Twelve of England’s regional mayors back plan for ‘national active travel network’

One of the schemes this autumn, will focus on trips to and from school, with a pledge to create a combined 3,500 miles of safe routes linking schools to homes, town and city centres and transport hubs. Photograph: G Scammell/Alamy

Twelve of England’s regional mayors have signed up to an unprecedented plan to create a “national active travel network”, focusing initially on helping children to walk, cycle or scoot to school safely.

The scheme, which involves all non-London regional mayors other than one from Reform UK, is intended to fit into wider efforts to devolve transport planning, working with Active Travel England (ATE) to implement schemes they think would help their area.