by Nikki Brown | Jun 4, 2025 | Transport, Uncategorized
Greater Manchester is set to deliver the UK’s first fully integrated, zero-emission public transport system by 2030 thanks to a £2.5 billion government funding boost. Government ministers are in Rochdale this morning [Wednesday 4 June] to announce details of the...
by Nikki Brown | May 6, 2025 | Transport
The number of School Streets in Greater Manchester is set to increase to 60 in the next year as part of a wider programme to boost the number of children walking, wheeling and cycling to school. Last October, Active Travel Commissioner Dame Sarah Storey and Mayor Andy...
by Nikki Brown | Apr 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Plans to create a series of riverside walking and cycling routes connecting Salford Quays and the city centre and transform the 8km stretch of the River Irwell into a vibrant and accessible urban park have been approved by Salford City Council. Following a...
by Nikki Brown | Apr 8, 2025 | Sustainable Living, Transport
A new pedestrian bridge will pave the way for the transformation of Bury Interchange into Greater Manchester’s first operationally carbon-neutral transport hub. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has this week submitted plans for the new town centre footbridge to...
by Nikki Brown | Apr 2, 2025 | Transport
Three hundred new e-bikes will be added to Greater Manchester’s Starling Bank Bike hire fleet this Spring, further boosting people’s access to cycling. The move will mean that more than half of the city-region’s bike hire fleet will be electric by summer 2025. Hot on...
