Active Travel England has been established to drive up standards of active travel infrastructure and support councils to deliver high-quality schemes that enable more people to walk, wheel or cycle for everyday trips.
Ahead of any grant funding decisions, it is important for Active Travel England to understand local authorities’ current capabilities and how effective they are at delivery, to ensure the correct support is offered and maximum value for money is achieved.
In this first-ever review of active travel capability, each local transport authority self-assessed their capabilities and assigned themselves a rating.
This was then subjected to a validation process led by Active Travel England.
The resulting ratings will be used to guide the allocation of funding and other resources.
All 79 local transport authorities in England outside London (combined authorities, unitary and county councils) have completed the process. This report publishes those ratings, sets out how they were developed and explains how they will be used.
What are the ratings?
Ratings are an assessment of how effective authorities are at delivering the type of schemes that will support the objectives set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
They focus primarily on three areas: local leadership, plans and delivery record. ‘Delivery record’ also considers whether authorities require developers of new housing or industrial developments
to include good facilities for walking, wheeling and cycling.
