On 29 Oct Spokes leafletted 200 delegates (including main speaker, Cabinet Secretary John Swinney MSP, and many decision-makers from around Scotland) as they arrived at the SSN annual Sustainability conference at Dynamic Earth. Continue reading Is the Government serious?
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SpokesWorker 27.10.09 is now on the SpokesWorker page above, with more on the Scottish budget, and lots of small news items – Botanics, Forth Bridge, tenement bike parking, 10:10 climate campaign, funding sources for local bike projects, and more. Continue reading SpokesWorker 27.10.09 The draft budget again effectively freezes investment in active travel – although that actually masks a slight fall in cycling investment from its existing tragically low level. Spokes has responded to Edinburgh Council’s Public Realm Strategy Consultation. Continue reading Public Realm Strategy omits cycling Final proposals for the Old Dalkeith Road bus and bike scheme have been published. How can Edinburgh Council meet its ambitious Charter of Brussels target of 15% of trips to be by bike in 2020? Continue reading Mobility Week Sep 16-22 including Spokes public meeting with Richard Armitage ScotRail’s first cycle information board, produced by Spokes at ScotRail’s initiative, was unveiled at Linlithgow Station on Friday 11 September by the Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee, Patrick Harvie MSP. Continue reading Linlithgow Station Cycle Info board “The government sets the target (10% of all journeys in Scotland to be by bike by 2020) – therefore they have the primary responsibility for achieving it.” Continue reading CAPS – Scottish Cycling Action Plan – Spokes responds Edinburgh Council is consulting on major proposals for higher bus priority between Cameron Toll roundabout and the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Comments must be submitted by 27 August, and there will also be a staffed exhibition on Sat/Sun 15/16 August. The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Spice) has published a briefing paper on cycling in Scotland. The document incorporates the summary table from our Spokes 2009 Funding Survey, which it calls, “the most comprehensive analysis of funding for Scottish cycling projects.” |
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