Active Travel England documents 

Documents released by Active Travel England to provide guidance on how to design green, integrated and inclusive transport routes. 

If you require these documents in an alternative format, please contact contact@activetravelengland.gov.uk. Learn more about how to request alternative formats in our website accessibility notice. 
 

Children cycling to school in Greater Manchester

Active travel scheme design assurance process

Active travel scheme design assurance process

Guidance to help local authorities and delivery partners to understand Active Travel England’s design assurance service.

Active travel scheme inspections

Active travel scheme inspections

Guidance to help authorities and delivery partners to understand Active Travel England’s inspections.

Cycle-rail integration toolkit

Cycle-rail integration toolkit

The cycle-rail toolkit 3 provides guidance for train operating companies and station operators on how to encourage and increase the number of cycle-rail users.

Women walking near a river in Kesgrave.

Design assistance tools

Design assistance tools

Route cross-section and crossing selector tools to support users during the design process of active travel interventions and schemes.

Planning for active places

Planning for active places

A masterplan providing development guidance to design accessible walking, wheeling and cycling environments.

Request design assurance for an active travel scheme

Request design assurance for an active travel scheme

Scheme promoters can request design assurance from Active Travel England for government-funded travel projects.

Teenagers stood on their cycle talking to adults

Scheme review tools

Scheme review tools

Route and area check tools to assess the quality of active travel designs for active travel interventions and schemes.

Children and parents outside Whitehall Primary School, Bristol.

School streets: how to set up and manage a scheme

School streets: how to set up and manage a scheme

Guidance for local authorities in England on how to set up and manage a school streets scheme, with case studies.

Other government and public body documents 

These documents are written by other UK government departments and bodies. You can find out more about these documents, including release schedules and alternative formats, on their respective websites.  

People walking and cycling in Blackfriars, London.

Active design

Active design

Sport England

Green infrastructure planning and design guide

Green infrastructure planning and design guide

Natural England

Inclusive mobility: a guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure

Inclusive mobility: a guide to best practice on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure

Department for Transport

David using a trike on a new cycle path in Poole.

Local transport note 1/20: cycle infrastructure design

Local transport note 1/20: cycle infrastructure design

Department for Transport

Man cycling in London

Manual for streets

Manual for streets

Department for Transport

Cycle lane with bollard in Bournemouth.

Manual for streets 2

Manual for streets 2

Department for Transport

Two men walking near river in London, one has a cane

Pedestrian comfort guidance for London (PDF)

Pedestrian comfort guidance for London (PDF)

Transport for London

Strategic road network and the delivery of sustainable development

Strategic road network and the delivery of sustainable development

Department of Transport and National Highways

People walking, unknown location

Streets for a healthy life

Streets for a healthy life

Homes England

Man and woman walking, the woman has a cycle, unknown location

Streets for all

Streets for all

Historic England

Temporary traffic management handbook

Temporary traffic management handbook

Transport for London

Traffic signs manual

Traffic signs manual

Department for Transport

Third party documents

Third-party documents are written by other organisations whose issues may be with Active Travel England. The views and opinions expressed in third-party documents are those of the author. They do not represent the views of Active Travel England.

Every effort has been made to provide accessible formats for third-party documents. If you require these documents in an alternative format, please contact the document owner. 

Teen girls in school uniform walking with cycle.

Designing for walking (PDF)

Designing for walking (PDF)

CIHT

Children wheeling and walking across the road.

Hackney school streets toolkit

Hackney school streets toolkit

London Borough of Hackney

Children cycling and walking on school street in Haringley

School streets: your guide to creating car-free school streets (PDF)

School streets: your guide to creating car-free school streets (PDF)

Living Streets

Man walking young girl into school in Bristol.

Switch off school streets toolkit

Switch off school streets toolkit

Birmingham City Council

Webinars 

Active Travel England (ATE) webinars share advice and guidance to support active travel professionals in their roles. View all Active Travel England webinars.  

Barriers to access in London

Barriers to access in London

With Transport for London

Introduction to ATE design assistance and scheme review tools

Introduction to ATE design assistance and scheme review tools

With Active Travel England

Spotlight on ATE crossing selector tool

Spotlight on ATE crossing selector tool

With Active Travel England

Spotlight on ATE route cross-section tool

Spotlight on ATE route cross-section tool

With Active Travel England

Spotlight on CYCLOPs junctions

Spotlight on CYCLOPs junctions

With Transport for Greater Manchester

Spotlight on expanding the greenway network in Buckinghamshire

Spotlight on expanding the greenway network in Buckinghamshire

With Buckinghamshire Council

Spotlight on school streets in Shropshire

Spotlight on school streets in Shropshire

With Shropshire Council

Spotlight on the cycle-rail toolkit

Spotlight on the cycle-rail toolkit

With Sustrans

Additional information

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