Native information on the coronary heart of Manchester’s Lively Journey Plans

For a number of yr Manchester Metropolis Council has been working to ship modifications to our freeway community which make it simpler for folks to entry Lively Journey.

Whether or not that’s strolling, wheeling or biking, making a community of protected and accessible energetic journey routes is vital to the Council’s net-zero ambitions.
 

It’s also aimed toward enhancing the vitality of native neighbourhoods and making folks really feel more healthy.
 

After efficiently launching an energetic journey technique for the town centre, the Council now desires to learn the way folks really feel about Lively Journey throughout Manchester.
 

For this reason a session has now been launched that may assist form the way forward for Lively Journey that may put the sentiments of residents at its core. It’s important that the fitting technique is put in place which represents the desires of residents throughout Manchester.
 

The Council is aware of by earlier engagement that obstacles do exist which forestall folks from partaking in Lively Journey. This may vary from issues over security, entry to a cycle, or the supply of issues like seating and signage, and we all know this impacts totally different teams in a wide range of methods.
 

The session will run from Friday, 21 October to Friday, 2 December.
 

As a part of this session the Council is aiming to study: 

• What routes or areas in Manchester needs to be prioritised for enchancment (with the purpose of constructing it simpler to make use of energetic journey).
• What challenges folks face when strolling, wheeling or biking, or what obstacles are in place that might forestall an individual partaking in energetic journey.
• What alternatives the Council may pursue to enhance folks’s entry to energetic journey.

Workshops will happen in 5 places throughout Manchester and can give residents a possibility to remark and evaluation the proposals in individual.
 

A web-based session can even be working on the identical time which may be discovered by the next hyperlink: manchester.gov.uk/consultations
 

An interactive map shall be obtainable by this hyperlink the place residents could make suggestions for his or her native space. 

 

Councillor Tracey Rawlins, Govt Member for Surroundings and Transport mentioned: “Nobody is aware of Manchester higher than its residents which is why their involvement on this session is so essential.
“We need to put energetic journey on the coronary heart of our transport technique for years to return. It’s going to profit our communities by enhancing the well being of residents, and, nothing shall be more practical at addressing our web zero targets than getting extra automobiles off the street, and serving to folks have interaction in Lively Journey.
“We’re additionally deeply dedicated to enhancing the accessibly of energetic journey, ensuring it’s open for everybody.”