2019 Archive

The Christmas festivities were in full swing on the Castleford to Wakefield Greenway on Saturday (14 December).

Saturday 14 December, arrive 9.45am for a 10am departure, meeting at Queens Mill, Castleford WF10 1JW.

People across West Yorkshire invited to take part in fun, friendly advent calendar cycle challenge

Ground-breaking scheme brings huge mental, as well as physical, health benefits

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is celebrating the achievements of its award-winning CityConnect programme, which has overseen £60 million of investment in cycling and walking schemes across the region over the past five years.

People are being asked for their views on plans for a £1.5m scheme to improve walking and cycling links in Huddersfield town centre, as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme aimed at encouraging more people to travel on foot and by bike.

People across the region helped pedal West Yorkshire to success again last month by switching to two wheels for Cycle September.

A new cycling and walking bridge over the Hallam Line on the Castleford to Wakefield Greenway is now open to the public.

New cycle and foot bridge is the first over the River Ouse in York city centre for 138 years

To facilitate signal upgrades to the bus gate and pedestrian crossing near to Gloucester Terrace in Armley, a short section of the Leeds Bradford Cycle Superhighway will be closed for three weeks.

After two successful years of delivery, our free adult cycle training will finish in October for this year.

Important cycling and walking link is officially re-opened following improvement works as part of a £2.9m package of canal towpath upgrades across West Yorkshire.

People are being invited to a free community celebration cycle and pedal-powered cinema on the eve the 2019 UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) Road World Championships Women Elite Road Race comes to Bradford.

People across West Yorkshire invited to switch to two wheels and take part in fun, friendly cycling challenge.

People are being asked for their views on plans for £6.5m of new cycling routes in Leeds, as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme aimed at encouraging more people to travel by bike or on foot in partnership with Leeds City Council.

Half Acres Primary Academy becomes the first Bike Friendly School in Wakefield district

More than 1,000,000 trips have been recorded on the award-winning CityConnect Bradford Leeds Cycle Superhighway.

Councillors visited the Castleford Greenway this week to see the start of construction on the next phase of a £1.2m scheme to enable more people to cycle and walk.

Put your best foot forward this summer with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect team

Cllr Kim Groves, Chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Transport Committee, has welcomed a call by MPs for Government departments to champion active travel.

School’s out until September – the perfect opportunity to while away some of those long summer days on a family cycle.

An extra 4km of segregated routes added to Leeds’s growing cycling network

Kirklees Council is seeking the views of residents on plans to improve access for people travelling by bike or on foot in and around Huddersfield Town Centre in partnership with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Communities across West Yorkshire and York are seeing the benefits of new, high quality cycling and walking infrastructure

A new 2.3km route linking Shipley and the city centre

A community celebration was held at The Compton Centre, Harehills,to mark the arrival of a fleet of new bikes and bike parking at four community hubs, helping more people in east Leeds overcome barriers to cycling.