http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "£500,000 will help public get on their bikes across city" en Tue, 19 May 2026 00:22:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11288#post-127347 Mon, 07 Oct 2013 14:37:29 +0000 gibbo 127347@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>summary being they carried out a study which showed such a scheme would require, even with sponsorship, a subsidy thus would not be brought forward.</p> <p>Like every other council service then...</em></blockquote></p> <p>Yeah, I didn't realise the council was a profit-making venture. </p> <p>Now I'm wondering why I'm being asked to pay council tax... if everything they do has to pay for itself. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11288#post-127234 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 12:15:40 +0000 gembo 127234@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Where would we put boris bikes in edinburgh? You would want stations where people would abandon them half way up various hills? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11288#post-127232 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:56:56 +0000 Klaxon 127232@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I recieved a comprehensive reply from one of my councillors when I inquired in the past about such a scheme in Edinburgh, summary being they carried out a study which showed such a scheme would require, even with sponsorship, a subsidy thus would not be brought forward.</p> <p>Like every other council service then... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11288#post-127215 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 16:42:02 +0000 chdot 127215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/mobile/news/500000-will-help-public-get-on-their-bikes-across-city-138380n.22338459" rel="nofollow">http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/mobile/news/500000-will-help-public-get-on-their-bikes-across-city-138380n.22338459</a> </p>