Background
On 28 July 2020, the Government of the United Kingdom announced the establishment of Active Travel England as part of a new cycling and walking plan called Gear Change: A bold vision for cycling and walking.
Functions
The functions of the organisation will be:[2]
• Enforcement of new cycling design guidance by local authorities
• Provide advice to improve scheme design, implementation and stakeholder management
• Statutory consultee for planning applications for all developments of over a certain (as yet unknown) threshold
• Consider applications for funding from the cycling budget (£2bn initially)
• Publish annual reports on highway authorities, grading them on their performance on active travel
