Blog - Walking & cycling

Jun 12th 2026

Better Connected: making every day journeys easier

“Better Transport Week is a chance to focus on something that affects all of us every day: how easily we can get to work, school, the shops, appointments and the…

Jul 31st 2025

Transport planning – time to reimagine the rules

“To many people working in the transport sector, the recent Spending Review seemed to confirm an unwritten rule of transport planning. That lots of time and effort is spent on…

Jun 16th 2025

Local transport worth celebrating!

The Integrated National Transport Strategy will be published this year. It will set the vision for transport across England, focusing on how it should be better designed, built and operated…

Jun 11th 2025

Get ready for Better Transport Week in five steps!

Brilliant buses and coaches… terrific trains and trams… wonderful walking, cycling and shared transport… Better Transport Week celebrates the sustainable transport that connects us to the people we love and…

Jan 22nd 2025

Do you have ideas to make transport better?

What exactly is an Integrated National Transport Strategy? It sounds like it’s all about how different transport modes integrate together. Things like, making sure bus times coordinate with train times,…

Jul 3rd 2024

Sam’s Better Transport Adventure

Not famed for my bright ideas, I was looking for something to occupy myself in summer 2024 and having followed Campaign for Better Transport for a few years, I thought…

May 11th 2023

Launching Better Transport Week

Running from 12 to 18 June and inspired by our 50th Anniversary, Better Transport Week will highlight positive, innovative work being done across the transport sector, promote the wide range…

May 24th 2016

Research underpins the health aspirations of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy

The recent Public Health England briefing Working together to promote active travel is therefore a very welcome signal of support from the health sector for investment in walking and cycling….

May 5th 2016

Spring into action on cycling and walking

As reported in our LEP Watch, funds for local transport that could go on walking and cycling all too often end up on new roads. For example, the CWIS talks about…

May 3rd 2016

National Walking Month – Try20 this May

For a whole month this May we’re asking you to Try20 – that’s walk for at least 20 minutes each day. We think that small steps like this can make…

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