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Bulletin 110: Cycling after the Election

What does Scotland’s remarkable election result, with an overall SNP majority, mean for cycling as a form of transport in Scotland?? …

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City Centre, incl. CCWEL & Princes Street

It is difficult to classify some projects e.g. are they North, East, West or Central??  Check out other areas on this page.  In particular, see also these pages: Old Town,  South Central Edinburgh and Tram documents. CCWEL (City Centre West-East Link) – Council page [& see CCWEL below]  History of CCWEL from initiation to […]

Where/how to report things

Potholes, road/path defects, faulty lights, abandoned bikes – see our Council Links page

Potholes – alternatively use this UK site – www.fillthathole.org.uk

Lothian Buses problems (or plaudits) – customer services – we suggest you also first read our buses downloads page.

Taxi problems (or plaudits) Normally, contact the taxi firm first and ask for your […]

Onstreet storage – survey results

Results from the Spokes online survey about on-street bike storage facilities are now available…

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Technical & research documents

Only really useful and/or comprehensive technical links are listed here!!

Note that our website also has a downloads – technical page.

online tools

Crashmap – www.crashmap.co.uk   official data mapping crashes by location, traffic mode, and injury severity

Datashine – blog.datashine.org.uk   self-mapping for data from the 2011 census (e.g.  includes travel to work, so you […]

A90 & Forth Bridge

Contents…

Edinburgh to Forth Bridge – introduction Latest developments History of lobbying from 2004 to 2013

Second Forth Road Crossing

A90 cycleroute: Edinburgh to Forth Bridge, Fife and the North

Edinburgh to the Forth Bridge is probably the most important single stretch of non-urban cycleroute in Scotland, taking cycle tourists of all types from Scotland’s […]

Railway path attacks [updated 8 & 14 Oct]

A cyclist has been injured on the Davidson’s Mains path by children who dropped a tree sapling or branch on her from the footbridge between Silverknowes Neuk and House o’ Hill Avenue.

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Considerate path & road use

Contents

1. Background 2. Spokes Initiatives – including downloadable/printable Spokes On Shared Paths leaflets 3. Other high-quality shared-use leaflets 4. Particular local problem areas 5. Countryside Access Code 6. Dangerous or scary dogs 7. Footway cycling

1. BACKGROUND

Spokes is concerned that using a bike should be seen by everyone as a positive and […]

Policy documents – outside Scotland

For Scotland consultations & Spokes responses, see documents : submissions : nationalFor Scotland see Policy Documents – ScotlandFor technical & research documents see this links page

This page may include links about relevant policies/developments, not solely direct links to government websites.

UK 1811 CWIS: Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy Review [link] Some useful stuff […]

Police action on cycle theft

Lothian and Borders Police are promoting a cycle marking scheme to improve cycle security….

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