Cycling and Walking Evidence Review

This document describes an evaluation of interventions designed to promote cycling and walking in the UK, as part of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. The interventions, which include educational campaigns, infrastructure improvements, and programs like the Cycle to Work Scheme, aim to increase active travel, improve safety, and reduce car usage. The evaluation method involved using Data Extraction Templates to analyze quantitative outcomes from various project evaluations, comparing intervention sites to control sites, and assessing statistical significance. The findings show an overall increase in cycling and walking, a decrease in car use, and mixed effects on public transport use. Some interventions also led to statistically significant health and behavioral benefits. However, there were gaps in evaluation data for certain projects. The review, conducted by NatCen Social Research, provides insights into the social benefits of active travel and informs the Department for Transport's progress reports to Parliament. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Department for Transport (DfT)
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Impact evaluation
• Impact methods: Generic research method
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: October 2019

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes