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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
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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…
Initially, so-called Mini-Hollands were met with protests. Clyde Loakes, Deputy Leader of the Council explains why the evidence from Waltham Forest shows they work. In 1966 The Times reported on a new traffic management scheme in Westminster aimed at halting the rise of motorists…
“We’ve been hearing loud and clear from residents in Lambeth that how we use our public spaces needs to change to make people’s lives better and to address the climate crisis.
In 2021 we held a Citizen’s Assembly where people told us they wanted it to be easier to walk, cycle, and wheel around Lambeth. People said they wanted more space for socialising, including safe space for children to run and play, and more greenery on the streets.”
“The more we can encourage people to leave the car at home for shorter journeys, the better we can reduce congestion on our roads – massively improving our carbon footprint and the quality of the air we breathe.
I want to start an active travel revolution here in the Liverpool City Region ”
