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Posted: 16 May 2022 | Intelligent Transport | No comments yet

As part of the £2 billion funding for active travel announced by the Prime Minister in 2020, 134 schemes that are working to improve cycling and walking infrastructure across England have been awarded a share of £200 million in DfT funding.

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that millions of people across England will be able to benefit from cleaner air and more affordable ways to travel and keep active, due to £200 million of government funding for new walking and cycling schemes across the country.

The government’s new executive agency Active Travel England, led by Chris Boardman, will oversee the delivery of 134 first-rate schemes, backed by £161 million, which include new footways, cycle lanes and pedestrian crossings across 46 local authorities outside London.

In order to make it easier and cheaper for people to choose active and green ways of getting around while better connecting communities, the projects will create new routes and improve existing ones. These include new junctions and pedestrian crossings in Liverpool, new segregated cycle lanes across the northeast and a new travel corridor in Gloucestershire with reduced traffic and high-quality cycle routes.

Furthermore, 19 authorities – including in Nottinghamshire, Hull and Manchester – will also receive a share of £1.5 million for ‘mini-Holland’ feasibility studies, to assess how the areas could be as pedestrian and cycle-friendly as their Dutch city equivalents.

The government has also confirmed it will provide £35 million funding to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of the National Cycle Network, a UK-wide network of paths and routes for walking, cycling or wheeling managed by the independent charity Sustrans. The new funding will see 44 off-road-sections of the network upgraded to ensure they endure for years to come.

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In addition, further funding is also being provided to the following projects and organisations:

• Up to £8 million is going towards a new programme to accelerate the uptake of e-bikes, which will be delivered by Cycling UK, by offering short and long-term loans of the vehicles
• A total of £2 million will be awarded to Cycling UK’s Big Bike Revival, which delivers free events to help people start or return to cycling by fixing bikes, teaching skills and leading rides
• The Hope Valley Climate Action’s Travelling Light project has been awarded £120,000 funding, which will benefit the whole country by leading the way in decarbonising rural travel
• An additional £75,000 will go towards supporting DfT’s Active Travel team to implement Gear change, so its benefits reach disabled people.

The latest £200 million is part of the unprecedented £2 billion for cycling and walking announced by the Prime Minister in 2020 . Earlier tranches of the money have already delivered hundreds of schemes. Active Travel England has been established to hold the budget and ensure that schemes are delivered to the new, higher standards set out in 2020.

Transport Minister Trudy Harrison said: “This multimillion-pound investment will ensure people right across the country can access cheap, healthy and zero-emission travel. Active Travel England will be working hard to create a new golden age of walking and cycling , enabling everyone to reap the benefits of a more active lifestyle, creating streets where children can play and making nicer places to live.”

Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman said: “This is all about enabling people to leave their cars at home and enjoy local journeys on foot or by bike. Active Travel England is going to make sure high-quality spaces for cycling, wheeling and walking are delivered across all parts of England, creating better streets, a happier school run and healthier, more pleasant journeys to work and the shops.”

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King’s Lynn businesses boosting active travel for workers thanks to Towns Fund

A number of employers are taking steps to help staff choose active travel options and make it easier for them to walk or cycle to work.

In a project funded by the Towns Fund, employers including West Norfolk Council, Lynn’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the College of West Anglia, and Eastern Multi-Academy Trust are being supported to develop active travel plans.

These plans, which are created with expert assistance, help organisations to support and encourage employees to choose more active or environmentally friendly ways to travel to and from workplaces.

Major Lynn-based employer Greenyard has seen increased use of its cycle to work scheme since it developed an active travel plan.

HR manager Sharon Young said: “A key priority for us as a business is promoting healthy lifestyles, and delivering sustainability in what we do.

“And, crucially, we always want to support our employees. So, when the opportunity came up to develop an active travel plan for Greenyard, we were keen to be involved.

“Initially, I was unsure about how much work would be required but it was actually so simple. We started with a quick travel survey to understand how our staff are travelling to work.

“This was followed by a postcode analysis undertaken by local providers, Mobilityways. This was really revealing and showed us that amongst those who responded, 80% of our employees could cycle to work but currently weren’t.

“This meant that as an employer, we could take action to help our people to make travel choices that are not only healthy but affordable too.

“The first thing we did was promote and enhance our cycle to work scheme, doubling the limit we offered for employees from £500 to £1,000, and signing up to the Halfords scheme. We also installed a secure cycle shelter.

“The outcome of this has been significant. Having had nobody signed up to the cycle to work scheme previously, people are now enrolling in it – and this is just the beginning.

“We will continue to promote our cycle to work scheme, and our car share scheme which we are also extending.

“The active travel plan has been a great benefit to our company, and has given us the opportunity to support our people, and work towards our sustainability ambitions.”

Active travel plans are just part of the work being carried out to make it easier for people to choose active travel options in Lynn.

Other work includes improvements to walking and cycling routes across the town, and the creation of two active travel hubs – at the NarOuse Enterprise Zone and Baker Lane - with facilities that allow people to choose to travel on bike, foot, or bus.

A community cycle hub is also set to be based at Lynnsport so that residents can access low-cost hire for bikes and associated equipment and take part in a range of cycle training and activities

Cllr Michael de Whalley, the borough council’s cabinet member for climate change and biodiversity said: “We’re carrying out work that is making it easier for people to choose active ways to travel around Lynn, including by supporting organisations to develop their own active travel plans.

“It is great to find out about the progress that Greenyard has been making in supporting and encouraging their staff to cycle to work. Where this is not feasible, other sustainable modes such as public transport and car sharing are also being supported.

“We know that active travel has so many benefits, including for the environment and for our health. It can also play a part in improving air quality, reducing congestion, and it is a more affordable way to get around.”

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