Major funding for ‘green’ transport on both sides of the Pennines

Tyneside and Cumbria have been awarded a total of £9m through the government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund to encourage environmentally friendly transport initiatives.

Tyne & Wear’s integrated transport authority (TWITA) was awarded £4.9m through to fund ways of encouraging parents to find active and low carbon ways to get to and from school, include trials of ‘walking bus’ and ‘bicycle together’ projects. School traffic has a significant...