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[23.1.18 update: Our pre-Committee letter to Councillors] Following the December consultation, the Council has released its final proposals. The gyratory remains, but, within that context, there are major improvements for cycling and walking. Continue reading Picardy final proposals Cycle infrastructure progress in 2018 Edinburgh looks set to be somewhat frustrating, with an ambitious bike share scheme and several modest cycle schemes, but no physical work yet on the ‘big 3’ flagship infrastructure projects. Continue reading Outlook for 🚲 in 2018 Edinburgh Below are the most popular Spokes tweets from the last 12 months, measured by the number of retweets (RTs). A fascinating picture!! Continue reading 2017 top tweets: bike/rail, budgets, road danger, infrastructure Latest 6.12.17: ‘Picardy Group’ set up to oppose the Picardy Place gyratory plan. Manifesto Broughton Spurtle article It is not widely realised that Edinburgh City Council has begun internal discussions on a potential major ‘Transformation’ of the City Centre… Continue reading Transforming the City Centre, Picardy and Leith Street Our November traffic count, averaged over our 4 regular count points, found bikes forming 16.5% of all vehicles – our highest ever November percentage, just over last year’s 16.4%. Bikes comprised 22.9% of all citybound vehicles (the highest ever) and 8.2% southbound (down slightly from 8.9% last year). Continue reading Traffic count: highest ever Nov bike %, despite extra diverted cars “Spokes led that charge, which was a lonely position when Spokes began … but they were right,” “One of the most effective campaign groups I’ve ever known – and all done by volunteers. Proud to have been a member for 30+ years!” Councils in the Lothians are keen to grow bike use, but face similar problems of budget cuts, extensive new greenfield housing, scary A- and B-roads, and inadequate funding and coordination on cross-boundary cycleroutes. These were top messages from our packed-out public meeting on cycling plans in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Continue reading Regional 🚲 perspective is vital – #SpokesMtg Spokes was referenced by no fewer than five MSPs during the debate! An interesting set of amendments was discussed, but there were no new announcements and one important funding issue was forgotten … Continue reading Scottish Parliament debates🚲and🚶♀️ New Edinburgh and Lothians Councils were elected in May 2017. Now that they have settled in, what are their plans and policies for cycling as transport? Find out and ask your questions at our public meeting on Thursday 9 November… Continue reading Cycling Plans in the New Councils – November 9 Public Meeting |
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