Clean and Active Travel

Our target (1): By 2030, one third of all travel within the West Midlands will be made by walking or cycling.

Summary of latest findings:

The percentage of trips made by walking or cycling in the West Midlands in 2025 was 28.4%.
This is the highest percentage since the COVID-19 affected 2020, and represents a fifth consecutive year of improvement.
At the current rate of improvement, the West Midlands is on track to meet the 2030 target.
The percentage of trips made by walking or cycling in the West Midlands has been increasing at a greater rate than national data over the last five years, and the gap to the national average now sits just 2.3% below (the gap was 9.4% in 2021).
Most active travel trips were made by walking, with just 1.1% from cycling.
64.3% of trips in the West Midlands were made in a car or van.
Public transport accounts for just 5% of total trips made.

Progress: We currently rate progress on achieving our target as:

Our target (2): By 2030, 100% of new cars sold should be Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs).

Summary of latest findings:

22.7% of new cars sold in the West Midlands in 2025 were ULEVs. This is a 4.3% increase from 2024.
Provisional data for Q1 of 2026 shows a further increase, up to 24.4% of total sales.
The West Midlands is the second lowest performing region in England for this metric, with the national average at 35.3%.
The West Midlands is not currently on track to meet the current target of 100% of new cars sold being ULEVs by 2030, although this target may be reduced in upcoming years.
EV chargepoint distribution shows a small increase from the previous year, with 12.7% of households without driveways within a four minute walk of public chargepoints. This is below the national average of 22.9%.
Coventry is significantly the best performing local authority for EV chargepoint infrastructure, with approximately 75% of households within a four minute walk of public chargepoints.

Progress: We currently rate progress on achieving our target as: