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Representation ID: 17555

Received: 11/10/2021

Respondent: Sport England

Policy TRAN1 Priorities for the development of the transport network
Sport England supports part 2) of the policy that refers to all new developments must provide adequate access to all modes of travel including walking and cycling and the need to meet accessibility standards. However the policy stops short of requiring developments to contribute to a modal shift to active travel which seems a missed opportunity, since a strong case can be made for requiring developers to do their part to reduce reliance on private cars. Can the policy be stengthened to address this point? Sport England supports part 3) of the policy that includes reference to prioritising key transport corridors for active travel, though the key transport corridors listed in part 4) of the policy do not specifically include any priorities relating to walking and cycling, referring only to priorities for motorways, rail, rapid transit, key road corridors, and interchanges. The associated justification also doesn't make any reference to active travel priorities. This then suggests that the priorities are not active travel related? Can this be addressed by strengthening the policy to provide reference to key corridors for walking and cycling, potentially linked to the national cycle network, existing infrastructure such as canal towpaths etc?