Green lane (road)

The Countryside Act 1968 required all highway authorities to reclassify RUPPs in their area—occasionally as footpaths but in practice generally as bridleways, unless public vehicular rights were demonstrated to exist, in which case the road was classified as a byway open to all traffic.

Section 47 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 set a time limit of 2026 for every highway authority to complete the reclassification exercise.

that before the CRoW Act approximately 5% of the national rights of way network was open to vehicular use, while post-CRoW this has halved to around 2 to 3%.

[citation needed] The rights of vehicle users are represented by the Green Lane Association,[1] also known as GLASS, All Terrain UK [2] and the Trail Riders Fellowship,[3] who oppose these restrictions on the basis that a road is just that, regardless of the type of surface.

In Jersey, a Green Lane is a road designated as priority for pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders to which a 15 mph (24 km/h) speed limit applies.