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2023 AGM

 

Meetings 

• Jesse Norman MP (Minister of State, Department for Transport)
• Active Travel in English Cities (Leeds, Leicester, Newcastle, Oxford)
• The  Economics of Active Travel (Active Travel England, Sustrans, TfL)
• Highway Code One Year On (The AA, Cycling UK, Leigh Day, Met Police, TRL)
• Walking (Guide Dogs, Lambeth Council, Living Streets, and TfL)
• Active Travel Monitoring and Participation (Cycling UK, Sustrans)

 

Activity 

• Active Travel Showcase – 90 attendees, 12 exhibitors, sponsored by Raleigh
• Parliamentary Bike Ride – sponsored by TIER
• Study Tour to Waltham Forest.
• Worked to convey MP’s support for active travel amidst threats to cut the budget in October ‘22
• Drafted and suggested transport questions and written questions.
• Monthly parliamentary monitoring – there were more than 200 mentions of active travel and related road safety issues, in questions and debates in both Houses in the last 12 months.
• 27,000 Twitter followers

 

Achievements (we have called for these in recent reports)

• Changes to the Highway Code, which specifically benefit cyclists and pedestrians.
• Formation of Active Travel England (includes CPD training for Local Authority transport officers).
• Active Travel Fund 4 had a specific focus on funding for walking schemes.

 

Current Membership 

73 MPs

34 Peers

71 Assoc Members

 

Future Activity

• Active Travel Justice Inquiry (published in September 2023) – sponsored by British Cycling and Leigh Day.
• Parliamentary Bike Ride (June 13^th) – sponsored by the Dutch Embassy, Human Forest, Lime and TIER.