Spokes has responded to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group’s Inquiry, “Get Britain Cycling” …
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[updated 25 November] Despite drizzly weather the Spokes November 2012 Edinburgh traffic count found yet another rise in bike numbers, both in total and as a % of all vehicles… […] Out now! – the latest on Scottish cycle policy & funding, Edinburgh council projects 2012 & 2013, new shared paths flyer, facts & theories on bike use & safety,… […] The Scottish government’s 2013/14 budget brings a small recovery in cycling investment from this year’s low point – but investment is still well under 1% of total transport spending, and nowhere near enough to reach the government’s 2020 target of 10% of all trips to be by bike… […] Adverts in Spokes Bulletin / Circulation of flyers / Promotion of events Spokes will not normally take adverts/flyers, or otherwise assist in publicity… for events where there is little choice but to get there by flying for events where there is little choice but to get there by car if the advert/flyer/publicity is ‘helmet dominated’ […] The Association of Train Operating Companies [ATOC] has published an exciting new 60-page ‘toolkit’ on how to greatly improve bike-rail integration, so as to make bike-rail a true ‘end-to-end’ journey from home to destination… […] [‘What happens next’ updated 25 Aug] Will the Scottish Government’s 2013/14 draft budget see sense on cycling investment and, more generally, on active travel? Spokes has submitted comments to the Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee… […] Thousands of people are expected to try out cycling on traffic-free roads in Edinburgh on Saturday 8 September… […] Spokes supports ‘informed choice‘ over cycle helmets – not just ‘choice‘. Informed choice means that individuals should be told the pros and the cons of helmet use, then allowed to make their own decision. Organisations involved in selling or promoting helmets should be required to advise potential users about the pros and cons, so that […] 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 … […] |
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