Active travel

Active Travel 29 Sep 2023

The cycle industry – a green growth sector that can help deliver net zero

Politicians of all stripes want to grow the economy and jobs.

Active Travel England's critical role in transport decarbonisation under the spotlight at Smart Transport conference

ATE chief executive Danny Williams one of a number of high-profile speakers secured for November event.

The planning concept sending conspiracists into a tailspin

Smart Transport's latest digital issue looks at controversy surrounding low-traffic neighbourhoods and 15-minute cities.

Sustrans makes key appointment to boost active travel across the UK

Active travel charity Sustrans has appointed Matt Winfield to the new role of chief operating officer.

Active Travel 24 Jul 2023

Power to look at bigger active travel picture

Key Route Network measures will allow authorities to look beyond local vested interests when determining the future of cycling and bus networks. Laura Laker reports.

Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Climate Change

Latest Insight & policy 24 Jul 2023

Wales: the transport trailblazer

A looming nature and environmental crisis is transforming the Welsh Government’s approach to transport. Huw Morris talks to deputy minister for climate change Lee Waters

Mobility hubs under the spotlight at Smart Transport conference

How the private and public sectors can work together to transform the UK’s transport network to achieve net zero will be the focus of Smart’s Transport’s two-day national conference taking place in November.

Greater Manchester to invest a further £40.7 million in walking, wheeling and cycling network

Greater Manchester is set to pump an extra £40 million into the region’s active travel infrastructure.

Proving the health benefits of active travel

Opinion 11 May 2023

Why a new approach to active travel is needed

By John Nuutinen, CEO and co-founder of SkedGo.

TfL unveils plans to transform Catford town centre

Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled plans to transform Catford town centre which it says will make it easier and safer for people walking, cycling and using the bus.

National Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman

New study shows increase in walking and cycling

Active Travel England has welcomed the findings of a new study that shows more people than ever are regularly walking or cycling rather than using the car.

Opinion 12 Apr 2023

Active Travel funding cuts are a step backwards

By Dan Simpson, senior policy and parliamentary officer at walking and cycling charity Sustrans.

Finance and funding 2 Feb 2023

Road charging scheme may not prove such a rocky road for Government

New report into road pricing is urging politicians to handle transport’s political hot potato

Active Travel 26 Jan 2023

Combo Travel: how exercise can be worked into the commute

Mixing walking or cycling with motorised travel is a concept helping to tackle the UK’s epidemic of inactivity. Huw Morris examines a potential ‘super policy’

Government funding boost for walking and cycling scheme development

Councils in England are to receive £32.9 million of Government skills training funding to help them design and create active travel schemes that work for residents and consider the local road network.

Walking and cycling numbers continue to rise in London

The number of people walking and cycling in London continues to exceed pre-pandemic levels, a new report has found.

Active travel generates billions of pounds for UK economy, new report suggests

Walking, wheeling and cycling is worth more than £36 billion to the UK economy, says a new report by the charity Sustrans.

Overview of key themes at November’s Smart Transport conference: VIDEO

Smart Transport chair Stephen Joseph gives an overview of conference themes ahead of this month’s event…

Frankfurt displayed its cycling progress at Eurobike 2022. Photo: Beate Kubitz

Europe 22 Sep 2022

How the residents of Frankfurt and Münster got on their bikes

Number of trips per day in both cities is increasing and, although they had different start points, the modal share for private cars is similar – at around 70%

Dafydd Trystan Davies re-appointed as chair of Welsh Active Travel Board

Dr Dafydd Trystan-Davies has been re-appointed as chair of the Welsh Government’s Active Travel Board.