Active Travel England (ATE) is the
executive agency
An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or No ...
responsible for
active travel
Active mobility, soft mobility, active travel, active transport or active transportation is the transport of Travel, people or Good (economics), goods, through non-motorized means, based around human physical activity. The best-known forms of ac ...
in England and is part of the UK
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport ...
. The organisation is an
inspectorate and
funding body led by
Chris Boardman, the first Active Travel Commissioner for England.
Background
On 28 July 2020, the Government of the United Kingdom announced the establishment of Active Travel England as part of a new cycling and walking plan called ''Gear Change: A bold vision for cycling and walking''.
Functions
The functions of the organisation are:
*Enforcement of new cycling design guidance by local authorities
*Provide advice to improve scheme design, implementation and stakeholder management
*Statutory consultee for
planning applications for all developments of over a certain (as yet unknown) threshold
*Consider applications for funding from the cycling budget (£2bn initially)
*Publish annual reports on highway authorities, grading them on their performance on active travel
Funding and effectiveness
The DfT released £250 million in May 2020 and £175 million in November 2020 to fund active travel infrastructure schemes. It was reviewed by the
National Audit Office in 2023.
See also
*
National Cycle Network
The National Cycle Network (NCN) was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout the United Kingdom, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. It was created by the charity Sustrans who were aided by a £42.5 million N ...
*
Cycling England
References
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2020 establishments in England
Transport in England
Executive agencies of the United Kingdom government