Elections 2021
Our manifesto for walking 2021
Public health. Air pollution. Climate change. Transport. Road safety.
These are all big issues affecting our towns and cities, and reducing car dominance and making walking the easiest and safest option for everyday journeys is a key part of the solution.
we need to choose walking. Agree? Join our campaign
If there's a regional, mayoral or council election near you, we have everything you need to put walking on the agenda where you live.
Visit the Electoral Commission website to see if there is an election where you live.
Take action where you live
Help us get our Manifesto for Walking out there during your local election campaign.
We have different ways you can do this depending on where you live - be it writing to your candidates, or sending a letter to your local paper.
Our online form makes it simple...
In Wales?
We have a tailored manifesto for the Welsh Senedd election too.
In Greater Manchester?
Our tailored Manifesto for people in Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford or Wigan...
In Liverpool?
... the Wirral, Halton, Sefton, Knowsley or St Helens? This tailored manifesto is for you.
In London?
We have four specific asks for the next mayor of the capital.
In the West Midlands?
Our tailored Manifesto for people in Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
In West Yorkshire?
Our tailored Manifesto for people in Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield.
our manifesto
Find out how our towns, cities and villages can choose walking.
spread the word
Send a letter to your local press and tell them about why you choose walking.
Take an extra step
Check out our tips for campaigning during local elections.
West Yorkshire Manifesto Launch
Rewatch our launch event featuring leading candidates for West Yorkshire Mayor.
What we want
We are calling on all election candidates to commit to create communities and streets where:
End pedestrian deaths and injuries on our roads
We need 20mph speed limits, improved crossings and junctions, more low-traffic neighbourhoods and Vision Zero targets.
Tackle air pollution
We need a country where people can move and can breathe. And we need to get to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. To address the climate emergency, councils must improve access to public transport and ensure the cost of driving reflects its true cost.
Make school streets safe
We must transform routes to school so they are safer, cleaner and less congested. Walking to school sets healthy habits for life. With one in four cars at the morning peak on the school run, it cuts carbon emissions and air pollution too.
Cut the clutter and make walking easier for everyone
More people will walk when streets are safer, accessible and welcoming to everyone. Supporting large networks of healthy neighbourhoods with car-free areas, and investing in new public green spaces will improve quality of life and climate resilience.
