Developing an Active Nation
At Transport Scotland we want walking, wheeling and cycling to be the most popular travel choices for short everyday journeys. We are enabling people to make these choices through our sustained investment in active travel, with the numbers of people walking, wheeling and cycling increasing in places where this investment has been made.
Explore the articles below to discover how active travel is transforming communities across Scotland.
2025 Active Travel news
- See Transport Scotland’s activity on LinkedIn (31 March)
- Making it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle - Transport Scotland(24 March)
- ActiveTravel Infrastructure Investment Report 2023-24 - Transport Scotland (24 March)
- Transport Secretary visits active travel project in Alloway - Christopher Fallen (21 March)
- Investment in landmark cycle routes delivering record share of journeys by bike in Scotland - Cycling Scotland (6 March)
- Major progress in making Scotland's National Cycle Network safer and more accessible - Sustrans (5 March)
- Paths for All wins The Open Outdoors Award - Paths for All (19 February)
- Active Travel shared-use Path now open - connecting communities - Scottish Borders Council (14 February)
- Tracking travel by bike with the improved Cycling Open Data portal - Cycling Scotland (5 February)
- Work starting on Motherwell active travel links - North Lanarkshire Council (10 January)
2024 Active Travel news
- Upgrades to popular walking, wheeling and cycling route in Moray welcomed by community during Scotland’s Climate Week - Sustrans (20 December)
- National Cycle Network routes in Scotland transformed by two new community murals - Sustrans (18 December)
- Festive celebrations held as the Riverside Way officially opens in Inverness - Sustrans (5 December)
- Avenues Plus projects to begin around the city centre in early 2025 - Glasgow City Council(4 December)
- Leslie Primary School scoops silver active travel award - Fife Council (2 December)
- Castlemilk Park Declared As Scotland's 100th Local Nature Reserve - Glasgow City Council (December)
- Delight as Fairlie Coastal Path opens - North Ayrshire Council (18 November)
- Pedestrian Pound - Living Streets (14 Nov)
- Forres active travel route finished with rain garden information panel - Moray Council (14 November)
- New active travel route officially opened by Cabinet Secretary for Transport - Clackmannanshire Council (26 September)
- Completion of Moray path upgrade works celebrated during Scotland’s Climate Week - Moray Council (24 September)
- Bikeability Scotland Awards 2024 - Cycling Scotland (6 September)
- Celebrating two years of the Ian Findlay Path Fund - Paths for All (27 August)
- Users see benefit of Formartine and Buchan Way improvements - Aberdeenshire Council (26 August)
- Increases in people travelling by bike recorded across Scotland - Cycling Scotland (15 August)
- £6.5m South City Way officially complete as route makes way through city centre - Sustrans (19 July)
- Exciting news for summer active travel! - Angus Council(5 July)
- New research highlighting benefits of active travel projects in Scotland published - Sustrans (17 June)
- Hands Up Scotland Survey 2023: Pupils cycling to school in Scotland at highest ever recorded levels - Sustrans (May 2024)
- Gourock train station new active travel route is officially opened - Inverclyde Council (April)
- Residents want to walk, cycle, or wheel more - Aberdeen City Council (5 March)
- 'Big Year' for Active Travel in Glasgow in 2024 - Glasgow City Council (30 January)
- Work begins to link up communities in East Renfrewshire - Sustrans (18 January)