The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
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
A new parallel crossing of Oatlands Drive was completed last week, giving priority to people walking and cycling on Slingsby Walk. Crossings of Wetherby Road and Oatlands Drive were to be built by 31st March 2024, but were repeatedly delayed.
This is an outline for our presentation to Harrogate Town Council (HTC). This post is structured as follows: 1) About Harrogate Cycle Action When and why we were set up, and what we do. Our efforts to work with the
We sent out our Winter 2025/26 Newsletter on 31st January 2026. Read it here.