Like many other Councils across Scotland and the UK, Edinburgh is consulting on whether to make successful SfP schemes permanent – and, if so, how they should be improved. Please respond to the consultation!
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Councils across Scotland, not least Edinburgh, face big challenges on active travel in 2021. But what they can achieve will depend significantly on decisions by the Scottish Government – specifically their actions on traffic reduction and on helping Councils make successful Spaces for People projects permanent. […] No one could have predicted the incredible shake-up which Covid19 has brought to transport and travel in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and worldwide in 2020 – as just one element of its shock to every aspect of life. Conversely it was modern transport, notably flying, which caused such rapid spread of the original and […] Sept 2020 update – A revised and expanded version of this article is being presented at the Cycling and Society Annual Symposium, Sept 10-11, 2020. In Scotland, the UK, and indeed around the world, measures to boost cycling and walking, and to restrict or tame motor traffic, are appearing in days or […] Jump to the relevant section here Background documents Processes towards making SfP schemes permanent, March-Sept 2021 Experimental Traffic Orders, Nov 2021–> Cycle lanes, road closures and related Town Centres School schemes Bus (BPRDF) schemes Notes about this page This page covers schemes related to the covid19 pandemic and using Scottish Government / Sustrans Spaces […] Stop Press 26 May: Scot Gov trebles the £10m ‘covidstreets’ fund to £30m – as we predicted below (end of The Cash para) – and for the reasons we gave! Both governments have allocated cash for councils to install pop-up low-cost measures – cycle lanes, road closures, wider footways etc. The aims are […] A deal has been struck between the Greens and SNP to get the budget through Parliament. The deal is a significant improvement on the draft budget in terms of transport, including some interesting detailed points as well as the headline changes. […] Edinburgh – real work beginning!Scottish Government – wait and seeUK Government – fixated on road expansion […] For Scotland consultations & Spokes responses, see documents : submissions : nationalFor UK and international see Policy – Outside ScotlandFor technical & research documents see this links page Scottish Government & Transport Scotland web pages Active Travel web pagesRelated policy documents (climate, health, equalities, planning, road safety etc) Policy and other relevant documents 1912 […] Summing up the meeting, our QA chair, Dr Caroline Brown, said that the dots are starting to join up… Cargo Bikes start work this month supporting Leith Walk businesses during the 18-month tramline construction Secure Bike storage starts installation on a significant scale by Spring 2020 E-bike Cycle Hire starts operation Spring 2020 – […] |
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