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Being more than just cycle and wallking infrastructure, Greenways truely transform urban areas. This guide covers the philosophy, design and construction of Greenways as multi-user paths for commuting and leisure. The distillation of 30 years of Sustrans' path building experience - the Connect2 Greenway Guide is an indispensible tool for anyone involved in the construction, maintenance and promotion of cycling and walking.

Encouraging more people to cycle is increasingly being seen as a vital part of any local authority plan to tackle congestion, improve air quality, promote physical activity and improve accessibility. This design guide brings together and updates guidance previously available in a number of draft Local Transport Notes and other documents. Although its focus is the design of cycle infrastructure, parts of its advice are equally appropriate to improving conditions for pedestrians. The guidance covers England, Wales and Scotland. Where the text refers to highway authorities (for England and Wales), the equivalent term in Scotland is road authorities.

Additional off-carriageway links can offer enhanced permeability, potentially safer routes for cyclists and advantageous journey times compared to motor traffic. These need to be designed, built and maintained so that they achieve their intention of drawing cyclists away from less attractive routes on the carriageway. The measures available to create cycle links can range from a cycle gap in a road closure to the construction of a new bridge. To be effective, cycle links should be clearly signed, direct and relevant to cyclists’ needs. Off-carriageway links need to be designed, built and maintained so that they achieve their intention of drawing cyclists away from less attractive routes on the carriageway.

This document, which forms part of the Government’s advice on transport within Ecotowns and New Growth Points, is aimed at all those involved in the planning, design and construction of new housing developments. It sets out advice on how to build an effective sustainable transport system in new developments, from the planning to the implementation stage. It recommends a variety of transport options to integrate and adopt according to the location and needs of the individual development. The TCPA Eco-towns Transport Worksheet, commissioned by CLG, supplements this initial guidance and concentrates on a route map for Eco-town developers. It provides a ‘how to’ guide to steer developers and others engaged in planning, delivering and managing eco-towns through the planning process. Both documents should be referred to in conjunction with each other.

Travelwise NI is a Roads Service initiative to encourage the use of sustainable transport options such as walking, cycling, public transport or car sharing. It is delivered in partnership with the Department of Education, DOE Road Safety Branch, Sustrans, Health Promotion Agency and Translink, and is targeted at Commuters, Employers (to devise a Travel Plan that meets a company's needs), and schools. .

Walking and cycling: an action plan, which was published on 16 June 2004, sets out measures from across government to increase levels of active travel. This companion guide contains 50 examples of successful schemes from across England. They have all achieved significant results with often modest, but always well-chosen initiatives, which have improved local conditions for walking and cycling and encouraged people to get around on foot and by bike. These schemes illustrate clear benefits in terms of reduced congestion, improved public health and enhanced quality of local streets and spaces.

Well-Maintained Highways, the code of practice for highway maintenance management was published in July 2005. It provides local authorities with guidance on highways management in an ever changing environment, creating a strong foundation for a positive and lasting maintenance policy. Adoption of the recommendations in this code will help the delivery of Best Value services.

Information sheet looking at how Greenways can usefully and safely cross or connect to existing highways, giving users the best possible connection.

This leaflet is aimed at path providers, whether they are local authorities, statutory bodies or private landowners. For nearly 30 years, Sustrans has been building paths to the highest possible standards, giving a wide variety of users sustainable access to the countryside and to our towns and cities. The National Cycle Network (NCN), Sustrans' flagship project, offers safe routes for non-motorised transport. Sustrans and its partners have been working for some years to make the NCN more accessible to disabled people working for some years to remove and there are now considerable lengths of traffic free route that are without access barriers. This is to the benefit of everyone, but particularly wheelchair and electric scooter users. Since 1 October 2004, however, removal of such barriers and improvements to paths to make them accessible to everyone is no longer voluntary. The new elements of the Disability Discrimination Act make the provision of easy access compulsory. This leaflet sets out the terms of the act, offers guidance on how to decide if a path is genuinely open to all and the measures you need to take to comply with the act. This guide does not intend to provide information for disabled horse riders. For horses and the National Cycle Network, see the information in ‘The National Cycle Network and Public Rights of Way’, Sustrans information sheet FF27.