Active travel
What is active travel?
Active travel is journeys made by modes of transport that are fully or partially people-powered. The purpose of the journey doesn’t matter.
It includes walking, people using wheelchairs, cycling (including e-bikes) and horse riding to name a just a few.
The Active Travel Strategy was approved at Council on 29 October 2025
Our commitment to increasing active travel
We recognise the importance of active travel in supporting economic development, improving health, reducing car use and meeting our carbon goals for the climate emergency.
We are currently involved in various projects and collaborations which aim to increase and support active travel:
- Borders Greenway - a new long distance shared access path between Tweedbank and Eyemouth. Visit the Borders Greenway website for more details.
- Extending the active travel route from Peebles to Penicuik
- Maintaining the existing active travel network, including our multi-use paths network
- Partnership work with South of Scotland Enterprise to look for new opportunities for active travel to bring economic and community benefits for the area
- Supporting local partnerships, including Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland (DMBins), community groups and Cycling Scotland to name a few.
- Running a series of behaviour change projects across the Scottish Borders led by our Outdoor Education team
Active Travel Strategy
While continuing with those projects above, we have developed an Active Travel Strategy which supports our continued active travel development. The Strategy forms the structure by which we aim to increase active travel in the coming years across the Borders. It provides a consistent and communicated approach to achieve maximum benefits for our residents and communities.
The Active Travel Strategy was approved at Council on 29 October 2025.
More information
Details of our ongoing projects will be added to our website in the coming months.
If you would like more information, please contact the team by email on activetravel@scotborders.gov.uk.