Issue - meetings

This is the fifth and final report to provide an update on the progress of the Cycling City York (CCY) Programme, highlighting works and achievements in the programme throughout its lifetime and initial conclusions.

RESOLVED:             That the Executive notes the progress made on the Cycling City programme and expresses its support for the continuation of the programmes aims and achievements.

REASON:                  To update members on progress and monitoring of the Cycling City programme.

Members considered a report which provided the fifth and final update on the progress of the Cycling City York (CCY) Programme, highlighting works and achievements in the programme throughout its lifetime and initial conclusions.

The report set out progress and key conclusions in each area of the programme, including marketing, communications & events, the schools group, participation initiatives, workplace initiatives and engagement with the Police and Safer Partnerships team.  The programme had demonstrated a successful approach to influencing behavioural change towards sustainable forms of transport, although care must be taken to avoid negative impacts on other such transport, such as buses.  From a structural point of view, revenue initiatives supported by capital schemes and a clear marketing and communications approach had proven more effective and less costly than capital schemes alone.

The conclusions in the report would form part of Cycling England’s wider report to the Department for Transport (DfT).  The DfT was seeking further focus and funding from local authorities for similar initiatives and programmes after conclusion of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) in 2015.  If the Council’s LSTF bid was successful, this additional momentum should enable cost effective projects to continue after this period by building on current work, albeit with fewer resources.

Officers updated on the monitoring work undertaken and to key York cycling statistics from 2010, details of which had been attached to the republished agenda at Annex B.

Having noted the comments of the Labour Group Spokespersons on this item, it was

RESOLVED:             That the Executive notes the progress made on the Cycling City programme and expresses its support for the continuation of the programmes aims and achievements.

REASON:                  To update members on progress and monitoring of the Cycling City programme.