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SPT awards £450,000 to sustainable transport projects

Older man and woman waiting at traffic lights at junction of Kelvin Way onto Radnor St, Glasgow

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) has allocated more than £450,000 of funding to community groups as part of the Transport Scotland-funded SPT People & Place Programme Community Fund. This funding is intended to support 24 community groups in our region working to influence sustainable travel behaviour change through localised project

The People & Place Programme Community Fund supports organisations delivering small-scale projects (£5,000 – £50,000) at a community level which aligns with five key themes: Schools and Young People, Workplaces, Accessibility and Inclusion, Capacity and Capability and Supporting Sustainable Transport.

Projects being delivered under each of themes will be working to encourage behaviour change from traditional car use to more sustainable modes of transport, and initiatives vary from small infrastructure changes such as cycle storage installations, to cycle lessons and led bike rides, management of bike loan schemes, as well as skills building opportunities, increasing capacity and capability across the sector and region.

Organisations funded include Clyde Cycle Park, Living Lab CIC, Getting Better Together, Parents for the Future Scotland and Cycling Without Age.

Source: https://www.spt.co.uk/about-us/news/spt-awards-450-000-to-sustainable-transport-projects/

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Consultation Digest (National) Issue 10, 28 Jan 2022: The one with the carrots

CcyleHoop ground level, on street, secure cycle storage unit

In my nearly 20 years of policy work, I’ve never known a time where there have been so many major consultations live at the same time. It’s time to get busy – plus there’s the local elections on 5 May, now less than 100 days away.

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Consultation Digest (National) Issue 9, 10 Dec 2021: The one after the Budget

We are a few month’s into the current parliamentary term and here come the consultations on government policy. I expect quite a few over the coming months. The 4th National Planning Framework is the main focus of this digest with two live consultations – from the Government and from a Parliamentary Committee.

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Consultation Digest (National) Issue 7, 10 September 2021: New term and new Active Travel Minister

I’m sure by now you will have heard that Glasgow MSP Patrick Harvie has been appointed as the new Active Travel Minister in the Scottish Government – congratulations to Patrick. The new role was created after a deal was reached between the Scottish Greens and SNP on a form of power-sharing in Government. The agreement included a raft of measures which will benefit people who want to cycle including a commitment to boost funding for active travel to £320m by 2024/25, which is 10% of the transport budget.

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More evidence that improved cycling infrastructure is good for health.

We have recently linked to a new report published by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Scottish Government on our Evidence pages (see Health) called the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Physical Activity Guidelines that provides a wealth of evidence to show just how valuable exercise such as active travel is, not just to ourselves personally, but also on a much wider scale. We believe this goes a long way to show just how much of a health issue active travel is and should be treated as, particularly when it comes to funding considerations.

Here are some key quotes and infographics pulled out by one of our members for us.

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