Join our 2025 campaigners conference on Feb 1st 2025 in Leicester. Our packed programme will explore what we as Labour party members, councillors and MPs can do to ensure that Active travel changes in the UK helps deliver on Labour’s five missions.
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Transport policy should help deliver fairer, green streets and improve public health
Protected cycle infrastructure enables older people, the disabled, the young and more women to cycle daily
Labour needs to make a strong commitment and deliver on active travel improvements across the UK.
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Labour Walks and Cycles has an ambitious new committee dedicated to promote active travel within the Labour Party, supporting councillors delivering local active travel schemes and lobbying the government to give a greater priority to walking, wheeling and scooting: Chair:…
How will a new Labour government, Mayors & Councils work together to deliver active travel? This was the question we explored at Labour’s 2024 Annual Conference in Liverpool. Over three days we met with hundreds of MPs, Mayors, Councillors and…
Richard Leeming, Southwark Councillor It’s clear that the local elections in May 2024 were a triumph for the Labour Party. But digging beneath the headlines to look at what the results mean for active travel three further conclusions can be…
“We want to make West Yorkshire better-connected with a greener, simpler and cheaper transport network.
“Cycling, walking and wheeling have a vital role to play and it is fantastic that we’ve been recognised as one of the best places in the country to do that.
“I’m a big believer in physical activity…not just the physical health benefits but the mental health benefits. If you look at Greater Manchester, too many people are trapped in their cars. We need to make our city more liveable.”
‘Walking, wheeling and cycling plays an essential part in delivering the Government’s missions, including growing our economy, accelerating to net zero, and building an NHS fit for the future by preventing ill health and tackling air pollution.’
