UK Government Pledges £4.5bn for 2035 Active Travel Targets

UK government pledges £4.5bn for 2035 active travel targets

The UK Government has unveiled a new strategy for active travel in England, setting a target for 55% of all short journeys in towns and cities to be walked or cycled by 2035.  The third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS3) outlines a series of measures designed to make walking, wheeling and cycling safer, easier and more accessible. The strategy’s ambitions are backed by a projected £4.5 billion of active travel investment though the …

Government aims for 55% of short journeys to be 'active'

Government aims for 55% of short journeys to be 'active' Polly Jones 12 June, 2026 Government aims for 55% of short journeys to be 'active' 12 June, 2026 The government has launched a new cycling and walking investment strategy, which sets a national target for people to walk or cycle for 55 per cent of short trips in towns by 2035 and for 60 per cent of children.It also aims for children and young people aged 5 to 16 to travel actively to sc…

'Record levels of investment': Government maps out new £4.5bn active travel strategy

Revamped investment plan sets national target for people to walk or cycle 55 per cent of short trips in England's towns and cities

£4.5bn 'expectation' for third national Cycling and Walking Strategy

The Government has outlined an 'expectation' of £4.5bn spending for active travel over five yyears in the delayed third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS 3).

“No war on motorists”: Dividing cyclists and drivers “a complete waste of time”, insists transport chief – as government pushes for 60% of children to cycle or walk to school with new £4.5bn active travel strategy

The government says it wants 60 per cent of all children to cycle, walk, or wheel to school by 2035, as part of a new active travel strategy which aims to install 5,000 new safe routes and 10,000 crossings in the next four years, while focusing on “everyday travel needs” that do not divide cyclists ...