Issue - meetings
Petition Improving Cycling Facilities on Wentworth Road
Meeting: 19/07/2024 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Transport (Item 11.)
11. Petition Improving Cycling Facilities on Wentworth Road (11:14am) PDF 412 KB
This report acknowledges receipt of a petition titled “Improving Cycling facilities on Wentworth Road”, submitted to City of York Council on 11 March 2024 and puts forward potential options to address the issue.
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Decision:
Resolved: To approve Option B, outlined in paragraph 4 of the report, viz.
To explore a city-wide solution for residential on-street cycle parking as part of a city-wide review of cycle parking.
To move at pace, with agility, and to get this scheme rolled out with a view to prioritising Wentworth Road when considering the pilot.
Reason: The provision of public cycle storage would support the following council objectives:
· Council Plan, One City for all, 2023 to 2027 – Priority D - Transport: Sustainable, accessible transport for all - change the way we move through and around the city, prioritising sustainable transport and discouraging non-essential vehicle journeys.
· York Climate Change Strategy 2022-2032 – Objective 3.2 – Increase take-up of active travel, reduce overall car usage through alternative modes of transport, public transport and car-sharing.
· Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2022-2032 – Big Goal 5 – Reverse the rise in the number of children and adults living with an unhealthy weight, Big Goal 9 – Reduce sedentary behaviour, so that 4 in every 5 adults in York are physically active.
· York Economic Strategy 2022-2032 – a greener economy – increase cycling and active travel to work where appropriate as modes of commuting, along with increased safe cycle parking provision.
· Emerging Local Transport Strategy – supports the following key themes.
o Improve walking, wheeling and cycling,
o Shape healthy places,
o Safeguard our environment by cutting carbon, air pollution and noise,
o Manage York's transport networks for Movement and Place,
o Reduce car dependency.