Case for active travel - how walking and cycling can support more vibrant urban economies

Publication Year

2016

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Puts forward an argument for more investment in active travel modes, with a particular focus on cycling and walking. Covers: transport in the wider context of policies aimed at increasing physical activity; safety; conventional transport benefits - how walking and cycling can move more people, faster and at lower cost; quality of the urban realm; social inclusion and access to opportunity; direct economic impacts of active travel on manufacturing, retail and tourism.

Document History

Dated October 2016.

Author

Abrantes, P. Ellerton, T. and Haines-Doran, T.

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