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<p>On 28 July 2020 the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to boost cycling and
walking in England, with a vision that half of all journeys in towns and cities are
cycled or walked by 2030. This includes an unprecedented £2 billion package of dedicated
funding for active travel over 5 years. The first £250 million of the £2 billion was
spent in the last financial year on a range of programmes including the Active Travel
Fund and the “Fix your Bike” voucher scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has established
31 regional rental e-scooter trials to test the benefits, safety and wider impacts
of this new mode and to inform future policy. As part of the set-up of the trials,
local areas were asked to work with operators to ensure e-scooters were integrated
into the transport system. Evaluation from trials across the year will help illustrate
where this was most successful and why.</p>
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