Active Travel England! NPPF Footnote 56! Manual For Streets 3! The Design And Placemaking PPG! And… The VAWG Strategy? Or, can we really deliver safer streets for women and girls?

Are there enough women in the placemaking professions to push the agenda for women-centric streets or are we just going to end up with more DMRB nonsense?

Get all the juice in this week’s Sketch!

#placemaking #activetravelengland #vawg #manualforstreets #mfs3 #nppf #vawgstrategy #paris

Joined up government?
#ActiveTravelEngland

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Graphic showing a photo of cyclists on the National Cycle Network. Text reads: Walk Wheel Cycle Trust. Want to show the National Cycle Network some love?

Want to show our National Cycle Network in England some love? Volunteers are at the heart of our people-powered Network. If you’re a community group & you want to help look after your local trail, find out more about the Love Your Network England grant #ActiveTravelEngland buff.ly/gHTicqa

Today we joined #ActiveTravelEngland’s Lunch&Learn webinar where @drianphilips.bsky.social gave a whiste-stop tour of #ELEVATE findings & work

Slides➡️ tinyurl.com/ElevateATE

TY to #ActiveTravelEngland for hosting!

@jilliananable.bsky.social @nofixedclass.bsky.social @dr-resa-nelson.bsky.social

The UK cycle route rating system:
5) Segregated, protected, smooth, connected
4) Segregated, smooth, connected
3) Shared, smooth
2) There is a painted line
1) Where do I go from here? (NCN routes)
0) 99.9% of the UK
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
#activetravelengland
@transportgovuk.bsky.social

@RantyHighwayman Entrance kerbs! I think that's what #NorfolkCountyCouncil "Road Safety" team said is too dangerous for side roads off of a 40mph housing access road, after #ActiveTravelEngland suggested them in planning application FUL/2024/0001

Active Travel England! Mad Eccentrics! And The War On The Motorist? Or, dare we prioritise design for walking and cycling even if a tabloid reader might get mad?

Will prioritising cycling really worsen traffic jams? Or are traffic jams actually the result of too many cars on the road, not cyclists riding in the primary position? Find out in this week’s Sketch…

#motonormativity #walking #cycling #activetravelengland #officeforplace #LTN120 #waronthemotorist

Masterplans, 3mph And The ‘70s Oil Crisis Or, having missed one big opportunity to encourage walking and cycling, is another now on the horizon?

Are we going to sell out the good people of Tempsford and build yet more car dependent tat? Or are we now going to walk the talk and actively start designing for walkers and cyclists?

Find out in this week’s Sketch…

#jangehl #walking #cycling #activetravel #copenhagen #activetravelengland

Active Travel! Inclusivity! And… the DMRB? Or, the challenges of getting people to travel sustainably while designing primarily for cars

To help the NHS get people active we must now decide to put pedestrians, wheelers and cyclists first no matter how painful that might be to drivers
#ltn120 #DMRB #manualforstreets #pedestrians #cyclists #shareduse #activetravel #activetravelengland

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Technical Oversight and Advisory Group – terms of reference | Active Travel England Responsibilities and governance.

Job opportunity with #ActiveTravelEngland!
Technical Oversight and Advisory Group - Terms of Reference
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A Professor, a Reform UK Mayor and… School Streets? Or, how the chief medical officer for England has entered the active travel urban design debate

12 regional mayors in England have signed up to create a “national active travel network”.

But are all political parties on board? Find out more in this week’s Sketch…

#LTN #schoolstreets #urbandesign #activetravelengland #sirchriswhitty #walking #cycling #mayors #activetravel #mentalhealth

Vanraam tricycle for Susie Help me purchase my own Vanraam tricycle to use as my mobility aid, transport and to kick start my career as a cycle instructor!

If you'd like to help Susie to achieve her dreams, please consider donating to her crowdfunder: tinyurl.com/susiescycle
We’d like to thank #ActiveTravelEngland for this video; elevating Disabled voices and bringing visibility to riders of non-standard cycles.
#ActiveTravel #InclsiveCycling

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Things with #ActiveTravelEngland might not be going as far or as fast as #cycling advocates would like, but at least we're not yet facing the challenges that the USA is... Some of their tactics might still be useful here, though.

The War on Cars: What's Happening with Federal Transportation […]

Behaviour change 🤝 infrastructure.

Yesterday #ActiveTravelEngland met with the Transport Committee to discuss Gov plans to promote cycling & walking. Thank you @chrisboardman.bsky.social for your championing of Bikeability—we agree that working in tandem with infrastructure is key for progression.

I've reported that account for impersonating #ActiveTravelEngland. I suggest everyone else involved in UK #ActiveTravel does the same.

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A brilliant feature on our very own #PedalAndPost from #ActiveTravelEngland 👏🚲🥳🚲🎉🚲 x.com/activetravel...

School Streets: how to set up and manage a scheme Guidance for local authorities in England on how to set up and manage a School Streets scheme, with case studies.

Calling @warwickshirecc.bsky.social - let's get some more School Streets going and make the school run more fun! Children want it; most people will support it!

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#ActiveTravel #ActiveTravelEngland #SchoolStreets #WCCSafe_Active #WarksHighways #WarksRoadSafety #SchoolRun

🤔 Also, don't people with brown skin 🚳 cycle, as .....❓
📸 I've never seen one of these staged photos with someone from the 🧕🏻 Asian British or 👨🏿 Black British communities in it⁉️

#ActiveTravel #CambsandPboro #YourJourneyYourWay #Innovation
#ActiveTravelEngland #Cycling #Peterborough #CambsPboroCA

Zoom in, 5pm Tuesdays! | Active Travel Cafe

The @activetravelcaf.bsky.social returns tonight at 5 on The Zoom and the special guest is #ChrisBoardman of #ActiveTravelEngland. a friendly, supportive space for people who share the mission for more walking, wheeling, cycling & public transport
Sign up www.activetravelcafe.org.uk to get the link