http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Commuters ‘priority for boosting Scots cyclists’ " en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:43:13 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131909 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 23:27:10 +0000 sallyhinch 131909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From what I heard of his speech this morning he said that when they've finished dualling everything then we can have some cycling infrastructure. But obviously they have to do the roads first. And the trains. And there are whole villages without helipads. So the cyclists may have to be patient</p> <p>I may have paraphrased a bit </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131896 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:00:45 +0000 crowriver 131896@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Indeed. The question is, where's the MONEY, Minister Brown? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131895 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 19:42:32 +0000 chdot 131895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"because I couldn't quite believe it"</p> <p>Well it's not all in quotes. </p> <p>Maybe "taken out of context"!</p> <p>"<br /> Mr Brown told a cycling conference in Glasgow: “It’s where we can change commuting should be the priority. What we have to look at is where we can shift people from cars and other environmentally-damaging forms of transport to cycling and walking.”</p> <p>"</p> <p>You do have to wonder where the real Mr. Brown is. </p> <p>"</p> <p>Mr Brown said getting people to switch to bikes to travel to work and school was the best way to realise the Scottish Government’s ambition of increasing cycling from 1-2 per cent to 10 per cent of trips by 2020.</p> <p>"</p> <p>But he is not reported as saying anything about HOW. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131893 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 19:21:16 +0000 crowriver 131893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>However, he admitted cycling provision in Scotland was “decades behind” what it should be, and “substantially more” had to be spent on cycling infrastructure.</em></p> <p>Sorry, I just had to read that again because I couldn't quite believe it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131884 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:59:18 +0000 chdot 131884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"would do more for cycling than a hundred times the investment"</p> <p>But there's no EVIDENCE for that... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131883 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:55:45 +0000 Dave 131883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presumed liability - free to implement and would do more for cycling than a hundred times the investment... oops! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131879 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:25:39 +0000 chdot 131879@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From above link -</p> <p>"<br /> It found “good work” in every council area, but the commitment to increasing cycling “varied considerably” and a “more coordinated approach” was needed in many areas.</p> <p>"</p> <p>So who should organise/incentivise (sorry) such co-ordination??... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11581#post-131872 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:10:12 +0000 chdot 131872@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Keith Brown is keen for more people to switch to bikes for travelling to work. </p> <p>...</p> <p>He said increasing the number of people cycling would also be part of the next ScotRail franchise from 2015.</p> <p>...</p> <p>he admitted cycling provision in Scotland was “decades behind” what it should be, and “substantially more” had to be spent on cycling infrastructure.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/commuters-priority-for-boosting-scots-cyclists-1-3181006" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/commuters-priority-for-boosting-scots-cyclists-1-3181006</a> </p>