http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Scottish budget - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:53:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-376440 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:33:49 +0000 Dave 376440@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Since each year's budget is hugely underspent, is this a material change? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-376439 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 16:31:35 +0000 neddie 376439@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is this because they haven't been able to spend it, or are unlikely to?</p> <p>Active travel infra so bogged down in NIMBYism and shouty drivers, they can't get anything done??? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-376438 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:41:48 +0000 Morningsider 376438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Biggest <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-pre-budget-fiscal-update-letter-to-finance-committee/">in-year cut</a> to the Scottish Government 2024-25 budget is a reduction of £23.7 million for active and sustainable travel. This is the only cut in the transport budget. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-373626 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:08:07 +0000 chdot 373626@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The Scottish Budget process draws to a close this afternoon, and it’s a real mixed bag for sustainable transport.</p> <p>Active travel investment up, but commitments missed</p> <p>The one clear positive is that the budget for active travel continues to rise significantly.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://transform.scot/2024/02/27/scottish-budget-2024-5/" rel="nofollow">https://transform.scot/2024/02/27/scottish-budget-2024-5/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372944 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:05:47 +0000 Tulyar 372944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have some extensive historical pictures of the steady decay of M8 structures in Glasgow</p> <p>The rush to build 50 years ago left some serious legacy problems, not helped by the 0.5m collapse of Phoenix Road (beneath the Woodside Viaduct) as the Pinkston Burn (last on any maps above ground in 1852) has leached away the supporting clay &amp;c - it still floods through Glasgow Subway (since 1896)</p> <p>The M8 is practically deserted from 00.00 to 05.00 &amp; hardly busy except at peak times, or when events at Ibrox/SEC attract inefficient use of cars because they were not built to connect with public transport </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372428 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:08:15 +0000 chdot 372428@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>#ScotBudget </p> <p>We have updated our article</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2023/12/scotgov-budget-24-25-not-what-transport-needs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2023/12/scotgov-budget-24-25-not-what-transport-needs/</a></p> <p>to speculate about where the £30m increase in #activetravel cash comes from</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/spokeslothian/status/1737551815632126320" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/spokeslothian/status/1737551815632126320</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372407 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 20:36:58 +0000 chdot 372407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2023/12/scotgov-budget-24-25-not-what-transport-needs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2023/12/scotgov-budget-24-25-not-what-transport-needs/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372390 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:08:01 +0000 Morningsider 372390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Yodhrin - apologies for being unclear. Arellcat is correct. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372388 Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:37:04 +0000 chdot 372388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.cosla.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/46875/COSLA-Budget-Reality-19-Dec-2023.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.cosla.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/46875/COSLA-Budget-Reality-19-Dec-2023.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372386 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:46:55 +0000 Arellcat 372386@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My reading of Morningsider's comment was that it was a comparison to illustrate magnitude, rather than implying any direct use of the active travel budget for highway projects. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372384 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:53:10 +0000 Yodhrin 372384@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Are they seriously arguing that because there's a crappy little shared use path crossing under it, they can use the active travel funding pot to repair a giant &lt;rule2&gt; motorway junction? What an absolute joke. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372383 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:04:20 +0000 Morningsider 372383@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>10% of the transport budget for 2024-25 would be £387.37 million. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372382 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:00:56 +0000 Morningsider 372382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...and then there's the commitment in the <a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/agreement/2021/08/scottish-government-and-scottish-green-party-shared-policy-programme/documents/scottish-government-and-scottish-green-party-draft-shared-policy-programme/scottish-government-and-scottish-green-party-draft-shared-policy-programme/govscot%3Adocument/SG%2BSGP%2BTalks%2B-%2BDraft%2BPolicy%2BProgramme%2B-%2Bversion%2B7%2B-%2BFINAL%2B-%2BOFFSEN.pdf">Scottish Government and Scottish Green Party Draft Shared Policy Programme</a> (the Bute House agreement), that states:</p> <p><blockquote><strong>increase the proportion of Transport Scotland’s budget spent on Active Travel initiatives</strong> so that by 2024-25 at least £320m or 10% of the total transport budget will be allocated to active travel.</blockquote></p> <p>That means the active travel budget is £100 million short of what was promised. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372381 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:57:00 +0000 Morningsider 372381@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting other snippet - the budget includes £47 million for emergency works to the M8 Woodside viaduct. That is "prior to permanent structural repairs and refurbishment." </p> <p>That's 30% of the annual active travel capital budget on propping up one motorway bridge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21427#post-372380 Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:31:38 +0000 Morningsider 372380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The headline figure for active travel looks good at £220 million. However, drilling down into the figures shows that capital investment increases by just 4.7% (rising from £152.9m to £160.016m). There is a 190.7% increase in revenue support (£12.383m to £36m), although there is a 38.4% reduction in a smaller revenue budget line (£7.3m to £4.5m) that sees the end of the smarter choices, smarter places scheme.</p> <p>My concern is that active travel revenue spending was cut mid-year in 2023-24. I think the revenue budget may have been massively hiked for 2024-25 to produce a good headline figure, but with a view to cutting it mid-year. I genuinely can't see how revenue spending could be ramped up to this level.</p> <p>I could be wrong, but worth keeping an eye on this. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854&page=2#post-212998 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:08:21 +0000 acsimpson 212998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's such a blatantly misleading answer that I'm surprised they didn't quote the health and education budgets too. After all if teachers and nurses are at work then they wont be in their cars.</p> <p>The other thing they have missed with such miss use of facts is that their net position is spending many billions of pounds encouraging people into their cars. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854&page=2#post-212994 Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:31:56 +0000 paulmilne 212994@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Morninsider, thanks for the figures, I was wondering where the other £960 million was coming from!</p> <p>Yes, it's a non-answer to a direct question. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854&page=2#post-212950 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 20:34:48 +0000 crowriver 212950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>" totally disingenuous use of figures by the SG there. "</p> <p>Disingenuousness? From the SNP? On transport spending?</p> <p>Gosh, that's never happened before. Ever. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854&page=2#post-212949 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:48:27 +0000 Morningsider 212949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>paulmilne - totally disingenuous use of figures by the SG there. Roughly £200m of that is to fund concessionary bus travel for older and disabled people, £730m keeping ScotRail and Network Rail Scotland running, £50m on bus service operators grant and grants for hybrid buses and about £40m on sustainable travel (including electric cars etc. - not all walking and cycling).</p> <p>I don't think you can really count keeping the Scottish rail network running as "encouraging people out of their cars". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854&page=2#post-212947 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 18:15:33 +0000 paulmilne 212947@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to The National, a "Scottish Government spokesman" said it is already investing "more than £1 billion per annum to encourage people out of their cars." So that's all right then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854&page=2#post-212884 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:24:56 +0000 paulmilne 212884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh dear. It might be time to stop acting reasonably and demanding much more, the full 10%. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-212868 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:28:50 +0000 chdot 212868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Budget blow to walk &amp; cycle </p> <p>With no changes to the draft budget, the Scottish Government has set the ground for a retreat on walking and cycling by Councils across the country…</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2016/02/budget-blow-to-walk-cycle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2016/02/budget-blow-to-walk-cycle/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-212724 Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:59:14 +0000 chdot 212724@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Spokes CycleCampaign (@SpokesLothian)<br /> 22/02/2016, 10:36 am<br /> Can @scotgov afford NOT to move 1% of #trunkroad cash to #activetravel? ---&gt; <a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2016/02/budget-msps-briefed-on-1-of-trunk-roads-plan/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2016/02/budget-msps-briefed-on-1-of-trunk-roads-plan/</a> #pothole @edfoc </p> <p><a href="http://pic.twitter.com/5a1SvwE8Zs" rel="nofollow">http://pic.twitter.com/5a1SvwE8Zs</a></p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-212664 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 11:05:18 +0000 paulmilne 212664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that 1% of the trunk road budget to replace the current .5%, or to add to it, to make 1.5%? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-212658 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:30:07 +0000 sallyhinch 212658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Joint call by Spokes, FOE Scotland, Ramblers Scotland, Stop Climate Chaos &amp; POP to transfer 1% of the planned trunk roads budget back into active travel - if you haven't contacted your MSPs yet about this then do so now as the final debate is this week <a href="http://pedalonparliament.org/budget-take-steps-now/" rel="nofollow">http://pedalonparliament.org/budget-take-steps-now/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-212032 Mon, 15 Feb 2016 19:28:38 +0000 chdot 212032@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2016/01/scottish-budget-what-msps-say" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2016/01/scottish-budget-what-msps-say</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-211847 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 09:15:39 +0000 chdot 211847@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Spokes CycleCampaign (@SpokesLothian)<br /> 12/02/2016, 11:17 pm<br /> .@ScotParl #Cycling Group supports our Budget plan!-&gt;</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1602-Letter-to-Deputy-First-Minister-20160208-re-budget-1-idea.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1602-Letter-to-Deputy-First-Minister-20160208-re-budget-1-idea.pdf</a></p> <p>Have U emailed your MSPs?? <a href="https://twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/684486810681081856" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/684486810681081856</a> @CyclingEdin</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-207012 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:08:32 +0000 SRD 207012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've retweeted, but think I've now used up my hashtag quota for the next year... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-207010 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:58:03 +0000 DdF 207010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spokes posts...</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2015/12/budget-roads-up-rail-down-cyclingwalking-unclear/">General cycling/transport impact of draft budget</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2015/12/scottish-budget-councils-cycling-hit/">Specific impact on council cycling activity</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/677593744154230788">Most important tweet</a> - please RT if you agree!</p> <p>DdF </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15854#post-207002 Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:49:51 +0000 chdot 207002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Or did they not understand what they wrote?"</p> <p>Perhaps not. </p> <p>I suspect Spokes and PoP might find this useful -</p> <p>"</p> <p>improvements that offer value for money</p> <p>" </p>