South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire ranked amongst highest for active travel

Both Combined Authorities in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire received level 3 status from Active Travel England in it's latest  'Local Authority Active Travel Capability Ratings 2025'. 

Regions are assessed on their ability to plan, design and implement high-quality active travel infrastructure schemes alongside partners. The Combined Authorities are two out of eleven authorities to achieve this rating, the highest currently awarded nationally.

Councils across England have received more than £626million in government funding to help them deliver walking, wheeling and cycling schemes. The multi-year investment is enough to deliver 500 miles of new and upgraded walking, wheeling and cycling routes as well as 170,000 greener, more active trips per day, supporting the Government’s Plan for Change missions on public health, safer streets and economic renewal.

Active Travel England (ATE) has published a full breakdown of this funding alongside each local authority’s capability rating, which measures councils' ability to organise, plan and deliver walking, wheeling and cycling schemes.

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