Editing Darlington (section)

===Cycling===
Darlington was chosen by the Department for Transport as one of three national ''Sustainable Travel Demonstration Towns'' (together with Peterborough and Worcester) in 2004 and delivering a three-year research and marketing programme to promote sustainable travel choices under the brand name ''Local Motion''. It was also chosen as one of six cycling demonstration towns in October 2005, receiving £3&nbsp;million worth of funding from the government and local council money.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 2005 |title=£3m to make town a more friendly place for cyclists |work=The Northern Echo |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7148005.__3m_to_make_town_a_more_friendly_place_for_cyclists/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225130545/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7148005.__3m_to_make_town_a_more_friendly_place_for_cyclists/ |archive-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>

The 2007 ''Town Centre Pedestrian Heart Project'', an investment of £10 million, saw some of Darlington's town centre modernised; there was an emphasis on vehicles becoming less common in the centre and some roads pedestrianised completely. Other improvements were to cycling facilities and routes, linking the town to the national cycle route network. Darlington is the only place to win both sustainable travel and cycling demonstration town status.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 February 2006 |title=Cycling comments needed |work=The Northern Echo |url=http://archive.thenorthernecho.co.uk/2006/2/2/217551.html |access-date=11 February 2008}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>