The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) held a drop-in session on 31st July 2026 to show local residents their plans for cycle facilities on Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road. This was our initial response to the schemes. We support the principle
We sent out our Summer 2026 Newsletter on 29th July 2026 – read it here.
We have extracted the second Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme Report, HTIP2, from North Yorkshire Council (NYC). It was finalised in January 2025. It needed a Freedom of Information request and a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office in order to
Mayor David Skaith has been appointed as an Advisor to the Active Travel England Board for the next two years. He will help the government deliver its CWIS3 strategy, including these 2035 targets: David Skaith said: ‘Walking, wheeling and cycling
This post is a catch-up on events in March and April this year, related to the Mayoral Transport Fund (MTF). At a meeting on 27th March 2026, the Mayor’s proposals for distributing the Mayoral Transport Fund were passed. The MTF
York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) has published a draft Local Transport Plan (LTP) which will be considered at a meeting on Friday 5th June 2026. There is a lot that is very good in the document. These are
The winning bids to the Mayor’s Active Travel Fund (MATF) have been announced. A total of 39 schemes are to share in the £4 million fund. Mayor David Skaith said: ‘We know many people want to walk, wheel and cycle
York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) is consulting on its draft Strategy for a Sustainable Future (‘the Strategy’). It supersedes the 2022 Routemap to Carbon Negative, which was a genuinely ambitious document. On transport, the Strategy is significantly diluted,
Harrogate & Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon is running a pavement parking consultation. The Lib Dems’ Focus Newsletter says that pavement parking makes streets less accessible for people who use wheelchairs, who are blind, or who are parents with a buggy.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has published an Active Travel Updates report in advance of the Harrogate & Knaresborough Area Committee council meeting on 26th March 2026. These are the main points that emerge. Crossing of Bilton Lane The proposed crossing