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active travel england

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Active Travel England

  • Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy 2 (CWIS 2)
  • Gear Change: a bold vision for cycling and walking
  • Active Travel England’s framework document

£101 million investment to boost cycling and walking nationwide

23 March 2024 — News story

Newly funded projects will provide even more people, especially in rural and deprived areas, the choice to travel by walking, wheeling or cycling.

Segregated cycle lane and footpath in Manchester.

£60 million government investment to transform the school run for 2 million children

29 September 2023 — News story

More children will have access to walk to school and cycle training programmes over the next 2 years, giving them better road skills.

School run cycle and walk programmes

Active Travel England to be consulted on all large planning applications

1 June 2023 — News story

As a statutory consultee, Active Travel England will help planning authorities implement good walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure.

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Millions of people to benefit from £200 million to improve walking and cycling routes

19 May 2023 — News story

Funding will ease congestion across cities, transform the school run and provide a boost to high street businesses.

Children cycling

Active travel now accounts for 20% of all minutes of activity taken by adults in England

20 April 2023 — News story

More people than ever are regularly walking or cycling rather than using the car due to increases in the cost of living.

People cycling and walking alongside each other

Alan Turing Institute partnership brings data expertise to nationwide walking and cycling schemes

31 March 2023 — News story

The collaboration will support Active Travel England and councils to offer schemes that benefit residents.

Minister Jesse Norman and Professor Mark Girolami.

Latest from Active Travel England

  • 15 May 2024
  • Personal information charter
  • 23 March 2024
  • Transparency data

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Active Travel England is the government’s executive agency responsible for making walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyone to get around in England.

ATE is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport .

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  • Active Travel England: planning application assessment toolkit

Guidance and regulation

  • 15 February 2024
  • 17 January 2024

News and communications

  • 29 September 2023

Policy papers and consultations

  • 10 March 2023
  • Policy paper
  • 27 July 2020

Transparency and freedom of information releases

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Statutory planning enquiries

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For advice on Active Travel England’s status as a statutory consultee in the planning system.

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