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Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan to create ‘national active travel network’ Exclusive: Unprecedented move to focus initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to an unprecedented plan to create a “national active travel network”, focusing initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely. The scheme, which involves all non-London regional mayors other than one from Reform UK, is intended to fit into wider efforts to devolve transport planning, working with Active Travel England (ATE) to implement schemes they think would help their area. Tracy Brabin (Labour) of West Yorkshire. Paul Bristow (Tory) of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Andy Burnham (Labour) of Greater Manchester. Luke Campbell (Reform UK) of Hull and East Yorkshire. Oliver Coppard (Labour) of South Yorkshire. Helen Godwin (Labour), the West of England mayor. Ben Houchen (Tory) of Tees Valley. Kim McGuinness (Labour), the North East mayor. Richard Parker (Labour) of the West Midlands. Steve Rotheram (Labour), the Liverpool City Region mayor. David Skaith (Labour) of York and North Yorkshire. Claire Ward (Labour), mayor of the East Midlands. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/02/england-regional-mayors-back-plan-national-active-travel-network?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu