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Budget – Spokes writes to Minister

Spokes has written to Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Development John Swinney over the miserable level of funding for cycling in the draft Scottish budget 2010-11.

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Is the Government serious?

On 29 Oct Spokes leafletted 200 delegates (including main speaker, Cabinet Secretary John Swinney MSP, and many decision-makers from around Scotland) as they arrived at the SSN annual Sustainability conference at Dynamic Earth.

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SpokesWorker 27.10.09

SpokesWorker 27.10.09 is now on the SpokesWorker page above, with more on the Scottish budget, and lots of small news items – Botanics, Forth Bridge, tenement bike parking, 10:10 climate campaign, funding sources for local bike projects, and more.

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Scottish Draft Budget 2010-11

The draft budget again effectively freezes investment in active travel – although that actually masks a slight fall in cycling investment from its existing tragically low level.

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Public Realm Strategy omits cycling

Spokes has responded to Edinburgh Council’s Public Realm Strategy Consultation.

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Old Dalkeith Road – final Orders

Final proposals for the Old Dalkeith Road bus and bike scheme have been published.

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Mobility Week Sep 16-22 including Spokes public meeting with Richard Armitage

How can Edinburgh Council meet its ambitious Charter of Brussels target of 15% of trips to be by bike in 2020?

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Linlithgow Station Cycle Info board

ScotRail’s first cycle information board, produced by Spokes at ScotRail’s initiative, was unveiled at Linlithgow Station on Friday 11 September by the Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee, Patrick Harvie MSP.

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CAPS – Scottish Cycling Action Plan – Spokes responds

“The government sets the target (10% of all journeys in Scotland to be by bike by 2020) – therefore they have the primary responsibility for achieving it.”

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Old Dalkeith Road consultation

Edinburgh Council is consulting on major proposals for higher bus priority between Cameron Toll roundabout and the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Comments must be submitted by 27 August, and there will also be a staffed exhibition on Sat/Sun 15/16 August.

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