Turvec: Building the Infrastructure That Helps People Move More.

Good cycle infrastructure is often discussed through the lens of transport, planning, or sustainability. But at its heart, it is also about people.

It is about whether someone feels confident enough to cycle to school, work, university, a leisure centre, a stadium, a park or a community space. It is about whether they know their bike will be secure when they arrive. It is about whether there is shelter from the weather, a pump for a flat tyre, or a repair station that keeps a journey possible rather than cutting it short.

That is why Turvec’s work has such a natural connection to the Green Goals Conference.

Turvec provides cycle infrastructure solutions that help organisations make active travel a more practical, visible and realistic choice. Their work includes space-efficient two-tier cycle parking systems, covered shelters, secure storage, bike repair stations, cycle hubs, end-of-trip facilities and wider public realm products. Alongside this, they provide consultancy and design support, helping clients develop solutions that are practical, planning-compliant and built for long-term use.

For the sport, leisure, education, local authority and public realm sectors, this matters. Encouraging more people to move is not simply about campaigns, ambition or policy statements. Those things are important, but they only become real when the environment around people makes active choices easier. If someone wants to cycle but has nowhere safe to leave their bike, if facilities feel exposed or poorly designed, or if the practical details have not been considered, active travel quickly becomes harder than it needs to be.

Turvec’s message is clear: well-designed cycle provision can change behaviour.

By removing everyday barriers, organisations can support more people to cycle, reduce car dependency, improve air quality and contribute to healthier, better-connected communities. For those working towards sustainability goals, active travel targets or wider health and wellbeing outcomes, infrastructure is one of the practical ways policy starts to become visible in everyday life.

Turvec’s recent projects help show what this looks like in practice.

At Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, Turvec delivered large-scale cycle parking as part of one of Europe’s major indoor venues. The project included 280 covered and weather-protected cycle parking spaces, supporting more sustainable journeys to major events and helping reduce congestion around busy urban destinations. https://turvec.com/case-studies/co-op-live-arena

At Glasgow Science Centre, Turvec designed and installed a cycle hub with a timber shelter, sedum roof, two-tier parking and bike repair facilities. The project demonstrates how cycle infrastructure can sit positively within the wider landscape, supporting visitors while also contributing to sustainability, drainage and biodiversity. https://turvec.com/case-studies/glasgow-science-centre

At Cardiff University, Turvec installed ten branded bike repair station and pump units across campus, positioned close to cycle parking facilities so students and staff can maintain their bikes more easily. It is a simple but important example of how supporting facilities can help keep people cycling once the initial journey has begun. https://turvec.com/case-studies/cardiff-university

These examples matter because they show cycle infrastructure in different settings: major venues, education, visitor destinations and public spaces. Each has a different audience, but the principle is the same. If we want more people to choose active travel, the places around them need to support that choice.

Rebecca Collyer from Turvec said: “It’s encouraging to see a growing passion for healthier, more active lifestyles. However, the challenge we face isn’t a lack of motivation; it’s a lack of functional, well-designed cycle infrastructure. Without safe routes and secure places to park, unnecessary barriers are created. Our mission is to remove those barriers, making it easier for more people to choose active travel with confidence.”

That message feels especially relevant to Green Goals. The conference is not only about carbon reduction or environmental targets. It is about the future of places, communities, and the role sport and physical activity can play in supporting healthier lives. Active travel sits directly within that conversation. It connects sustainability with movement, air quality with wellbeing, infrastructure with behaviour change, and local places with national ambitions.

For local authorities, universities, schools, leisure operators, planners, developers and organisations working across sport and physical activity, the opportunity is clear. Better cycle infrastructure can support cleaner, healthier and more active communities, but only if it is designed around real people and everyday use.

Turvec will be attending the Green Goals Conference 2026 to connect with organisations interested in making active travel easier, safer and more practical.

Their work provides a timely reminder that healthier, more sustainable communities are not created by ambition alone. They are shaped by the decisions we make about the spaces people use every day.