Include equestrian activity (riding and carriage driving) as part of the plan.

This chapter highlights pedestrians and cyclists but does not take account of equestrian use of highways.
Jesse Norman MP, Parliamentary Under –Secretary of State for Transport in a House of Commons debate on Road Safety, 5 November 2018 (1) stated: “We should be clear that the cycling and walking strategy may have that name but is absolutely targeted at vulnerable road users, including horse-riders……Horse riders are vulnerable road users—there is no doubt about that, and there never has been—and they have been included in the work we are doing.”
Sandwiching equestrians between fast moving motor vehicles and a cycling lane/route would increase the risk to riders significantly. Shared routes for vulnerable road users (bridleways/byways) should be the norm.