Sustrans' Children’s Walking and Cycling Index
00:00:47 - First, the latest news from around and about
00:11:14 - Tim Burns, Head of Policy, SusTrans, takes us through the Sustrans’ recently launched first ever Children’s Walking and Cycling Index, designed to help us understand the behaviours, barriers and attitudes affecting how children walk, wheel and cycle in the UK. A real wakeup call here for all of us who care about the next generation.
Plus some brilliant links from the chat:
- Deadline Mar 16th: Peak District National Park is consulting on active travel improvements.
- Mar 20-23: Shrewsbury Moves, A four-day celebration of the future of movement in Shrewsbury! including:
Thursday night launch event event with Peter Walker, Melissa Bruntlett, Phil Jones, Jon Burke and Julia Buckley MP. Tickets £8.
Friday: (FREE!) one day conference, inc Create Streets, Living Streets, Wheels for Wellbeing & lots of others - National Dash Cam Safety Portal, run by NextBase, but accepts any dashcam or video.
- Wiltshire A36 safe crossing campaign bbc.com/news/articles/cd7ee201jr9o and petition.
- MotorNormativity & Carspiracy - brilliant GCN video on why people have been brainwashed to think ‘nearly being hit by a cyclist' is bigger news than being many killed by cars.
- Active Travel England Scheme design assurance
- It's time to depoliticise sustainable transportation