Delivery of Walking, Cycling, and Wheeling is Promoted and Supported by a Range of Partners
This Active Travel outcome covers indicators on the following :
- Distribution of projects and Investment in Active Travel; and
- Proportion of primary schools delivering on-road cycle training.
Distribution of projects and investment in active travel
In 2024, Transport Scotland implemented a major change programme for Active Travel delivery. On infrastructure, the new tiered delivery model provides both block grant and prioritised funding Local Authorities (LAs), Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) and National Park Authorities (NPAs).
As such, capital investment on Active Travel from 2024-25 has been distributed across five funds and delivery partners. Table 1 provides a breakdown of overall investment as well as individual funds and delivery partners as published in the Active Travel Infrastructure Investment Report. Places for Everyone was the largest investment (41% of total investment), followed by Active Travel Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) Tier 1 (31%).
The funding landscape for Active Travel also includes other national, regional and local programmes. For example, infrastructure delivery on Trunk Roads (£4.1m) and the Road Safety Improvement Fund (£2.4m) is one such programme.
| Infrastructure programmes | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 165 | 115 |
| ATIF Tier 1 (previously "Cycling Walking Safer Routes" in 2023-24) | 35 | 35 |
| ATIF Tier 2 | 19.5 | 9.7 |
| Places for Everyone | 15.9 | 47.5 |
| National Cycle Network | 14.2 | 15.4 |
| Ian Findlay Path Fund | 1.6 | 0.85 |
| Trunk Road Casualty Reduction Programme | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Road Safety Improvement Fund | 3.1 | 2.4 |
On behaviour change (i.e. interventions aimed at providing people with knowledge, skills and confidence to use infrastructure to walk, wheel or cycle), in 2024/25, Transport Scotland introduced a new place-based delivery model called People & Place. In 2025/26, over £28 million was provided to Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) and Local Authorities to develop and implement interventions at regional and local level to support behaviour change.
Proportion of primary schools delivering on-road cycle training
Bikeability Scotland is the national cycle training programme for school children. Across the years, various local authorities have joined the programme and the programme is currently being delivered in 30 local authorities. In 2024/25, the overall percentage of primary schools delivering Bikeability was 62% (Figure 33). This figure has increased from 47% pre-pandemic (2018/19 is the reference year for this due to the impacts of COVID on schools).
