Campaign groups in Northern Ireland accuse the DfI of spending active travel budget money on ineffective schemes.

We talk of cities in human terms. They’re the ‘beating heart’ of an economy with ‘arterial routes’ into the city. Cities have financial ‘nerve-centres’ and a ‘circulation’ of people and traffic.

Economy Minister Conor Murphy has launched a tourism vision and action plan to grow the sector over the next ten years.

Stephen McNally from the campaign group Cycul said Belfast is 15 or 20 years behind Dublin in terms of active travel, and further behind other European cities. He pointed to the planned Belfast ...