The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
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,
This post contains background information for York & North Yorkshire’s Active Travel Commissioner, in advance of a meeting. 1) About Harrogate Cycle Action We were set up to work with the councils (at the time, Harrogate Borough Council and North
Mayor of York & North Yorkshire David Skaith has appointed an Active Travel Commissioner for the region. She is Rhiannon Letman-Wade. She will help implement the Mayor’s vision of a comprehensive network of lit, well-maintained walking, wheeling and cycling routes,
Mayor of York & North Yorkshire David Skaith has launched his Active Travel Fund. A prospectus sets out details of the fund – who can apply for grants, and what the money can be used for. The document points out
The York & North Yorkshire region is to benefit from £15.4 million of Local Transport Grant in the current financial year, April 2025 to the end of March 2026. It is given to Mayor David Skaith and the York &
We were pleased to be invited to meet York & North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith while he was in Harrogate on 7th May 2025. We wanted to discuss the lack of progress on cycling infrastructure by North Yorkshire Council over
Mayor of York & North Yorkshire David Skaith wrote on Twitter yesterday that he wants commuting by bike to be the norm in the region. The full quote is: ‘I want York and North Yorkshire to be THE place for