April 2019
Mayor Dan Jarvis appoints Dame Sarah Storey as the region’s first-ever Active Travel Commissioner.
May 2019
Sustainable transport expert Pete Zanzoterra is appointed as the region’s Active Travel Programme Director.
June 2019
Dame Sarah Storey outlines four pledges in the Energy Strategy PDF by which her work in the region will be guided. They are:
- Being led by communities
- Enabling walking and cycling, rather than encouraging it
- Requiring infrastructure to meet or exceed requirements
- Requiring infrastructure to be accessible for all
July 2019
Invictus Games Trials are held in Sheffield, showcasing the importance of inclusivity and providing local leaders with a chance to witness the power of cycling on people regardless of their circumstance.
September 2019
Dame Sarah Storey establishes the Active Travel Advisory Board, made up of representatives from national and regional cycling and walking organisations, in order to inform and support her work.
October 2019
The region’s Active Travel Interactive Map is launched, giving residents the chance to give feedback to Dame Sarah Storey and her team on the region’s current travel infrastructure.
Work to plan the SYMCA's Active Travel Network begins. Workshops are held in Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield with Brian Deegan, one of the UK’s leading street design engineers, to help visualise what the region’s walking and cycling network could look like by 2040.
November 2019
The SYMCA submits its Transforming Cities bid to the Department for Transport. The bid focuses on three large areas which could most benefit from significant improvements across rail, public transport and active travel schemes. The aim is to reduce journey times, improve punctuality and reliability, and bring about a wide range of benefits associated with Active Travel, such as improved health and wellbeing.
These Transforming Cities schemes will link with future schemes to form the 2040 Active Travel Network.
