Active travel
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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.
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Latest news 5 Sep 2023
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.
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Latest news 31 Jul 2023
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.
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Latest news 27 Jul 2023
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.
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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.
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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
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Latest news 8 Jun 2023
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.
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Latest news 19 May 2023
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.
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Opinion 11 May 2023
Why a new approach to active travel is needed
By John Nuutinen, CEO and co-founder of SkedGo.
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Latest news 24 Apr 2023
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.
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Latest news 21 Apr 2023
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.
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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.
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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
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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’
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Latest news 3 Jan 2023
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.
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Latest news 30 Nov 2022
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.
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Latest news 21 Oct 2022
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.
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Latest news 10 Oct 2022
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…
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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%
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Latest news 25 Aug 2022
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.