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New edition of The Pedestrian Pound
Living Streets, the walking charity, has published the third edition of The Pedestrian Pound.
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Cornwall e-cycles pilot shares lessons learnt
Reports on Cornwall’s e-cycles pilot highlights potential for similar projects, and shares learning for the future.
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Transforming Cities Fund baseline synthesis published
The Department for Transport has published the baseline report from the Transforming Cities Fund national evaluation.
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Fix Your Bike evaluation published
Research shows that £50 bike repair vouchers got more people cycling and reduced car use.
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Transforming Travel looks to Isle of Wight’s transport future
Final M&E report for the Transforming Travel programme outlines five lessons for capitalising on pandemic-induced change.
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Transforming Cities Fund co-development case study published
Process evaluation looks at the Department for Transport’s supported bidding process and outlines lessons for the future.
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Transforming Travel saves over 1.6m car trips
Latest M&E report for Isle of Wight Access Fund programme shows success in getting more people walking, cycling and on the bus.
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Transforming Swimming toolkit published
Sport England has published its Transforming Swimming toolkit – aiming to revolutionise the offer and customer experience at local pools.
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DfT publishes LSTF Annual Report 2014/15
The Department for Transport has published the 2014/15 edition of its Local Sustainable Transport Fund Annual Report.
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Access Fund winners announced
The 25 projects that have won a share of the £60m Access Fund celebrate the Department for Transport’s long-awaited announcement.
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What Works report published
The Department for Transport has published the long-awaited report What Works? Learning from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund 2011-2015.
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Access Fund – combining capital and revenue
Latest news on the Department for Transport’s Access Fund gives some insight in to the application timescales and the relationship between the capital and revenue elements of the Fund.
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Sustainable Travel Transition Fund winners
The Department for Transport has announced the 23 projects that will receive a portion of their £21 million Sustainable Travel Transition Year fund.
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The road from LSTF to Access Fund
So, alas, we’ve come to the end of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
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Connected progress report published
Derby has published a report looking at the achievements of the city’s Connected project.
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DfT publishes LSTF Annual Report 2013/14
The Department for Transport has published the 2013/14 edition of its Local Sustainable Transport Fund Annual Report.
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DfT publishes LSTF Annual Report 2012/13
The Department for Transport has published the 2012/13 edition of its Local Sustainable Transport Fund Annual Report.
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And even more LSTF success!
Our congratulations to the West of England Partnership, East Sussex and the New Forest & South Downs National Parks consortium.
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More of our clients win LSTF bids
Our congratulations to Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Derby and Gloucestershire – who have all been successful in winning money in Tranche 2 of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
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Our clients win LSTF bids
The Department for Transport has announced the projects which have won funding in the first round of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
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Warwickshire smarter choices review underway
The Smarter Choice Consultancy is carrying out a review of Warwickshire County Council’s Smarter Choice activity.
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Cycling England publishes Making a Cycling Town
New resource will help inspire best practice in the design and delivery of cycling infrastructure and smarter choice initiatives that get more people cycling, more often.