Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
Cycling in Yorkshire & Beyond
7th October 2026
As a key part of the its Local Transport & Connectivity Plan, Oxford has published a plan for 18 greenways connecting surrounding towns and villages to the city centre.
What are the details?
Read about Oxford Greenways Plan.
6th October 2026
In June this year Active Travel England published Worth Every Step, its four-year delivery plan.
What is the agency planning to do over the coming years?
Read about Worth Every Step - ATE Delivery Plan.
18th September 2026
Cycling UK recently published its Getting There With Cycling report 2026, an evidence review of the case for separated cycling infrastructure.
What is the evidence, and what are Cycling UK's recommendations?
Read about Cycling UK Getting There With Cycling 2026.
17th June 2026
The government has published its third Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS3).
What is proposed for the next 5 years and beyond?
Read about CWIS3 Published.
21st May 2026
Oxfordshire has adopted a new Quiet Lanes Policy, aimed at making cycling, walking and horse-riding safe in the countryside.
What is Oxfordshire doing differently from other authorities?
Read about Oxfordshire Quiet Lanes Policy.
4th May 2026
The DfT has finally published government guidance for Local Transport Plans.
Although it may seem dry, it will have consequences for cycling around your local town. What is in it?
Read about Local Transport Plan Guidance.
4th April 2026
The government has published its new strategy for integrated transport in England.
What does it say about cycling, and will it lead to better infrastructure?
Read about Better Connected Integrated Transport Strategy.
8th January 2026
The government has published its new Road Safety Strategy.
The ambition is to reduce deaths and serious injuries by 65% by 2035, but what are the steps to get there?
Read about UK Road Safety Strategy.
8th January 2026
The UK government has finally responded to the 2020 pavement parking consultation.
What are their plans?
Read about Weak Government Response to Pavement Parking Consultation.
10th December 2025
Active Travel England has published its 2025 Active Travel Capability Ratings of councils.
Which authorities are doing well, and which are bottom of the class?
Read about North Yorkshire and York Councils Fail to Improve Active Travel Capability Ratings.
23rd November 2025
The National Travel Survey was published this Summer. What trends does it show for cycling?
What are the latest figures for access to cars, and car trips?
Read about National Travel Survey 2024.
15th November 2025
Active Travel England has published guidance on Critical Safety Issues for walking, wheeling and cycling.
What are the main dangers, and how should councils resolve them?
Read about Critical Safety Issues for Walking, Wheeling and Cycling.
4th November 2025
The government has launched a consultation on the third Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS 3).
What's the Vision and what are Objectives? How will the government track progress?
Read about CWIS 3.
30th September 2025
Three more thoughts about cycling in London from an outsider's perspective.
What are the main cycle hire options, and what cycle infrastructure can you spot?
29th September 2025
Three thoughts about cycling in London from the point of view of an outsider, not a Londoner.
Is the capital now a cycling city?
26th August 2025
Active Travel England has published a Business Plan 2025-26.
What are the agency's strategic priorities?
Read about the ATE Business Plan 2025-26.
21st August 2025
Appraisals of the benefits of active travel schemes involving a reallocation of roadspace away from motor traffic should change, to include the reality of 'traffic evaporation'.
How would this impact the calculation of Benefit-Cost Ratios?
Read about the Roadspace Reallocation Schemes Should Take Account of Traffic Evaporation, Recommends Report.
17th July 2025
English Mayors are to get powers to set Traffic Reduction Targets on their Key Route Networks.
What other transport powers will they have in the new English Devolution Bill?
Read about English Mayors to Get Powers to Set Traffic Reduction Targets.
2nd July 2025
All but one of England's Mayors have made a joint statement on wheeling, walking and cycling, coordinated by Active Travel England.
They hope to create a network of over 3,500 miles of safer routes.
Read about England's Mayors Pledge 3,500 Mile Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Network.
11th June 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced the government's Spending
Review 2025.
How does it affect local transport, and in particular active travel?
Read about Spending Review 2025.
9th May 2025
Active Travel England has released a Scheme Sketcher tool. It's a vector graphics programme based on Open Street Map.
How do you use it, and what background data can it provide?
Read about ATE Scheme Sketcher.
8th May 2025
Active Travel England recently published community consultation and engagement guidelines for active travel schemes.
What's good about them, and how could they be improved?
Read about ATE Guidelines on Consultation and Engagement.
26th February 2025
The CCC has today published its Seventh Carbon Budget, for 2038 to 2042.
What are the implications for surface transport, with a focus on active travel?
Read about the CCC Seventh Carbon Budget and Active Travel.
12th February 2025
Nearly £300 million in active travel funding for England has been announced today.
Which councils are in the money?
Read about the DfT Announces £300 Million in Active Travel Funding.
29th January 2025
Active Travel England appeared in Parliament at the Transport Select Committee today.
What did Chris Boardman and Graham Grant have to say?
Read about the ATE at the Transport Select Committee.
16th January 2025
There's a second part to the evaluation of Active Travel Fund 2, focused on monitoring and evaluation.
What does it reveal?
Read about the Evaluation of Active Travel Fund 2, Part 2.
13th January 2025
The DfT has published an evaluation of ATF2, based on focus groups of council officers.
What did the officers say about their experiences, specifically focusing on consultation and engagement?
Read about the Evaluation of Active Travel Fund 2.
