Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013

Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013
Act of the National Assembly for Wales
Long title An Act of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision for the mapping of active travel routes and related facilities and for and in connection with integrated network maps; for securing that there are new and improved active travel routes and related facilities; for requiring the Welsh Ministers and local authorities to take reasonable steps to enhance the provision made for, and to have regard to the needs of, walkers and cyclists; for requiring functions under the Act to be exercised so as to promote active travel journeys and secure new and improved active travel routes and related facilities; and for connected purposes.
Citation 2013 anaw 7
Introduced by Carl Sargeant
Dates
Royal assent 4 November 2013
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 became law in Wales on 4 November 2013[1] The Act requires local authorities to continuously improve facilities and routes for pedestrians and cyclists and to prepare maps identifying current and potential future routes for their use. The Act also requires new road schemes (including road improvement schemes) to consider the needs of pedestrians and cyclists at design stage.[2] The law was passed after a six-year campaign from Welsh civil society led by Sustrans Cymru Director Lee Waters[3]

In 2016, 'lack of funds and leadership' and resistance from highways engineers, were among the factors blamed for the failure of the Act to deliver its potential.[4]

In 2018, a report from Welsh Assembly members found no increase in the numbers of people walking and cycling to work; the numbers going to school had actually declined. The report blamed a lack of leadership in councils and the Welsh Government.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Welsh Government - Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013". gov.wales. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 - National Assembly for Wales". assembly.wales. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Click on Wales". clickonwales.org. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "'Lack of funds and leadership' in active travel law". Wales Politics. BBC News. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "No increase in cycling in Wales despite active travel law". Wales Politics. BBC News. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.


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