CIHT welcomes the new English Active Travel and Mayoral walking, wheeling and cycling network 

3rd Jul 2025

Mayors of England’s Combined Authorities sign a statement of commitment to active travel 

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This week (2 July) Active Travel England and the Mayors of England’s Combined Authorities have published a ‘Joint statement on walking, wheeling and cycling’. 

This statement outlines a commitment to walking, wheeling and cycling, with the view to getting 20 million people to become more active daily, creating more than 3,500 miles of safer routes across England.  

The statement contains a commitment to: 

  • Work with the Department for Transport, Active Travel England and our local authorities to create a country-wide national walking, wheeling and cycling network, comprising of local networks that are safe and easy to use. This will give millions of people across England the choice to use high quality, safe routes in their communities.  

  • Transform the school run by delivering high-quality, safer routes in neighbourhoods nationwide.  

  • Deliver region-wide integrated transport networks by giving people easy walking, wheeling and cycling access to buses, trams and trains which will in turn help deliver new housing and support local economic growth. 

More information on the announcement is available to read here. 

CIHT welcome this commitment to improving Active Travel provisions across England. CIHT has previously outlined the case for investment in Active Travel in the policy brief ‘Making the case for Active Travel’. 

The CIHT policy brief explains how investment in projects designed to promote walking, wheeling and cycling offer excellent value for money, especially when viewed through a broad lens that recognises the cohesion between the transport and health sectors. 

The policy brief also highlights how:  

  • The importance of physical activity for health, exploring how giving people more choice in how they travel allows more people to integrate more physical activity into their daily lives.  

  • The benefits associated with a proactive approach to allocating funding, with greater investment in the provision of dedicated active travel infrastructure reducing the level of resource needed to be invested in managing chronic physical and mental health conditions. 

CIHT looks forward to continuing to work with Active Travel England and Mayors of England’s Combined Authorities on the walking, wheeling and cycling network scheme.  

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