Update Dec 2013: Solway to Forth inital outline map [pdf 2MB]
There’s a great new idea for a ‘Firth to Firth’ holiday cycle route… Continue reading F2F: Solway to Forth
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This year’s annual Spokes summer competition is Cycling with a Purpose. If you’ve got a camera and a thoughtful or quirky mind, you could win a great prize and some modest fame… Continue reading Spokes competition 2013 Could this be the worst week ever for cycling and for sustainable transport policy in general? Continue reading Worst week : What now ? Please support our proposal for a national project to kick-start everyday cycling in every council area within Scotland. You can help!! This year’s June 19 Spokes Bike Breakfast was the best so far, with record numbers [sadly, breakfasts ran out before all were fed!] … Continue reading Brilliant Bike Breakfast  photo: Chris Hill Will traffic-free cycling be provided for in Princes Street? The cycling ban in the proposed traffic-free north (shops) side of Princes Street is a critical question for city centre accessibility. It also threatens Edinburgh’s growing international reputation as Scotland’s top cycling city – see below. Thanks to everyone who has contacted and lobbied councillors, the proposed ban is to be re-assessed, with a decision postponed until August. The result, however, remains very uncertain and it is vital to keep lobbying councillors. Continue reading Princes Street : fight continues Out now! … Edinburgh to Forth Bridge – major path upgrade; Parking in bike lanes – hope for Edinburgh? ; Spokes big summer competition; Strict Liability supplement; and loads more… Continue reading Spokes Bulletin 116 Spokes strongly welcomes the City Council’s intention to make the City Centre a more European-style people-friendly place. While our first preference was a totally traffic-free Princes Street, we welcome the trial of the Council’s ‘Vision,’ which reduces traffic on Princes and George Streets – except in one vital respect. We are shocked that cycling will not be allowed in Princes Street [other than westbound, mixing it with buses and taxis, suitable only for the most confident]. We urge councillors to amend this aspect of the trial at their meeting on 4 June, without which the overall plan makes many potential cycling trips less feasible. Continue reading Princes Street: visionary shock The new Spokesworker covers all the above, plus the top ‘P,’ Princes Street… Continue reading sPokesworker 29.5.13: potholes, PANs, PoP, punctures
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