{"id":65617,"date":"2015-12-17T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=ad8c67d47e6725621126dd5420a53e58"},"modified":"2015-12-17T12:00:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T12:00:09","slug":"statement-to-parliament-setting-the-first-walking-and-cycling-investment-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=65617","title":{"rendered":"Statement to Parliament: Setting the first walking and cycling investment strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>I am today (17 December 2015) publishing the government\u2019s timetable for the development of the first cycling and walking investment strategy (<abbr title=\"cycling and walking investment strategy\">CWIS<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>In February 2015, the government introduced a duty through the Infrastructure Act 2015 for the Secretary of State for Transport to bring forward a cycling and walking investment strategy in England. In July, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/2015\/7\/part\/2\/enacted\">part 2 of the Infrastructure Act (Cycling and Walking Investment Strategies)<\/a> was enacted.<\/p>\n<p>The document, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cycling-and-walking-investment-strategy-setting-the-scene\">Setting the first cycling and walking investment strategy<\/a>, sets a long term vision for walking and cycling to 2040 through a series of consecutive 5 year strategies. Our starting principle for the development of the investment strategy is a desire for cycling and walking to become the norm for short journeys or as part of a longer journey in places that are designed first and foremost for people on foot or bicycle.<\/p>\n<p>The document also sets out the elements that will form the first investment strategy, which will be a step towards delivering our manifesto commitment to double cycling &#8211; an ambition document and statement of funds available, governance structures, a performance monitoring framework, and a national walking and cycling infrastructure plan study. I plan to undertake public consultation on the draft first <abbr title=\"cycling and walking investment strategy\">CWIS<\/abbr> next spring with publication following in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>I will be placing a copy of this statement and the document \u2018Setting the first cycling and walking investment strategy\u2019 in the libraries of both Houses. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announces publication of a document which sets a long term vision for walking and cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}