Cycling Strategy

The Essex Cycling Strategy (published in 2016) aimed to encourage Essex residents, workers and visitors to enjoy the health benefits of cycling, which also offers an affordable travel choice for journeys around our towns. As well as encouraging more leisure and family bike rides to enjoy the Essex countryside.

The strategy acts as the overarching policy framework to Enable, Provide and Promote cycling in Essex.

In 2024 we developed a new Essex Cycling Strategy, and have recently published a draft strategy document. A public consultation on the draft strategy ran from Thursday 23 May to Sunday 14 July 2024. More information about the new draft strategy is available via our engagement webpage. 

Following on from the public consultation, to invite residents and businesses to share their views to help refine and improve the Essex Cycle Strategy, we have now published our findings from the consultation.

The strategy is part of a wider set of plans to make Essex safer, greener, and healthier, and to provide more sustainable travel choices for everyone.