Abellio’s exciting plan for bike/rail integration in Scotland is now public – just in time for our June 15 bike/rail public meeting… Continue reading Abellio Scotrail Cycle Innovation plan
|
||||||
|
Out now!! Including – Edinburgh first UK council to promise 10% of transport budget for cycling … also first in UK to allow bikes on regular tram services … but spoiling reputation by scrapping offpeak and Saturday bus lanes … and much more … Read on!! … Continue reading Spokes Bulletin 122: Edinburgh tops UK with 10% cash promise Edinburgh’s Transport and Environment Committee has decided to go ahead with its peaktime-only bus lanes 18-month experiment, despite 150 objections from concerned individuals and organisations. Continue reading Bus lanes: 150 objections rejected Edinburgh Council Transport Committee is expected to decide on June 2nd whether to press on with its controversial proposal to cut weekday bus lane hours and scrap Saturday bus lanes entirely. We urge the Council either to scrap its plan or to postpone a decision and follow Glasgow’s example of first consulting on all the options… Continue reading Glasgow 7-7-7 shows the way Dutch company Abellio is now running ScotRail. What does this mean for bike/rail? What else is happening locally and in Scotland for bike/rail? Our headline speaker is Des Bradley, Transport Integration Manager for Abellio ScotRail. Continue reading Bikes & Rail: June 15 Spokes public meeting Despite a cold and windy morning, the May Spokes traffic count found bikes forming 16.5% of all vehicles at our 4 count points, the highest ever %, and only the second time to exceed 16%… Continue reading Traffic Count : Bikes highest ever %  Photo by Markus Stitz, @reizkultur The fourth – and no less phenomenal – Pedal on Parliament was topped with a clear public promise from new Transport Minister Derek Mackay that cycling investment in 15/16 would be the highest ever… Continue reading PoP2015 : more cash promised! [June 30 update – Bikes on Trams now permanent] The 4th edition of our Midlothian map is now on sale!! Continue reading Spokes Midlothian 2015 Map |
||||||