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Last week, Cycleways submitted its response to the transport mitigation proposals contained in the Local Plan.
In its response it referred to the government's White Paper on transport, and attached is a copy of the relevant pages, for your reference.
Later on in the White Paper, p38, it refers to the Sustainable Travel Towns project.
Even though this project has only been running for a few years it is already demonstrating a modal shift in travel behaviour, as follows:
reduction in number of car driver trips - 8%
cycle trips increase per resident by 26%
walking trips per resident increase by 13%
PSV usage increase by 14%
If one looks to London where a sustainable travel strategy has been in place much longer, the shift is quite dramatic when it comes to cycling.
The head of TfL surface transport planning, Michelle Dix, was recently quoted as saying that they plan to have as many commuters cycling to work by 2030 as those who use the underground.
In a recent survey conducted by City Hall in the City of London it showed that 49% of all vehicles passing along Old Street at the morning peak, were bicycles.
Turning to more local matters, Cycleways has prepared a draft cycle plan of the Warwick District embracing all three of its towns to show how the objectives set out in 5.6.3 of the Local Plan could be delivered. Here once again, the large scale plan of Leamington and Warwick that you supplied to us, was particularly useful.
With thanks