The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
The Department for Transport (DfT) launched a consultation on a new Integrated Transport Strategy for England on 28th November 2024. In a speech at Leeds Civic Hall then-Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said the Strategy would take a people-first approach. She
The process for implementing part of Harrogate’s 20mph zone has begun. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has published a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) and accompanying map. The shaded areas on the map indicate: I understand that Beech Grove and the top
We sent out our Autumn 2024 Newsletter on 18th October 2024. Read it here.
Crossings of Oatlands Drive and Wetherby Road, for the benefit of people using Slingsby Walk, are to be delayed by another year according to a report in advance of a (cancelled) council meeting today. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) promised to
North Yorkshire Council has delayed traffic-calming measures on Green Lane, Pannal Ash Road, Yew Tree Lane and Beckwith Road indefinitely. The traffic calming was to be part of a wider 20mph zone promised to residents and Councillors in September 2023.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has just published its Active Travel Capability Self-Assessment. It was written in December 2023, but has not been available until now. The council rated itself Level 2, but Active Travel England (ATE) kept NYC among the
HTIP, the Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme, has cost nearly half a million pounds over 5 years without producing any on-the-ground improvements to date. Freedom of Information A Freedom of Information request shows that the cost in consultants’ fees alone is
Active Travel England (ATE) has published the 2024 local authority active travel capability ratings. They are an assessment of councils’ ability to plan, design and deliver active travel schemes. In 2023, North Yorkshire Council was rated Level 1. The 2024
We sent out our Summer 2024 Newsletter on 6th August 2024. Read it here.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is planning a major urban expansion in West Harrogate, and its Transport Strategy Part 1 and Part 2 has just become available. In the Strategy there is no shortage of warm words about sustainable travel, but