We have been awarded £4.645m in funding from the Department for Transport to improve sustainable transport in the city over the next four years.

A bid was submitted in the spring in the first round of bids to the government's Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF).

Building on York's history of sustainable transport successes and the recent Cycling City programme, our LSTF proposal will deliver a step change in transport provision.

The programme will reduce congestion and its impact on the environment and enhance the city's prosperity and growth potential. It will deliver an integrated programme of personal, business and school travel planning combined with targeted infrastructure enhancements to increase people's travel choices.

The primary focus will be the northern quadrant of the city where there are high numbers of short car trips to employment and retail destinations.