http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Human Streets: The Mayor's Vision for Cycling, 3 Years On en Tue, 19 May 2026 05:35:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16206#post-215165 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:38:54 +0000 chdot 215165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/the-utterly-amazing-growth-of-cycling-in-london/019317" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/the-utterly-amazing-growth-of-cycling-in-london/019317</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16206#post-215158 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:20:17 +0000 Stickman 215158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Gilligan:</p> <p>"In engineering terms, cycling schemes are not very complicated. The key factor is political leadership. Everyone supports cycling – until it involves doing anything meaningful. Meaningful cycling schemes almost always have clear majority support, but seldom unanimous support. They will usually inconvenience or upset somebody. So for years in this country, we did half-hearted cycling schemes that upset nobody but also, bluntly, helped nobody and changed nothing." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16206#post-215155 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 14:13:56 +0000 chdot 215155@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>AG -</p> <p>"</p> <p>Officially, the cycling programme is about cycling. In reality, it is about breathing. It’s about pollution, about health, about noise, about the kind of city we want to live in. It is about making the best use of scarce space on the roads, about freeing space on public transport. Most of the people who will benefit from the cycling programme aren’t cyclists. That, no doubt, is why across London, almost every time we’ve put cycling schemes to public consultation, they’ve been supported by clear, often overwhelming majorities of people – most of whom aren't cyclists either.</p> <p>...</p> <p>Above all, it has shown real political leadership.</p> <p>"</p> <p>WHEN will Edinburgh/Scottish politicians <em>begin</em> to understand this?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16206#post-215151 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:51:32 +0000 chdot 215151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From Boris' Foreward</p> <p>"</p> <p>Exactly three years ago, I unveiled my vision to make cycling in London safer, more popular and more normal. My single biggest regret as Mayor is that I did not do it sooner.</p> <p>Our original painted lanes were revolutionary at the time. But knowing what I do now, we would have blasted ahead with our new segregated cycle lanes from the beginning.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16206#post-215148 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:43:31 +0000 Stickman 215148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/human_streets_0.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/human_streets_0.pdf</a></p> <p>Worth reading for Andrew Gilligan's introduction alone. </p>