Our Cycle City Ambitions
The chance to start a long-term transformation
Cycle City Ambition
Cycle City Ambition Grants - Up to £10 per head per year over 2 years
A possible £5,556,000(Cycle Demonstrations Towns were granted
£5 per head per year matched locally to give £10 per head per year.)
Cycle City Ambition
Cycle City Ambition Grants - A possible £5,556,000- Capital funding only – revenue from local
resources- Local contribution needed - the more the
better especially from the private sector/external sources
Cycle City Ambition
Cycle City Ambition Grants - A possible £5,556,000- Capital funding only - Local contribution needed- Only open to City Deal Cities
Cycle City Ambition
NewcastleBirmingham LeedsSheffield
Bristol Liverpool Manchester Nottingham
City Deal First Wave – 8 cities
Cycle City Ambition
Black Country Bournemouth/Poole Brighton and Hove Cambridge Coventry Hull Ipswich Leicester Oxford Milton Keynes
Norwich Plymouth Portsmouth/Southampton Preston Reading Southend Stoke on Trent Sunderland Swindon Tees Valley
City Deal Second Wave – 20 cities
Cycle City Ambition
The Government expects to support one First Wave
and two Second Wave cities.
Our rivals are Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield,
Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Nottingham.
Cycle City Ambition
Cycle City Ambition Grants - A possible £5,556,000- Capital funding only - Local contribution needed- Only open to City Deal Cities- Support both walking and cycling – schemes
that actively add value to the pedestrian environment will be looked on favourably
Cycle City Ambition Cycle City Ambition Grants - A possible £5,556,000- Capital funding only - Local contribution needed- Only open to City Deal Cities- Support both walking and cycling- Timescale tight
Cycle City Ambition
‘A vision for an improved and fully integrated network that will be delivered over the next ten years’
- Submit bids by 30 April 2013- Detailed delivery plan and package by
June 2013- Two year funding ends 2014/15
Cycle City Ambition
Cycle City Ambition schemes should- Unlock road capacity - Link communities- Increase productivity through improved
fitness- Improve the public realm and attract high
value business
Cycle City Ambition
- Bring direct savings to the NHS - Give disadvantaged groups better access
to jobs- Revitalise streets- Create positive knock-on effects- Create new social enterprises
Cycle City Ambition
Our bid will build on - Our cycling strategy- Our cross-party support- Go Smarter- The commitment to cycling improvements
in major schemes - The Strategic Cycle Network
Cycle City Ambition
Cycle City Ambition
The scope of the grant:
‘…a vision for an improved and fully integrated network that will be delivered over the next 10 years.’
Cycle City Ambition
The vision could include- Junction improvements- Better street design - Segregated or partially segregated cycle
infrastructure alongside arterial roads for commuters
- Segregated infrastructure to access schools
Cycle City Ambition
- Better infrastructure to link up businesses, hospitals, shops, and key services
- Links between green space- More 20 mph zones and limits- Improved interchange hubs with better
facilities to enable and encourage better door to door journeys
Cycle City AmbitionKey ideas?
Adding value to the pedestrian environment
Engaging pedestrians and least active groups Working across
boundaries and sectorsRemoving barriers
Transformational change
Measures that increase the scope of cycling
Vision