Cycling and walking

Cycling and walking investment, safety and government strategy.

Services

Riding an electric bike: the rules

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.

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Guidance and regulation

The Highway Code
- Manual
- 22 October 2025
- Department for Transport
Cycle infrastructure design (LTN 1/20)
- Guidance
- 27 July 2020
- Department for Transport
Using a rental e-scooter
- Detailed guide
- 11 July 2025
- Department for Transport
Cycle to work scheme implementation guidance for employers
- Guidance
- 13 June 2019
- Department for Transport
Active Travel England scheme review tools
- Guidance
- 9 April 2025
- Active Travel England

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News and communications

Pedal Power: Local Transport Minister saddles up with Oxfordshire Fire Service to get children active
- 24 October 2025
- Department for Transport
- Press release
Government launches £1 million competition to take active travel innovation to the next level
- 6 October 2025
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Press release
School run superheroes to boost cycle lanes and walkways to schools
- 11 July 2025
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Press release
England’s mayors gather to pledge national walking, wheeling and cycling network, backed by government
- 2 July 2025
- Active Travel England
- Press release
More than £32 million to resurface roads and build new cycle lanes in the north east and Yorkshire as region hosts UK’s largest women’s cycling race
- 6 June 2025
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Press release

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Research and statistics

Rental e-scooter trials monitoring data, January 2022 to May 2024
- 25 September 2025
- Department for Transport
- Research
Cycling, motorcycling, school travel, concessionary travel and road safety
- 27 August 2025
- Department for Transport
- Statistical data set
Estimating the benefits of active travel investment
- 30 July 2025
- Active Travel England
- Research
Travel to/from school by pupils in Northern Ireland 2023/24
- 8 May 2025
- Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
- Official statistics
Active Travel Fund tranche 2: government response and peer review
- 9 January 2025
- Department for Transport
- Research

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Policy papers and consultations

Smarter regulation: proposed changes to legislation for electrically assisted pedal cycles
- 28 January 2025
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 25 April 2024
New cycling offences: causing death or serious injury when cycling
- 15 May 2024
- Department for Transport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 05 November 2018
Working together to create a national walking, wheeling and cycling network
- 2 July 2025
- Active Travel England and Department for Transport
- Policy paper
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

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

Active Travel England's business plan 2025 to 2026
- 7 August 2025
- Active Travel England
- Corporate report
Consolidated Active Travel Fund: local transport authority allocations
- 21 March 2025
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Transparency
Active Travel Fund: local transport authority allocations
- 12 February 2025
- Active Travel England and Department for Transport
- Transparency
Active travel capability fund: local transport authority allocations
- 23 March 2024
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Transparency
Active Travel England: framework document for working with Department for Transport
- 3 August 2023
- Department for Transport and Active Travel England
- Corporate report

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