Greater Manchester'sActive Travel Mission
Refreshing Greater Manchester's
Active Travel Mission
In recent years, Greater Manchester has committed itself to building a world-class walking, wheeling and cycling network, a commitment that was restated at the launch of the new Greater Manchester Strategy in March 2022. The city-region’s vision and plan for Active Travel is impressive and the next phase is to ensure active travel is now completely embedded into a region-wide, London-style transport system.
Active Travel Commissioner, Dame Sarah Storey, has unveiled a refreshed active travel mission for Greater Manchester focusing on accessibility, behaviour change and clear communications.
Foundations
Fundamental to our programme will be three foundations, the ABC at the heart of our programme:
Accessibility
Active travel in Greater Manchester must be inclusive, universally accessible and built to consistent standards that meet and exceed local and national standards. That means providing appropriate infrastructure, adaptations and indeed space on our streets.
Behaviour change
We’re building on Greater Manchester’s Right Mix target to help people walk, wheel and cycle more, and crucially, reduce the number of trips made by car and other non-sustainable modes.
Communications & engagement
To deliver on A and B, we will promote transparent and simplified communication lines for schemes at all stages of development and delivery.
