A Westminster Hall debate on ‘Active travel and local walking and cycling infrastructure plans’ has been scheduled for Tuesday 9 July 2019 from 9.30-11.00am. The debate has been initiated by Robert Courts MP and Stephen Morgan MP.
Active travel and local walking and cycling infrastructure plans (464 KB , PDF)
Parliamentary material
Active travel inquiry, House of Commons Transport Select Committee, 2017-2019
Parliamentary proceedings 2016-2019
Press articles
The depressing lesson of west London’s lost cycle route, The Guardian, 17 June 2019
Painted bike lanes are waste of money, say cycling commissioners, The Guardian, 17 June 2019
Climate change: we can reclaim cities from the car without inconveniencing people, The Conversation, 29 May 2019
The Government will miss its cycling target by a mile. It’s time to invest;Activists want 5% of transport spending to go on active travel, as happens in Scotland, The Guardian, 23 January 2019
Cyclists and pedestrians should be priority on any new road, says UK’s health watchdog, The Independent, 4 January 2019
Press releases
£51 million for active travel infrastructure in 2019, Transport Scotland, 18 June 2019
Mayor of London confirms doubling of protected cycle routes, Mayor of London, 24 May 2019
£23 million government funding boost to cycling and walking nationwide, Dept for Transport, 21 March 2019
Cycling and Walking alliance reacts to DfT proposals to improve road safety,Cycling UK, 22 November 2018
Creating safer spaces for cycling is encouraging more women in London to take to two wheels, Transport for London, 24 September 2018
Websites
Gov.UK – Cycling and walking investment, safety and government strategy
Gov.Wales – Walking and cycling
Living Streets – policy resources
Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure – active travel
Sustrans – active travel toolbox
Transport Scotland – active travel
Urban Transport Group – active travel
Further reading
Impacts of an active travel intervention with a cycling focus in a suburban context: One-year findings from an evaluation of London’s in-progress mini-Hollands programme, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, May 2019
Active Travel and Physical Activity Evidence Review, Sport England, May 2019.
London Walking and Cycling Conference Presentations, May 2019
Cities must adapt if active travel and increased safety for vulnerable road users are to co-exist, Transport Research Laboratory, January 2019
The State of Cycling, British Cycling, 2019
Cycling and Accessibility: annual progress report, Highways England, October 2018
Running out of road: Investing in cycling in Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford, National Infrastructure Commission, June 2018
Post Legislative Scrutiny of the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013, National Assembly for Wales Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee, June 2018 and Welsh Government response
Active travel task force report, Transport Scotland, March 2018
Cycling safety: Roundtable summary and conclusions, OECD/International Transport Forum, January 2018
Health impact assessment of cycling network expansions in European cities, University of Zurich, 2018
Paths for everyone: Sustrans’ review of the National Cycle Network, Sustrans, 2018
Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, DfT, 2017
Investing in cycling and walking: rapid evidence assessment – a report for the Department for Transport, DfT, October 2016
Cycle traffic and the strategic road network: interim advice note, Highways England, October 2016
‘Stuck in first gear: the Government’s Cycling Revolution’, All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group, June 2016
Active travel: a briefing for local authorities, Public Health England, May 2016
Sustainable city logistics — Making cargo cycles viable for urban freight transport, Research in Transportation Business & Management, 2015
Can Cycling Apps be Used to Inform Smart Infrastructure Planning? EFR, December 2014
Active travel and local walking and cycling infrastructure plans (464 KB , PDF)
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