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\n Active Travel Commissioner Beccy Marston and Mayor Richard Parker<\/p>\n
\n Active Travel Commissioner Beccy Marston and Mayor Richard Parker<\/p>\n
\n Mayor Richard Parker has secured another \u00a336 million to invest in active travel projects to get more people cycling and walking across the region.<\/p>\n
The funding will be used by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and local councils to build more safe cycling and walking routes and deliver programmes like School Streets and Bikeability to encourage more people to cycle and walk for the daily journeys.<\/p>\n
As well as announcing the four-year funding package, Active Travel England has also today given TfWM, which is part of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), a capability rating of 3 \u2013 the joint-highest rating achieved by any authority.<\/p>\n
This shows the region has \u2018very strong local leadership\u2019 on active travel, capable staff, comprehensive plans, a significant network already in place and a growing number of people choosing to walk, wheel or cycle.<\/p>\n
The Mayor has made increasing levels of active travel, especially for shorter tips, a key part of his \u2018Journeys for Everyone\u2019 priority and the forthcoming Mayor\u2019s Local Transport Plan. He said: \u201cThis extra funding and high rating is a great show of confidence in our ability to deliver on active travel \u2013 and we will. This means more cycle lanes, road crossings, and better pathways to make it easier and safer for everyone to walk and cycle, especially for those shorter journeys like the school run or a trip to the local shops.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvesting in active travel is how we will reduce gridlock on our streets, clean our air, and build a happier and healthier community.”<\/p>\n
Earlier this year the Mayor appointed Beccy Marston as the West Midlands Active Travel Commissioner to work with councils, organisations and communities to further increase levels of walking and cycling.<\/p>\n
Beccy said: \u201cThis funding allows us to further improve the safety and accessibility of walking, wheeling and cycling within our communities. I\u2019m proud of the commitment demonstrated by our regional officers and the politicians who have championed this work, resulting in the retention of our capability rating.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will invest this money to continue building a connected, safe network that supports independent travel for young people and helps people make healthy choices for short trips, baking physical activity into daily routines.\u201d<\/p>\n
The funding is part of a \u00a3626 million investment announced today by government and Active Travel England for councils across the country.<\/p>\n
National\u202fActive\u202fTravel\u202fCommissioner Chris Boardman said: \u201cWe are not just building infrastructure \u2014 together, we are creating communities: places where parents feel confident letting children travel independently, and where older people can reach local shops with ease. We are building life back into our streets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Active Travel Commissioner Beccy Marston and Mayor Richard Parker Mayor Richard Parker has secured another \u00a336 million to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[22440,22441,855,9163,22439,748,9444,1354,393,9453,4884,14987,269,12,3669,9440,93,16823,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-632981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-102-5","9":"tag-102-5-fm","10":"tag-birmingham","11":"tag-black-country","12":"tag-brierley-hill","13":"tag-britain","14":"tag-dab","15":"tag-dudley","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-fm","18":"tag-great-britain","19":"tag-halesowen","20":"tag-music","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-online","23":"tag-radio","24":"tag-sport","25":"tag-stourbridge","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115720977144908467","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}