Active neighbourhoods
This scheme forms part of a wider Active Neighbourhood project across Greater Manchester by TfGM. Active Neighbourhoods form part of the Bee Network, a 10-year plan for Greater Manchester to deliver the UK’s largest cycling and walking network, eventually spanning 1,800 miles.
The Scheme is aligned with our Manchester Active Travel Strategy and will contribute to the Greater Manchester-wide programme to make journeys on foot or by bike much easier and more attractive. It will towards the one million additional daily sustainable journeys Greater Manchester wants to achieve by 2040, while providing benefits to the economy, personal health, reducing congestion and air pollution.
30% of all trips under 1km in Greater Manchester are made by car, over 250 million per year (See reference number 6), so there is massive potential to replace some of these car trips with more walking and cycling. Across GM, while traffic levels have remained consistent on main roads, journeys on residential streets have risen by a staggering 45% (See reference number 12) in the last ten years.
Neighbourhoods should be first and foremost for the people who live there. They should feel safe for people to ride, scoot or simply walk to shops and schools if they choose to. Traffic should be kept on streets designed to carry it. The project approach will enable this by reducing rat-running but also retaining access to all homes and businesses, for journeys that need to be made by car.