Cycling strategy

Introduction

  1. The North Tyneside Transport Strategy sets out how we will reduce carbon emissions from transport; improve health outcomes; support inclusive economic growth; improve connectivity; and manage demand and enable smart choices for all. 
     
  2. A key aim for both our Transport Strategy and the North Tyneside Local Plan is to encourage a better environment for everyday cycling and to continue the excellent progress being made in North Tyneside in terms of increased participation in cycling. This supports the Our North Tyneside Plan’s aims to increase opportunities for safe walking and cycling, including providing a segregated cycleway at the coast; and publish an action plan of the steps we will take and the national investment we will seek to make North Tyneside carbon net-zero by 2030. It also reflects the objectives of the regional North East Transport Plan and its aims of improving the cycling network and supporting active travel. 
     
  3. Cycling is a healthy, affordable and sustainable way of making everyday journeys, which often replace motorised journeys. Cycling is also an inclusive way to travel, open to people of all ages and backgrounds, with a range of adapted cycles available suited to people’s mobility needs – while the growing availability of e-bikes and cargo bikes mean cycling can increasingly replace car and van use as a way for businesses to operate more sustainably. Supporting the demand for increased participation in cycling can boost the local economy, people’s health and quality of life, helping to make North Tyneside an even greater place to live, work and visit. 
     
  4. In this strategy we set out our strategic approach to supporting cycling in the borough. We have also included our Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) in Appendix 4 of the strategy. The diagram below shows how the Cycling Strategy fits within the overall context of the North Tyneside Transport Strategy. 

North Tyneside Transport Strategy

Cycling Strategy incliding LCWIP

Travel Safety Strategy

Network Management Plan

Zero Emission Vehicles Strategy

Parking Strategy

Transport and highways SPD

Highway Asset Management Plan