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Helmets feedback & factsheet

The article about creeping helmet compulsion in Spokes 113 attracted wide interest from the media, though much less from individuals.  Encouragingly, most of the coverage was balanced and was supportive or understanding of our position … Continue reading Helmets feedback & factsheet

How to Buy a Spokes Map

Please click the Spokes Maps tab at the top of the Spokes website.

Spokes Summer mailing

Spokes Bulletin 113 is hitting the doorsteps of all Spokes members, 1200 decision-makers across Scotland, and countless other cyclists and interested individuals (well, to be a little more precise, around 13,000 for this issue!) Continue reading Spokes Summer mailing

May 2012: more bikes again!!

The Spokes May 2012 Edinburgh traffic count has found yet another rise in bikes, both in total and as a % of all vehicles… Continue reading May 2012: more bikes again!!

Spokes Bike Breakfast – June 20

The excellent annual Spokes Bike Breakfast will be between 8-10am on Weds 20 June in the City Chamber quadrangle on Edinburgh’s High Street… Continue reading Spokes Bike Breakfast – June 20

New councils…

What do the Scottish council election results mean for cycling policy and investment in Edinburgh and elsewhere? … Continue reading New councils…

PoP phenomenal!

Pedal on Parliament exceeded all expectations, with a police estimate of 2500 people, and others suggesting 3000+ Continue reading PoP phenomenal!

Pedal on Parliament

Spokes urges you to come along – with friends and family – to Pedal on Parliament on Saturday 28 April.   Join the huge rally, along with round-the-world cyclist Mark Beaumont (on his shortest-ever bike ride!), Spokes members Alison Johnstone MSP (Green) and Ian Murray MP (Labour) and other supportive politicians such as Jim Eadie MSP (SNP) and Edinburgh Council’s Transport Convener Cllr Gordon Mackenzie (LibDem). Continue reading Pedal on Parliament

Edinburgh party election manifestos

[Updated 1 May] With most manifestos for the May 3 Council elections in Edinburgh now published in whole or in part, we reproduce the sections most relevant to cycling issues in the city… Continue reading Edinburgh party election manifestos

Cycling in Edinburgh, past and future

In the run-up to the May 3 council elections, Spokes has a big opinion piece in the April 12 Edinburgh Evening News… Continue reading Cycling in Edinburgh, past and future