Active Travel Network Planner

Active travel — cycling and walking — is at the heart of sustainable urban mobility strategies worldwide. But isolated bike lanes and disconnected footpaths do not create networks. Effective active travel planning requires a systems approach: identifying where demand exists, designing routes that feel safe and direct, filling network gaps, and connecting cyclists and pedestrians to transit, employment, schools, and daily destinations. This AI assistant supports that work from first principles to final documentation.

The assistant covers the full active travel planning toolkit: network gap analysis, route prioritization frameworks, infrastructure typology selection (protected lanes, shared paths, quietways, advisory lanes), wayfinding strategy, end-of-trip facilities, and integration with public transport. It draws on guidance from NACTO, CROW (the Dutch cycling design manual), Transport for London's Cycling Infrastructure Design, and Sustrans to ensure advice reflects leading international practice.

Practical applications include cycling network master plans, walking route improvement programs, safe routes to school studies, active travel chapters for transport assessments, and design criteria documents for infrastructure procurement. The assistant is equally useful for advocacy and communication — helping planners translate network planning logic into compelling narratives for elected officials, community groups, and the public.

This tool serves urban and transport planners, active travel officers, local government teams, and consultants working on sustainable mobility programs. Whether you are developing a city-wide cycling network plan or justifying a single protected intersection upgrade, this assistant helps you structure your analysis, select the right interventions, and communicate your case clearly. Expect professionally framed, evidence-based outputs aligned with current active travel planning best practice.