Cycle City: (City Books for Kids, Find and Seek Books)

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Watch what’s happening around you, and anticipate where a dangerous situation might emerge. Is that car turning left? Is a pedestrian about to walk out from behind that stationary bus? Will that drain cover be slippery in this weather? If that sounds like you, a hybrid or a dutch-style model is probably the way to go. But don’t be afraid to test-ride a few different types of bike. The one that works best might not be the one you’d expect. What size bike should I get? The team plan to gather baseline data using a novel app-based survey technology, TravelVu. At the same time, we will monitor air quality data at the school (on-going research project) and on the journey to school using portable sensors (on loan from the Urban Flows Observatory). Transport for Quality of Life and the Arup Aecom consortium were commissioned by the Department for Transport to develop models to assess the amount and type of investment required to meet cycling and walking targets, under a range of different scenarios. The main report explains the structure of three Active Travel Investment Models, for cycling, walking, and walking to school.

As you get used to riding your regular journeys, make a note of the parts you don’t like. Then see if you can adjust the route to avoid them. Over time you’ll be able to perfect it – or even have a few good options for the same journey, to keep things interesting. This is even more important when you’re riding near parked cars, as people will occasionally open a car door in your path without looking. Make sure you keep plenty of space to avoid this. Safety in numbers Says Rupert Furness, Deputy Director, Active Travel, Department for Transport: 'After almost two years of digital meetings, workshops and conferences I am looking forward to the opportunity of meeting friends both old and new at this year’s Cycle City Active City conference in Sheffield to talk about building on the exciting initiatives for Active Travel that have been a silver lining during the pandemic.' This case study builds on existing air-quality monitoring in local schools and embeds 'rainbow routes' within a new research project collecting smartphone app-based data on active travel. The aim is to close data gaps and speed up interventions that favour safe, active and independent travel for children.

Led by Kaylisha Archer, the Department for Transport’s Head of Active Travel Behaviour Change Projects, this session will focus on the Department’s revenue funding for local transport authorities. The session will showcase examples of best practice in behaviour change project delivery, and provide information and advice about monitoring and evaluation This is an opportunity to meet the Active Travel England (ATE) team and hear about the new executive agency’s vision for enabling walking and cycling at an exciting time in its development. Visit them on exhibition booth C4 to book30-minute meetings (please bring scale drawings if possible).

Cycling and walking can deliver against all three areas, and as such are in the spotlight like never before. Sloman L, Dennis S, Hopkinson L, Goodman A, Farla K, Hiblin B and Turner J (2021) Summary and Synthesis of Evidence: Cycle City Ambition Programme 2013-2018 What’s great about the conference is that you can have your say in shaping the content and topics for discussion – submit your abstracts before 11th February to raise the points which matter the most to you.' Research shows that people who cycle regularly are happier and healthier. But no study can capture the feeling of zipping through a place you know and love, with the sun on your face and the wind in your hair. That’s something you have to experience for yourself, and I can’t wait for you to try it. Delegates can also visit them on exhibition booth C4 for an informal discussion about design and planning issues, giving you the opportunity to hear how Active Travel England will approach planning applications and design assessments.For most people starting out with everyday city cycling, having a bike that’s comfortable and practical is more important than speed or off-road capability. Cairns C and Sloman L (2019) Potential for e-cargo bikes to reduce congestion and pollution from vans in cities