http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Spokes - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:08:20 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21456#post-373308 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 19:44:32 +0000 Rosie 373308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>PUBLIC MEETING, 29 FEB: EDINBURGH’S ‘FUTURE STREETS’ POLICY, AND THE PLACE OF CYCLING</p> <p>Venue: Augustine United Church 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL<br /> Date: Thursday 29 February<br /> Time: Starts 7.30, Ends 9.30. Doors open 6.45 for coffee, stalls and chat, including a special stall to join Spokes or renew your membership</p> <p>SPEAKERS</p> <p>Cllr Scott Arthur City Council Transport Convener – the Future Streets policy, with particular reference to the place of cycling, and when/how action will follow</p> <p>Laura Laker Cycling, transport and environment journalist – to critique the proposals. Laura researches and writes on cycling issues extensively, including in national/international media such as The Guardian and Bloomberg; and in specifically cycling publications such as Cycling Industry News and Road.CC</p> <p>… followed by our always-anticipated one-hour panel QA, chaired by Ewen Maclean, organiser of Blackford Safe Routes – your chance to interrogate and challenge the speakers</p> <p>Questions: Questions for the speaker, can be emailed (at least a day in advance) to <a href="mailto:spokes@spokes.org.uk">spokes@spokes.org.uk</a>. However, questions in person from audience members are likely to have greatest priority on the night</p> <p>Online: We hope to live broadcast on our youtube channel – confirmation nearer the time – and make the recording available a few days later</p> <p>On February 1st the Transport Committee approved the ‘Future Streets’ policy, which incorporates the Circulation Plan (deciding which transport modes will have priority on which roads), the Active Travel Action Plan (ATAP), and the City Centre Transformation (to free the City Centre from through motor traffic). Although much detail is still to come, and there will be future consultation on some aspects, transformative basic decisions have now been taken and action can and must begin.</p> <p>As a city centre token of action-intent, motor traffic will be wholly or largely banned in the Cowgate in 2024.</p> <p>For main roads, detailed plans will be drawn up for bus and cycle priority on the A8 from CCWEL at Roseburn through to Gogar, with St John’s Road due to become a pedestrian-friendly shopping street. We had suggested this route as a priority in our comments [para 3.3] on the 2023 ATAP consultation, and a Council analysis in the report confirms that it is indeed a priority.</p> <p>However, for a city with a target to cut car-km 30% by 2030, and become net zero by 2030, things need to move far faster than one or two individual schemes each year. The decade-long gestation of CCWEL or of George Street (see ‘maxi-consultation’ section here), must no longer be the pattern.</p> <p>Our public meeting on Thursday 29 Feb gives you the chance to hear more and to tell the Council what you think.</p> <p>Masses of more information on our website. </p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2024/02/public-meeting-edinburghs-future-streets-policy-and-the-place-of-cycling/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2024/02/public-meeting-edinburghs-future-streets-policy-and-the-place-of-cycling/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9653#post-103535 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:27:31 +0000 Charterhall 103535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For many years I have dutifully renewed by membership of Spokes, it seemed the right thing to do. But this year I'm hesitating. The only contact I ever get from them is a once a year bulletin that's almost impossible to read. The layout is all over the place and it's full of acronyms and 'transport planning committee speak' that mean nothing to me. To be persuaded to renew my membership again I'd like a clear understanding of what Spokes has actually achieved in the last year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=919#post-8188 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:03:45 +0000 Wendy 8188@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Message from Spokes:</p> <p>The excellent annual Spokes Bike Breakfast will be on between 8-10am on 23 June in the City Chamber quadrangle on Edinburgh's High Street.</p> <p>As well as breakfast on your way to work, there will be the biggest ever range of stalls, councillors to lobby, police bike security coding and much more. Transport Convenor Cllr Gordon Mackenzie will give a short speech [probably around 8.45] doubtless mentioning the Cycling Action Plan now being worked up by the Council.</p> <p>The Bike Co-op will be there with a 'Make your own Smoothie' - please note there is a mistake in the forthcoming Spokes Summer Bulletin - the Bike Coop<br /> is bringing the smoothie maker and shop discount vouchers - but not the bike-oiling stated in the Bulletin.</p> <p>The summer Spokes mailout goes out on 12 June and all members should receive the Bulletin and poster copies soon after that. The Bulletin features the need for the city centre to be made more bike friendly - particularly Princes Street and Picardy Place; and it includes the annual funding survey showing the state of cycling investment in Scotland last year 2009/10, and predictions for the current year 2010/11. If the future of Princes St and Picardy Place concern you, read the article in our Bulletin, then take<br /> the opportunity of the Bike Breakfast to put your concerns to the councillors who turn up - just ask around and you'll soon find some!</p> <p>The Spokes Bike Breakfast is part of National Bike Week. For more events, see the NBW national website [which allows you to search for local events]<br /> and the Changing Pace NBW local website. </p>