Following the re-opening of Princes Street, quite a few cyclists are known to have come off due to skidding on tramlines or getting wheels trapped in them.
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A masterplan is being drawn up for the area between Dewar Place, and the Conference Centre square. […] The Bike Station and TIE are holding a familiarisation/training session for cycling near and across tramlines on Sunday 13th. […] See today’s Scotsman (23rd Nov) for an opinion piece by Lesley Riddoch based on discussion at the public meeting last week. You will have to buy the paper or have a subscription to see the whole article at http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/opinion/-Time-for-straight-talking.5847372.jp Letters to the Scotsman in response welcomed. The November Spokes traffic count shows bikes rising to 13.0% of all vehicles during the 8-9am rush hour, averaged over our 4 counting points – the fourth successive annual rise, and up from 12.5% in November 2008. […] A circular is going out to all emailable Spokes members in the next couple of days. […] The Scottish Parliament has launched an Inquiry into Active Travel (walking and cycling) – this and much more is covered in Spokesworker 11.11.09 … […] A new underpass of the A8, at a critical location, will only allow bikes to be pushed – unless you object now!! […] Despite the extensive work that has gone into developing these proposals, councillors have decided on a major last-minute change. However, it is possible that the eventual net outcome will be beneficial to cycling conditions, for the reasons below. […] Good news from Edinburgh Council, whilst at Holyrood the draft budget for 2010/11 yet again boosts trunk road spending whilst maintaining cycling investment at a miserable level. […] |
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