Havering Council Active Travel Strategy for children and young people

Between 23 October and 6 December 2024, we ran a special version of our Active Travel Consultation just for children and young people (under 18, and up to 25 with special educational needs). We wanted to hear your thoughts on how we can make walking, cycling, and wheeling better in Havering.

Our plan is to make Havering healthier, safer, and more fun to get around over the next 15 years. Active travel helps clean the air, reduce traffic, improve health, and make our streets more welcoming.

We got 365 responses in total – thank you!

• 220 were received to the Children and Young People’s consultation.
• 145 responses were received to the main consultation

Children & Young People’s Consultation

• 76.5% of you own a bike or scooter
• 82% think our goals are a good idea
• 69% believe our plans will make Havering safer for walking, cycling and wheeling

Main Consultation

• Over half of you walk every day
• Most popular walk time: 20 minutes
• 58% don’t own a bike
• 31% cycle for fun, but only 4% cycle to work
• 42% support the strategy, 32% are unsure, and 26% don’t support it
• 63% like the walking and cycling ideas we’ve already started
• Nearly half agree with our goals, but some feel it could be more ambitious

We’re now updating the draft Active Travel Strategy based on your feedback. It will be shared with Havering’s Cabinet soon, and we’ll let you know what happens next.