How does the provision of a Cycle Track align to Climate Change Strategic Development Framework

Walking and cycling can contribute to some of the wider determinants of health including improved air quality and tackling climate change through reducing emissions and improving air quality:

• Air pollution contributes to 40,000 premature deaths each year.
• In 2019, transport accounted for a third (34%) of all carbon dioxide emissions, the majority arising from road travel. In England, 56% of car journeys are under 5 miles a distance most people could manage by bike. 

The LCWIP links to the Climate Change Strategic Development Framework approved by Cabinet on 17 February 2021. Delivery of the LCWIP will influence travel in Staffordshire, helping to reduce Staffordshire’s wider carbon emissions and contributing to the wider benefit of increasing active travel.