Cycling and walking

Services

Electric bikes: licensing, tax and insurance

Electric bikes meeting the EAPC regulations can be ridden on the road without being taxed, licensed or insured
Active Travel England: planning application assessment toolkit

Allows local planning authorities to gather evidence and assess the active travel merits for a development proposal.
Apply to pedestrianise a highway

Local planning authorities can apply to remove vehicle rights on a highway to pedestrianise it.

The Highway Code
- Manual
- 17 September 2023
- Department for Transport
E-scooter trials: guidance for users
- Detailed guide
- 1 June 2024
- Department for Transport
Cycle infrastructure design (LTN 1/20)
- Guidance
- 27 July 2020
- Department for Transport
Cycle to work scheme implementation guidance for employers
- Guidance
- 13 June 2019
- Department for Transport
Electrically assisted pedal cycles
- Guidance
- 10 December 2024
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and Department for Transport

Government guidelines to make school runs happier, healthier and greener
- 19 November 2024
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Press release
New laws to be introduced to prosecute dangerous cyclists
- 15 May 2024
- Department for Transport
- News story
£101 million investment to boost cycling and walking nationwide
- 23 March 2024
- Active Travel England
- News story
£15.3 million Levelling Up Fund support for Knowsley (Levelling Up Fund 2)
- 19 February 2024
- Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Case study
Blackburn transport package awarded £20 million (Levelling Up Fund 2)
- 19 February 2024
- Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Case study

Investigating the impact of the Cycling Proficiency Scheme in schools in Northern Ireland, 2024
- 12 December 2024
- Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Official statistics
Cycling traffic index, England
- 5 December 2024
- Department for Transport
- Official statistics
Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation
- 31 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
Evaluating the approved driving instructor cycle awareness pilot
- 31 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research
E-cycles rapid evidence assessment report
- 31 October 2024
- Department for Transport
- Research

New cycling offences: causing death or serious injury when cycling
- 15 May 2024
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 05 November 2018
Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cycles
- 29 February 2024
- Department for Transport
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 25 April 2024
The second cycling and walking investment strategy
- 10 March 2023
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Policy paper
Government response to the e-scooter trials evaluation report
- 15 December 2022
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper
Cycling and walking investment strategy report to Parliament 2022
- 6 July 2022
- Department for Transport
- Policy paper

Active travel capability fund: local transport authority allocations
- 23 March 2024
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Transparency
Active Travel Fund: local transport authority allocations
- 23 March 2024
- Active Travel England and Department for Transport
- Transparency
Active Travel England: framework document for working with Department for Transport
- 3 August 2023
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Corporate report
Active travel social prescribing pilots: local authority allocations
- 7 July 2023
- Active Travel England
- Transparency
Cycle rail fund: awards
- 22 January 2022
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Transparency