• Dame Sarah Storey, the newly appointed Active Travel Commissioner for Greater Manchester (GM), visited Sacred Heart Catholic School and Leigh Central Primary School in Leigh yesterday (Thursday 19 May), which both have become School Streets.
• School Streets is a pioneering scheme helping transform school runs, with TfGM working with councils and schools as part of a phased roll-out in 2022/23.
• There are eight School Streets confirmed across Wigan, with the borough having ambitions to expand to many more schools, making school journeys safer by prioritising walking, scooting, and cycling over driving.

• The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has celebrated GM’s cycle hire scheme passing 100,000km collectively ridden since it launched in November 2021.
• The full scheme is due to launch later this year with 1,500 bikes, including 300 e-bikes, becoming available from stations across Manchester, Salford and Trafford.
• The Mayor is also encouraging people to sign up online for TfGM’s cycling courses to develop confidence on two wheels and get active this Spring.

Sunday signalled the busiest in Metrolink’s history, with more than 114,000 people boarding the tram – many to watch or take part in the Manchester Marathon.

Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, and the Leader of Stockport Council, Councillor Elise Wilson, have officially marked the start of work on the new Stockport Interchange mixed-use development.

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) continues to successfully support community groups as part of the Cycle and Stride for Active Lives scheme – and has also launched a webpage with information on how to get involved.