Ready for 20 Scotland took place at the City Chambers on 8th June. The event attracted over 85 delegates from all over Scotland and the UK. Reported widely in the press as Edinburgh prepares to launch 20mph city wide limits with Glasgow soon to follow suit, the event was a great success. (Image shows panel: Rod King MBE - 20s Plenty for Us, Cllr. Lesley Hinds -City of Edinburgh, Phil Nobel - City of Edinburgh and Graham Thomson - Transport Scotland)
£21m green transport funding to support job creation and clean up air quality.
Successful schemes get funding to improve lives and increase access to jobs.
Councils across the country have won nearly £21 million of funding from the government to promote green forms of transport, it was announced today (Tuesday 24 May).
The funding is being given out for 23 sustainable travel initiatives across England that boost local economies by supporting people’s ambitions - offering cheap, clean and healthy travel options to access jobs and education opportunities.
Transport Minister Robert Goodwill said: “Green transport cuts congestion and improves air quality. It also offers the cheapest and healthiest way for people to access jobs and education.
“The schemes will make a real difference for residents and help provide better air quality for everyone. Our £21m funding shows we are committed to improving lives through investment in sustainable transport.”
Successful local authorities demonstrated they could cut emissions, support social and economic growth and increase cycling and walking in their areas.
This funding continues the government’s commitment to green transport. Over £300 million is committed to support cycling and walking over this Parliament. More than £6 billion will be provided for local road maintenance up to 2021 benefitting cyclists as well as motorists, with well-surfaced roads and cycle paths.
The government also aims to make almost every car and van zero emission by 2050 with £2 billion work of measures committed since 2011 to green transport schemes. This has funded thousands of low emissions buses introduced by bus operators on routes across England.
The list of successful schemes is available below listing authority, region and amount of Transition Funding, match funding in most cases increases the overall proposed spend:
Birmingham City Council
West Midlands
Walk To…
£2.480
Brighton & Hove City Council
South East
Transition Brighton & Hove
£0.485
Bristol City Council
South West
Travel WEST Transition
£2.200
Central Bedfordshire Council
East of England
Creating Opportunities and Breaking Down Barriers via the Luton to Dunstable Cycle Superhighway
£0.543
Cheshire East Council
North West
Access to Employment and Skills Through Active Travel
£0.350
Devon County Council
South West
Boosting growth through sustainable travel
£0.500
Gloucestershire County Council
South West
Thinktravel Gloucestershire
£0.480
Hampshire County Council
South East
Connecting Hampshire to Grow Rural Prosperity
£0.444
Herefordshire Council
West Midlands
Destination Hereford Phase 2
£0.419
Hertfordshire County Council
East of England
Sustainable Travel Transition Year Bid
£0.401
Isle of Wight Council
South East
Transforming Travel: Continuing Our Journey to Sustainability and Growth
£0.450
Lincolnshire County Council
East Midlands
Access Lincoln
£0.500
Manchester Combined Authority
North West
Let’s Get to Work (2016/17)
£2.500
Milton Keynes Council
South East
get smarter travel in Milton Keynes
£0.420
Norfolk County Council
East of England
Pushing Ahead: AtoBetter, Your Journey, Your Way
£0.396
North East Combined Authority
North East
Go Smarter (across the North East)
£2.343
North East Lincolnshire Council
Yorkshire & Humber
Delivering Growth Through Sustainable Travel
£0.441
North Lincolnshire Council
Yorkshire & Humber
Travel Best: Sustainable Ways to Work
£0.469
Peterborough City Council
East of England
Travelchoice Focus
£0.500
Portsmouth City Council
South East
A sustainable and Connected City (Phase 2)
£0.455
Sheffield City Region Combined Authority
Yorkshire & Humber
Sheffield City Region: Active, Connected, Efficient
£2.500
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (Tees Valley Unlimited)
North East
Connect Tees Valley 2016/17 Transition
£0.990
Swindon Borough Council
South West
Swindon Travel Choices – Transition Year
£0.366
Total: £20.631m
As part of the Smarter Travel LIVE! event we are running a transport 'hackathon' this weekend on behalf of Landor LINKS
We have four teams of developers here now who are working on challenges from the world of local transport.
The challenges include:
From Traveline they are looking for an improved way to get information out on live disruption notifications,.
From the Lake District National Park, they have a major problem with congestion caused by the 20 million visitors arriving by car. Can the hackers propose new ways of getting these visitors to choose a better way to get to the Park?
From Milton Keynes they have issues with car parking in the city centre, can the hackers develop an App to show residents and visitors to available parking spaces?
Bucks CC have a Total Transport project, and want to understand possible solutions to reduce costs associated with assisted travel.
It looks like the Lake District and Traveline challenges have attracted the most interest. The solutions will be presented at Smarter Travel LIVE on Thursday.
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