a consultation on a new Local Transport Strategy.
What's in it for cycling, and how will the historic former home of Romans and Vikings reduce car dependency and vehicle miles travelled?
Read about York to Consult on New Local Transport Strategy.
24th October 2023
Active travel is to be prioritised over car storage in the York Station Gateway scheme.
Council Leader Claire Douglas made the decision to displace a few residents' parking spaces so as to enable to a cycle track to the railway station to be built.
Read about in Active Travel Prioritised Over Car Storage at York Station Gateway.
23rd October 2023
York's new Labour administration are revealing their transport plans, which will go to consultation in November.
Can they resolve the contradiction inherent in their stated commitment to reducing transport emissions and duallng the Outer Ring Road?
Read about in Labour York Council Executive to Continue with Outer Ring Road Dualling.
10th October 2023
City of York's website still states that the cycle improvements on Tadcaster Road will be finished by September 2023. In fact they have barely started.
What has been built, and what is the current cycle provision on Tadcaster Road like?
Find out in Tadcaster Road Cycle Improvements Barely Started As Completion Date Goes By.
4th September 2023
The new Labour-run York Council is to be publish some of its cycling plans this Autumn, and consult on them. What is the relationship between climate change and transport, and what specific documents can we expect to see?
Read about York Cycling Plans to be Published this Autumn.
27th July 2023
Op Snap has the potential to be brilliant for people on bikes, taking away the feeling that whatever drivers do to you, there are no consequences.
Is it working in North Yorkshire?
Read about the Op Snap in North Yorkshire.
17th February 2023
York's new draft Local Transport Strategy has warm words about reducing car use and modal shift, but do the city's actions match its words?
Read about York's Draft Local Transport Strategy.
2nd February 2023
York Cycle Campaign has launched 42 Ways to Transform York, a convincing and comprehensive blueprint for making York a cycling city.
Read about Cycle Campaign Launches 42 Ways to Transform York.
31st January 2023
York Civic Trust fears that City of York Council is taking no coordinated action on transport to meet ambitious climate goals, and it's calling for a new plan.
Read about York Civic Trust Calls for a Local Transport Plan.
22nd November 2022
The Head of Inspections at Active Travel England, Brian Deegan, gave a talk to York Cycle Campaign yesterday evening.
Read about Brian Deegan Talk to York Cycle Campaign.
18th November 2022
One of York's flagship cycle schemes will cost £6 million to build - and York doesn't have the money. It's one of the issues to be discussed at a council meeting next week.
Read about A19 Shipton Road Cycle Route Will Cost £6 Million - and York Doesn't Have the Money.
17th November 2022
A consultation is open on devolution for York and North Yorkshire. A Mayor would have powers to develop an integrated transport plan.
Read about York & N Yorkshire Devolution Consultation.
10th November 2022
Tested using Cycling Level of Service, the cycle infrastructure planned as part of the York Outer Ring Road dualling project includes Fails and a Critical Fail.
Read about Planned York Outer Ring Road Cycle Infrastructure Includes Fails and a Critical Fail.
26th October 2022
City of York Council has removed a dishonest claim on its website that dualling York Outer Ring Road is '...in line with our carbon reduction...ambitions.'
14th October 2022
City of York's consultants have made a far-fetched claim that dualling York Outer Ring Road will reduce emissions from driving, albeit by a miniscule amount. Even if they are correct, emissions from construction dwarf any CO2 savings.
Read about Far-Fetched Claim that Dualling York Outer Ring Road Will Reduce Emissions from Driving.
20th September 2022
When you hack through the jungle of confusing terminology around the cycle gate and reservoir, it is a beautifully simple idea.
Read about the Cycle Gate & Reservoir.
27th August 2022
The York and North Yorkshire region needs to cut car use by 48% by 2030 to achieve its carbon goals. There will have to be a 900% increase in cycling too.
Read about Car Use in York and N Yorkshire Must Be Cut by 48%.
16th August 2022
Burning wood pellets from America at Drax Power Station is not sustainable, admits the Business and Energy Secretary. York & North Yorkshire's Net Zero strategy relies heavily on future "negative emissions" from Drax, so what are the implications for our region?
Read about the Burning Wood Pellets at Drax Not Sustainable.
3rd August 2022
York & North Yorkshire are a step closer to getting a directly-elected Mayor, probably in May 2024. With the Mayor will come a new Mayoral Combined Authority, as well as new funding and powers.
Read about the Devolution Deal for York & North Yorkshire.
25th July 2022
A look at the Emission Reduction Pathways for York & North Yorkshire, with a special emphasis on transport. How much will private car use have to be reduced for the region to become Net Zero by 2038?
Read about York & North Yorkshire Emissions Reduction Pathways.
19th July 2022
The Navigation Road active travel scheme was made permanent today, and decisions were taken on other cycling projects too.
Read about City of York Executive Transport Meeting 19th July 2022.
30th June 2022
The ambitions and objectives in York's draft Climate Change Strategy are about right, but do the city's actions match its words?
Read York Climate Strategy: Fine Words Butter No Parsnips.
22nd June 2022
At a meeting of City of York Council's Executive, Council Leader Keith Aspden promoted the thoroughly debunked theory that road-building reduces congestion. Why are we still unable to have a debate based on reliable evidence not wishful thinking?
Read about Councillor Aspden Promotes Debunked Theory that Road-Building Reduces Congestion.
6th June 2022
A further consultation on cycle improvements to Tadcaster Road, York, is under way. What are the proposed changes to the original design?
Find out in Further Tadcaster Road Consultation.
1st June 2022
Clifton Moor is a car-dominated retail park on the edge of York, with bad cycle infrastructure. How would you reduce traffic, make Clifton Moor a nicer place, and increase visits on foot, by bike, and by bus?
Read about How to Change the Way People Travel to Clifton Moor.
30th May 2022
The cycle infrastructure at Clifton Moor is illegible, as well as being of the lowest possible quality. Some thoughts on this, mingled with mentions of London Orbital by Iain Sinclair - but what is the relevance of that book?
Read about Illegible Cycle Infrastructure at Clifton Moor.
20th May 2022
After Tuesday's Transport Decision Session, how are plans for Picadilly progressing and will safe cycle infrastructure be built there?
Read about Campaign for Safe Cycle Infrastructure on York's Picadilly Continues.
18th May 2022
The Malton to Pickering Cycle route was only launched on 9th May 2022, so I may be one of the first people to test it out. It's a pleasant ride between two charming Yorkshire market towns.
Read about Malton to Pickering Cycle Route.
10th May 2022
It's quite terrifying cycling on the A170 near the White Horse, but since North Yorkshire haven't provided any cycle infrastructure, that's what you have to do.
Read more about in Abysmal Cycle Infrastructure Fail in North York Moors.
25th April 2022
York's new Local Transport Strategy is starting to emerge, but there is a contradiction at the heart of it - between the stated objectives and the projects and policies.
Read about York Local Transport Strategy.
24th April 2022
York has committed to reducing car miles by 25% and increasing cycling by 33%. One way to help achieve this would be to connect Haxby to York by bike.
Read about How to Connect Haxby to York by Bike.
17th April 2022
Dobbies York has a very big car park, but I couldn't see any cycle parking. Does Dobbies value customers who arrive on two wheels?
Read about Welcome to Dobbies - Except if you Came by Bike.
4th April 2022
A York Press reader believes York's roads policy is completely insane. The city is spending large sums expanding road capacity, and relatively miniscule sums on sustainable travel.
Does York's roads policy align with its climate goals?
19th February 2022
York Civic Trust has published its Transport Strategy. Distance travelled by car is on the up. What should be done about it?
Find out in York Civic Trust Transport Strategy.
15th February 2022
At a council meeting yesterday, decisions were taken on the Active Travel Programme in York. The big issue was whether the Acomb Road cycle scheme would be cut radically, or if the full 1.5 mile scheme should proceed.
Read more about Active Travel Programme York.
22nd January 2022
Active Travel England launches on Monday, and will start work from offices in York this Summer. Chris Boardman will be interim Active Travel Commissioner.
Read about Active Travel England to be Set Up in York.
24th November 2021
Repairs to the Solar System Greenway are under way, Sustrans has announced.
Read about Resurfacing
of the Solar System Greenway.
9th September 2021
West Yorkshire Combined Authorities are running a consultation on cycling, walking and bus improvements to Tadcaster Road, York.
Read about Transforming Cities, Tadcaster Road York.
2nd March 2021
The Environment Agency and York City Council are set to close one of York's major cycling arteries for an extended period, without providing a decent bypass.
Read about Terry Avenue York to be Blocked Off.
Bike Rides In and Around York features a historical city tour, plus family rides, road rides, and mountain bike rides.
"This book is simply a treasure trove not only of great rides but also as a travel guide to the area."
Read more about Bike Rides In and Around York.
Everything Under the Sun: A Curious Question for Every Day of the Year - available from Amazon.
New in 2023, Bike Rides in the Yorkshire Dales is available in colour paperback.
Find out more about Bike Rides in the Yorkshire Dales.
Buy Bike Rides in the Yorkshire Dales at £10 + P&P.
Bike Rides in Harrogate and Nidderdale is a book of family, mountain and road bike rides.
"This guide is a wonderful companion whether you ride alone, with family or friends. Don't set out without it."
Read more about Bike Rides in Harrogate and Nidderdale.
