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Policy documents – Scotland

For Scotland consultations & Spokes responses, see documents : submissions : nationalFor UK and international see Policy – Outside ScotlandFor technical & research documents see this links page Scottish Government & Transport Scotland web pages Active Travel web pagesRelated policy documents (climate, health, equalities, planning, road safety etc) Policy and other relevant documents 1912 […]

#SpokesMtg… bike . e . cargo . hire . storage

Summing up the meeting, our QA chair, Dr Caroline Brown, said that the dots are starting to join up…

Cargo Bikes start work this month supporting Leith Walk businesses during the 18-month tramline construction Secure Bike storage starts installation on a significant scale by Spring 2020 E-bike Cycle Hire starts operation Spring 2020 – […]

Spokes Bulletin 135 – targets v. actions

The Scottish Government has set bold climate targets, but these must be matched by bold actions – particularly on transport, Scotland’s biggest emissions source.

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Roadworks & cycling

This page is about catering and signing for cyclists during roadworks and road closures.

See also our page on road maintenance policies.

2310 “Pavements and cycle lanes should be kept open during roadworks to give priority to pedestrians and riders even it increases delays to other traffic” .. Scottish Road Works Commissioner

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Consultns

This page is to keep track of consultations to which Spokes may respond or may have responded, as from 2019. It only lists significant consultations known to be important to Spokes. To find ‘all’ current consultations, see here. Further documents and the Spokes response (if any) can be found at the links shown in […]

Yes, it’s a Transformation!

Latest: Spokes Bulletin 134 now out, with special features on the Transformation.

Edinburgh City Council’s long-awaited City Centre Transformation proposals have been published and, perhaps almost unbelievably, they do seem to live up to their name. The Council, and particularly project leader Daisy Narayanan and Transport Convener Cllr Lesley Macinnes, deserve huge […]

#SpokesMtg: Climate/Transport/Cycling

Some main points to emerge from our 110-strong public meeting…

The climate is in crisis and action is urgent The crisis embodies many inequities, with greater impacts likely on the young and on poorer people and poorer countries – i.e. those least responsible for causing the crisis Transport is the biggest, and growing, contributor to […]

Outlook for 🚲 in 2019 – Edinburgh & Scotland

After a ‘hiatus 2018‘ for active travel in Edinburgh, 2019 looks set to be either the most momentous – or the most disappointing – of recent years. At Scottish level, the welcome doubling of active travel cash from 2018/19 onwards will start to be reflected on the ground in many towns and cities – but […]

Top Tweets 2018: a hiatus year

We list the most popular Spokes tweets from the last 12 months, measured by the number of retweets (RTs). They reflect a year in which there were no major threats to existing facilities or to existing major cycleroute proposals, but where no significant new cycleroute facilities appeared in the heart of the city either, although […]

#SpokesMtg … Diversity & Opportunity

Growing opportunities enabling more and more categories of people to get about by bike were a top feature of our ‘Diversity Rules’ public meeting …

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