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Download our Green Active Travel case studies

Five new case studies are available to download from the Central Scotland Green Network (CSGN) website.

The case studies, which cover routes in Copenhagen, Hamburg, Belfast, Edinburgh and across the UK, offer a flavour of how active travel and green infrastructure can be integrated within different worldwide contexts.

Green active travel routes represent the deliberate choice to combine natural planting, greenery or water systems together with paths for people on foot or on bike.

The addition of green infrastructure to active travel routes provides multiple benefits. These include flood mitigation, climate change adaption, increased biodiversity, connectivity and a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing.

The case studies available on the CSGN website include examples of both newly integrated green active travel routes and those which have been the result of long-term masterplans

The five case studies emphasise the importance of partnership working and engaging with local communities, as well as the benefits of including green surroundings and ensuring safe environments.

The full suite of Green Active Travel Routes case studies is available to download from the CSGN website.

Copenhagen Green Cycle Routes

Copenhagen's Green Cycle Routes consist of a network of over 58km of individual active travel routes which connect green parks, lakes, the harbour and university. The green routes have focused on the integration of quieter, greener, natural habitats with traffic-free active travel routes.

Little France Park

Little France Park in Edinburgh demonstrates how active travel and green infrastructure can be integrated from the outset as part of a master-planned project. By providing connections for communities, commuters and hospital patients, Little France Park has formed an important part of the wider regional green network.

Greener Greenways

Connswater Community Greenway

The Connswater Comunity Greenway joins Belfast Lough to the Castlereagh Hills with a 9km wildlife corridor. The Greenway aims to create a vibrant and accesible community space, while also improving the biodiversity of the city and reducing flooding for at risk residents.

Grünes Netz Hamburg

The Hamburg Grünes Netz – or Green Network – is a city-wide urban masterplan based around green active travel, which aims to eliminate the need for cars in Hamburg over the next 20 years. Utilising a large-scale phased approach, the Hamburg Green Network aims to provide safe, pleasant, car-free routes that are accessible for all city residents.

The Greener Greenways project aims to improve the biodiversity of 38 traffic-free walking and cycling routes in Scotland, England and Wales. The initiative – managed by Sustrans - was designed to increase biodiversity by integrating green infrastructure with existing active travel corridors.