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“The bicycle is one of the most beneficial of human inventions but we haven’t quite finished extrapolating its possibilities“ … Quentin Blake, Guardian Christmas Cartoon
“Every day in the run-up to the holidays, top illustrators are drawing festive scenes for all to share” The Scottish budget 2016/17 promises that active travel cash will be at or just below its 2015/16 level. Further investigation, however, suggests that the budget’s impact on local council cycling provision could be significantly worse than the overall figure suggests. Continue reading Scottish Budget : councils’ cycling hit The draft Scottish Budget 2016-17, coming right after the Paris Climate Summit, continues and worsens the Scottish Government’s unsustainable transport policies. Trunk road spending rises hugely, rail is cut, whilst cycling/walking investment looks if anything slightly down on 15-16, and again falls below 2% of total transport spending. Continue reading Budget – roads ↑↑ rail ↓ cycling/walking static or ↓ish As our Spring Public Meeting, Spokes will hold a 2016 Holyrood election hustings on Monday 21 March, to discuss cycling issues… Continue reading Spokes Holyrood Hustings 2016 Update 15.12.15: FORTHBRIDGE CLOSURE SURVEY by Glasgow and Leeds universities Spokes joined 5000 others (police estimate) at the #ScotClimateMarch calling for a legally binding international agreement at the Paris #COP21 climate summit… Continue reading Spokes at #ScotClimateMarch and #Ed2Paris Two main themes ran through our Nov 17 Climate/Transport/Cycling public meeting – the need for fairer funding, and the importance of concerned individuals (such as you?) being pro-active in making friends, colleagues and politicians more aware of climate and transport issues, and their interaction… Continue reading Public mtg calls for Fairer Funding Despite the rather wet ‘climate’ over 100 people* enjoyed one of our best public meetings ever! – on Climate, Transport & Cycling. A report will follow in a few days, but meantime see all the tweets at #Spokesmtg – and do retweet any that you like! *People who cycle don’t seem to be put off by rain hardly any more than those who drive!! – see our November traffic count. |
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