http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Dumfries - Recent Topics en Sun, 17 May 2026 16:54:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21907#post-383670 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:52:22 +0000 Arellcat 383670@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I happened to be browsing Public Contracts Scotland, and came across this advertisement for "active travel gamification".</p> <p><blockquote>We would like to understand what the market currently offers in the way gamification that encourages active travel by turning a town into a game where the objective is to visit designated locations by active means on an ongoing basis with options for multiple prize periods.</p> <p>The game shall provide a public facing website / app that provides leader boards and records individual progress and allows registration and collection of health, demographic and travel metrics for monitoring and evaluation purposes.</p> <p>Arrival at designated points of interest shall be recorded and uploaded to the appropriate dashboards automatically and the recording of arrival be by RFID or other or other electronic means.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT542167" rel="nofollow">https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT542167</a></p> <p>Perhaps I'm getting a bit too old and cynical for gamification ideas, but perhaps the younger generation will like it. I liked Love to Ride at first but endless "you're doing awesome" feels hollow when there's no real incentive other than one's own fitness. If there was free pizza though...!</p> <p>I can't even get my own work to support a bike breakfast "because too many non-cyclists would use it too", and the solution thus far has been Bring Your Own Coffee. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3069#post-32465 Mon, 30 May 2011 15:21:12 +0000 cb 32465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dumfries has had the occasional mention on here. I think one or two CCErs know the town quite well? Wonder what their thoughts are?</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-13575389">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-13575389</a></p> <p>"A series of options for tackling traffic congestion in southern Dumfries is to go out to public consultation."</p> <p>"Nine of the 16 proposals involve altering existing roads to create additional lanes and improve traffic flow.</p> <p>They range in price from £4,500 to £58,000.</p> <p>The options include widening St Michael Street to accommodate two new lanes and sacrificing one of the pedestrian footways on St Michael's Bridge to create another additional carriageway."</p> <p>We were in Dumfries a couple of weekends ago. It wasn't particularly busy when we were there. It <em>was</em> windy and rainy and I don't recall seeing too many cyclists.</p> <p>I did see one of the stands for the Dumfries Cycle Hire scheme. None of the bikes were 'out', a few had been toppled over, presumably by the wind. No sign of nay vandalism though. </p>