http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Nick Clegg announces multi-million pound boost for cycling in 8 major cities" en Mon, 18 May 2026 14:40:37 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182212 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 16:44:45 +0000 crowriver 182212@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"£38m per year, for three years"</p> <p>Approximately £1m more than Scotland's 5.3 million population will receive for cycling next year. Just imagine if the Scottish government made a firm commitment to spend that amount on cycling every year for the next three.....instead of the usual "oh, what baubees have we doon the back of the sofa?" approach... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182206 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:41:35 +0000 Morningsider 182206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Or £38m per year, for three years. The cities involved have a combined population of around 3.6 million (that's for the local authority areas - Greater Manchester and the area around Newcastle have pretty big populations).</p> <p>So that's £10.55 per head of population, per year - for three years. Less than half of what Amsterdam spends annually on cycling per head of population - every year.</p> <p>I reckon it's going to take a bit more than this to realise those £17bn savings to the NHS. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182202 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:32:06 +0000 PS 182202@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What article? :-p </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182201 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:25:56 +0000 jdanielp 182201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't even start reading the article... Do I win? ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182200 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:22:11 +0000 steveo 182200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said</em></p> <p>I stopped reading there... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182196 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:04:28 +0000 crowriver 182196@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said:</p> <p>We are in the midst of a cycling revolution in the UK..."</p> <p>Okay, I stopped reading after that bit of guff. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182194 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:53:57 +0000 kaputnik 182194@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No disrespect to Cambridge, Norwich, and Oxford, but they kind of struggle to justify the "major city" moniker.</p> <p>Alan Partridge might disagree. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14458#post-182192 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:31:51 +0000 chdot 182192@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(Doesn't apply to Scotland)</p> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nick-clegg-announces-multi-million-pound-boost-for-cycling-in-8-major-cities" rel="nofollow">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nick-clegg-announces-multi-million-pound-boost-for-cycling-in-8-major-cities</a> </p>