Walking
Promoting walking as a healthy and more preferable option to the motor car for short journeys.
Walking and cycling: an action plan
The action plan sets out measures from across government to increase levels of active travel by creating places to walk and cycle in and influencing travel behaviour through training, education, marketing and promotion.
Archived content
The following content is available from the Department for Transport web archive .
- Encouraging walking and cycling: Success stories
- Encouraging walking - Advice to local authorities (PDF - 1003 KB)
- Walking in Towns and Cities: government response to Select Committee report
- Walking maps (PDF - 1324 KB)
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