Exeter

Devon is a natural playground and Exeter sits at its heart, surrounded by estuaries, coasts, forests and moorland. Exeter already had a network of around 50km of cycle routes when it was given Cycling Demonstration Town status in 2005, but Devon County Council created a further 16km in its first 18 months as a Cycling Town. 

The town has been encouraging cycling take-up among pupils and workers: some schools are now reporting upwards of 20% of trips by bike on a regular basis and  9% of employees are now cycling regularly to work, compared to 4% in the 2001 national census. 

The Cycling Town programme for 2008-11 will entice people to ‘learn or return’ to cycling. With the Exe Estuary Trail and Haldon Forest on the doorstep, residents and visitors can experience cycling in a beautiful, traffic-free environment, then return to Exeter and use  the  cycle network for commuter or utility trips.

Infrastructure priorities for the 2008-11 programme include extending cycle routes  to communities outside the  city , creating secure parking facilities,  continuing links to schools and employment areas plus a number of  public transport interchanges . This will be complemented by an ambitious ‘Smarter Choices’ programme including personalised travel planning, Bikeability ,   school engagement (including Bike It ) and support for workplace BUGs (bike user groups). An area-wide marketing and communications campaign will raise the profile of all elements of the programme among key target audiences ;   the young and old,  those in education or employment and leisure and everyday cyclists .  

To find out more about Exeter’s progress, please visit www.devon.gov.uk/cycleexeter or contact:

Zsolt Schuller
Devon County Council, Lucombe House, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QW
01392 382811

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