Active and Healthy Communities

We will encourage healthy travel choices and pursue design and maintenance practices which improve the sense of community in cities, towns and villages across the nation, making Scotland a great place to live.

Our vision for active travel, included in our Active Travel Framework is to make walking, wheeling and cycling the most popular choices for short everyday journeys by 2030. Our focus is therefore to prioritise people and places over motor vehicle movement. This means we will:

• Implement the Road Safety Framework to 2030 which provides focus and emphasis on pedestrians and cyclists.
• Deliver safe, convenient, and accessible infrastructure, such as smooth, wide footways for all users (such as wheelchair users and people with prams) and protected cycle tracks separated from traffic.
• Invest to support both new and upgraded facilities.
• Partner with our Operating Companies to develop and deliver active travel schemes on the trunk road network.