Author: David

There’s a lack of belief in active travel at North Yorkshire County Council – a feeling that it’s impossible to persuade people to walk or cycle short journeys instead of using their cars. But in reality, modal shift is not

By a Ripon Mum This is a follow-up to The Challenges of Cycling to School in Ripon. When my two young daughters returned to Sharow Primary School on keyworker places in June 2020, we challenged ourselves to a new routine

The Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme (‘HTIP’) was discussed by North Yorkshire County Councillors today, at the Harrogate & Knaresborough Area Committee meeting. HTIP was commissioned in October 2019 following the results of the Harrogate Congestion Survey, where there was 77%

Western Primary School is on Cold Bath Road, Harrogate, which is narrow and not designed for the huge volume of traffic which now uses it, much of it as a link between Otley Road and the town centre, and Otley

North Yorkshire County Council has now confirmed which schemes will be delivered under the Active Travel Fund (ATF), previously called the Emergency Active Travel Fund. As I reported on 13th November, NYCC was awarded just over £1 million. The three

Harrogate District Cycle Action (HDCA) has been recognised in the Harrogate & District Volunteering Oscars, together with the local Sustrans Rangers. This video is a substitute for the award ceremony that would normlly be held, and recognition of HDCA and

By a Ripon Mum Ripon has practically no cycling infrastructure, which may come as a surprise to Harrogate residents. There are virtually no cycle lanes at all; not on-road, and not off-road! Whilst it doesn’t take an adult long to

A report titled Campaign for Sustainability of Development has just been published by the Western Arc Coordination Group. While we had some input into it, and our name appears on the front page, the content of the report does not