Active Travel

Active Travel

Active Travel: Solutions for changing cities

Cycling and walking

The evidence base for investing in active travel

Bicycle wheels

Cycling in the Cities - links to cycling resources

Parked bicycles

Cycling policy and evidence base - the key websites

Resources

A Healthy Relationship: Public health and transport collaboration in local government

February, 2015

This report sets out the findings of a survey of all Directors of Public Health (DsPH) in England. The survey investigated the extent of collaboration between public health and transport teams within local government since public health teams moved into top-tier local authorities in April 2013. As well as analysis of survey results, the report includes a series of case studies exploring examples of good practice in more detail. The majority of DsPH responding to the survey said that there had been an improvement in the extent of their team’s collaboration with transport planning colleagues since the move to local government. Most placed a medium to high priority to on the health impacts of road transport in their work programme; had had the opportunity to engage with the development of local transport plans; and had participated in jointly funded projects and data sharing with transport colleagues. DsPH identified a number of barriers to further joint working, but there were also numerous examples of good practice. The research was conducted for pteg by public health and transport specialist, Dr Adrian Davis.

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Health and Wellbeing

Delivering the future: New approaches to urban freight

February, 2015

This report highlights the essential role of urban freight in ensuring the effective functioning of the UK economy and presents a fresh vision designed to safeguard this role as well as protect the environment and quality of life for communities. It envisages that every opportunity should be taken for freight to make its way to urban areas by rail or water, either directly into those areas, or into the major distribution parks that serve them. It argues that those distribution sites should be located so that it is practical for goods to travel the last mile(s) into urban centres using zero/low emission modes. These last mile journeys should be achieved as safely, unobtrusively and with as little environmental impact as possible. The report explores a number of ideas that could assist in achieving this vision and calls for a broader, nationwide freight strategy to provide direction and leadership to the industry and its stakeholders.

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Topic:

Regional and Urban Rail

Cycling Delivery Plan

November, 2014

pteg response to the Department for Transport's informal consultation on the draft Cycling Delivery Plan which sets out the Government’s 10 year strategy for increasing cycling and walking across England.

Consulting body:

Department for Transport

Document:

Cycling Delivery Plan

Topic:

Health and Wellbeing

National road and rail networks: draft national policy statement

February, 2014

Response to consultation on the overall policy against which the Secretary of State for Transport will make decisions on applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects on the national road and rail networks.

Consulting body:

Department for Transport

Document:

National road and rail networks draft national policy statement

Topic:

Regional and Urban Rail

Changing Highways Policy

February, 2014

This report to pteg by Atkins focuses on the most important recent and forthcoming changes to highways policy and the implications of these for Metropolitan areas, including in respect of air quality, carbon emissions, technology, the Strategic Road Network, road maintenance, road safety, planning, freight, management of road space and parking policy.

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Parliamentary Commission on Physical Activity

December, 2013

Evidence submission focusing on the role of public transport, walking and cycling in tackling physical inactivity.

Consulting body:

Parliamentary Commission on Physical Activity

Document:

Parliamentary Commission on Physical Activity evidence submission

Topic:

Health and Wellbeing

LSTF Monitoring and Evaluation Guidance - Final Report

May, 2013

Building on the work of the Department for Transport, pteg commissioned AECOM to prepare additional guidance for PTEs and other Local Transport Authorities to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of Local Sustainable Transport Fund projects. The guidance provides a practical approach to developing cost effective and affordable monitoring and evaluation programmes.

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Regional and Urban Rail

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

Reform of the National Curriculum in England

April, 2013

Consultation response calling for the proposed physical education curriculum to include a requirement to provide national standard Bikeability cycle training.

Consulting body:

Department for Education

Document:

Reform of National Curriculum - pteg response.pdf

Topic:

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

Cycling in the city regions: Technical report

April, 2011

This document reports the results of a series of modelling exercises intended to estimate the potential impact and value for money of a step change in the delivery of interventions to support and promote cycling in the six PTE areas. The purpose of this exercise is to support decision-makers in developing effective strategies aimed at increasing cycling levels in the metropolitan areas.

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Topic:

Health and Wellbeing

Cycling in the city regions: Delivering a step change

April, 2011

This report explores the potential impact of a step change in the delivery of interventions to support and promote cycling in the English city regions outside of London. It finds that the greatest potential for increasing cycling in the UK can be found in the city regions.

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Topic:

Health and Wellbeing

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Dramatic shifts in transport trends of UK cities, revealed in new report

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Ageing urban populations, rapid bus passenger decline and huge growth in private hire vehicles are just some of the dramatic shifts taking place in UK cities, a new report from the Urban Transport Group reveals today.

Topic:

Regional and Urban Rail

Capacities and Capabilities

New report identifies fivefold economic benefits of investing in active travel

Friday, November 18, 2016

- 'Strong and robust' case for greater investment in active travel -

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UK's largest urban transport authorities set out vision for future of transport in the city regions

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Following on from the EU referendum, the formation of a new Government and with the start of the party conference season, the Urban Transport Group has set out a vision for how UK transport policy could unfold in a way that will enable the nation’s largest urban areas to deliver inclusive growth

Topic:

Regional and Urban Rail

Concessionary Travel

Social inclusion

New ‘Horizon Scan’ report sets out how forward thinking cities can respond to rapid technological and social change

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Horizon Scan cityscape

- Report identifies four key trends to watch for urban transport –

Topic:

Regional and Urban Rail

Social inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

England-wide survey finds strong evidence of collaboration between public health and transport teams in local government

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Person cycling alongside a bus

- Levels of collaboration have improved following public health’s ‘return’ to local government in April 2013 -

Topic:

Health and Wellbeing

New report identifies step change potential for big city cycling

Monday, April 11, 2011

City regions have UK’s biggest potential for cycling growth

A new report, commissioned by pteg from Sustrans, has found that the greatest potential for increasing cycling in the UK can be found in the city regions.

Topic:

Health and Wellbeing

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