The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
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
By Philip Martin I attended the Mayoral Transport Hustings on Monday 8th April in York. All six mayoral candidates were there. The room was packed, with about 150 people. Seven scheduled questions were put to all candidates, and a few
Together with York Cycle Campaign and a number of other North Yorkshire active travel campaign groups, we have asked the candidates for York & North Yorkshire Mayor to make pledges on active travel. We are asking them to respond to