We in DfT have long been expert in the skill of getting people to do our work for us (even if they don’t actually know it).

Pauline Reeves

Deputy Director, Sustainable Accessible Travel, DfT

The DfT aspires to be an Outward Facing organisation

OUR PLEDGES:

•Outward Facing Policy Adviser

•Outward Facing Policy Team

•DfT corporately

A537 is most dangerous road in Britain

Pressure

mounts on PM

to make radical

reforms for

cycling

‘The way we

travel now is

killing us. We’re

the fattest people

in Western

Europe’

London ‘bike

Crossrail’ planned for

2016

Lorries involved in two thirds of cyclist deaths in London

One year on, Mary

Bowers is still

making her

presence felt

Cycling

network

‘confuses

riders and

drivers’

Mother’s

emotional plea for

‘proper cycling

lanes’

Cities Fit For Cycling

Building safer cycle routes

would not only benefit those

who cycle. It would also

encourage hundreds of

thousands more people to

use their bikes to make

short journeys instead of

going by car or by train or

bus.

This would have benefits

for motorists, pedestrians,

parents, businesses and

taxpayers.

It would lead to less

congested streets, less

overcrowding on public

transport, fewer deaths on

the road, less NHS money

wasted on obesity, a boost

for the high street, less

pollution, and a more

affordable form of transport

for those priced out by rising

petrol prices and rail fares.

Official figures show a sharp rise in the number of people killed riding their bicycles and in drink-driving collisions

PPressOffice Cycle

Policy

It’s been a bumpy ride but the bike has gone from a much-mocked contraption to an icon of our urban future

Times 12 August

Cycling revolution shifts into top gear

Cycling groups welcome announcement of £77m government fund

Campaigners also urge long-term push to establish nationwide system of cycling infrastructure similar to the Netherlands

Guardian 12 August

Cycling gets £94m push in EnglandCOMMENTS (1051)A number of English cities and national parks are to share a £94m cash injection to promote cycling.

Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford and Norwich will share £77m, with four national parks getting a further £17m.

The money is to improve existing and fund new cycle routes. The government says it also wants to cut red tape to facilitate cyclist-friendly planning.

BBC Website 12 August

Government shift cycling up a gear

A nationwide drive to promote cycling in cities and national parks across England will be launched today.

The Prime Minister announces the biggest ever single injection of cash for the country alongside plans to make roads safer for those on two wheels.

GOV.UK

David Cameron urges Britons to get on their bikes

David Cameron says a £94m cash injection to promote cycling will make a "real difference" and will help to make Britain's roads "safer" for people who want to get on their bikes.

Telegraph 12 August

So it worked…..

……….could it work for something else? Sustainable Transport

overall?

Local projects that impressed people but a feeling that localism wasn’t real

Local Sustainable Transport Fund

• Chancellor and CST confirmed at SR13 that LSTF to continue into 2015/16.

• The £100m capital funding announced will be administered via the Local Growth Fund (chaired by Chancellor and DPM) on a competitive basis.

• A separate revenue funding stream of £78.5m to be retained by DfT, and part of this will be provided to local authorities through a competitive bidding process. But how could we unlock the £100m capital ?.

• Series of engagement events with LEPs to determine process for capital element

• How could we prove to LAs that we listened to the feedback from 2011 about bidding processes and burdens on LAs?

• DfT worked with Local Authority ADEPT chairs to design revenue element

Where we ended up

DfT’S OUTWARD FACING FOCUS DELIVERED MORE RESULTS WITH GREATER COLLABORATION