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"Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride" - US President John F. Kennedy

Welcome to the online home of Spokes, The Lothian Cycle Campaign. Register with the site for a richer cycling experience. Registration allows you to participate in the online forum, post comments on news items, and access all our data holdings.

If you think we're doing a useful job, please don't just read our online info - support Spokes by joining!! - get an application form in the downloads section. You don't have to attend meetings, but if you write/email your councillor or MSP twice a year that would be wonderful! Your latest Spokes Bulletin or Spokesworker always includes lots of ideas on current issues.

Old Info: To read news items not on the home page, click on Campaigns, or Spokes News, under the Spokes Menu.

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SPOKES WEBSITE CHANGEOVER!!

Posted by: DdF on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 11:18 PM 923 Reads

Spokes is in the process of moving to a new website, but the changeover may take some weeks to complete.

The new site is www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/

From now on all news and new downloads will be entered only on the new site.

However the Forum will continue meantime on this Postnuke site. To participate in the Forum you still have to be registered on this site.

There are still many things to be worked out and developed on the new site, as well as linking up the forum, so at the moment you may still need to come here - for example to look up old downloads, links etc. However, the new site is much easier to update so we've decided to start the changeover now even though everything isn't fully sorted on the new site. Note that you cannot register on the new site.

Any comments are welcomed - please email Spokes.

Old Dalkeith Road - final Orders

Posted by: DdF on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:44 AM 975 Reads

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

Posted by: DdF on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 08:37 PM 1154 Reads

How can Edinburgh Council meet its ambitious Charter of Brussels target of 15% of trips to be by bike in 2020? Sustainable transport and cycling consultant Richard Armitage visits Edinburgh Sept 17-18 and will address this question at a presentation/discussion for Spokes members [open to the public] and will illustrate what has been achieved in some European towns and cities.

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Linlithgow Cycle Info board opens 11 September

Posted by: DdF on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 08:29 PM 1188 Reads

ScotRail's first cycle information board, produced by Spokes at ScotRail's initiative, is being unveiled at Linlithgow Station on Friday 11 September.

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CAPS - Scottish Cycling Action Plan - Spokes responds

Posted by: DdF on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 12:22 PM 1199 Reads

"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."

This is a main theme of our response. There are some excellent ideas in the government's action plan - but no commitment to funding the Plan! - and without European-style funding the government's European-style target cannot possibly be achieved.

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