KCC Active Travel Strategy Consultation

Kent County Council’s (KCC) Active Travel Strategy aims to make active travel an attractive and realistic choice for short journeys in Kent. By developing and promoting accessible, safer and well-planned active travel opportunities, this Strategy will help to establish Kent as a pioneering county for active travel.

Active Travel means walking or cycling as a means of transport in order to get to a particular destination such as work, the shops or to visit friends. It does not cover walking and cycling done purely for pleasure, for health reasons, or simply walking the dog. Active travel can be for complete journeys or parts of a journey.

More people travelling actively can lead to a range of positive outcomes. These include improved health, reduced traffic congestion, reduced pollution and financial savings.

Have your say

KCC want to know what you think of their draft Active Travel Strategy, and the ambition and actions outlined within it.

The draft Strategy is available to download from the ‘Consultation Documents’ section below. Please let KCC know your thoughts by completing the online questionnaire (via the ‘Respond to this Consultation’ section). The draft Strategy and questionnaire are also available in Word.

Annexes to the draft Strategy providing more information on the policy context, the evidence base for the Strategy and summary of engagement workshops are also available below.

KCC have published a copy of their Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA) for you to read and make comments on via the consultation questionnaire.

Hard copies and alternative formats of any of the consultation material can be requested via email alternativeformats@kent.gov.uk or telephone 03000 421553 (text relay service 18001 03000 421553).  This number goes to an answer machine, which is monitored during office hours.

This consultation will run for eight weeks from the 18 May to 13 July 2016. 

Your views will help to shape the final Strategy, which will be presented to the Environment and Transport Cabinet Committee in November 2016.