Active Travel Budget Cuts
Streets Ahead
English - March 15, 2023 15:14 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Science Social Sciences active travel cycling walking cities transport urbanism urban design Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A pre-budget announcement on HS2 last week revealed a £380m cut to cycling and walking funding. This represents a two-thirds reduction of funding in England, and leaves just £100m for active travel in the current financial year.
Cycling and walking contributed £36.5bn to the UK economy in 2021, according to Sustrans.
Ned, Laura and Adam convene to discuss what's happening and the impact it'll have.
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Episode edited by Clare Mansell
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