http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: (UK) "Govt's new cycling investment strategy lacks the investment bit" en Mon, 18 May 2026 08:25:03 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16212#post-215468 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:42:08 +0000 slowcoach 215468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cycling#cycling-research-and-statistics">research</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cycling#case-studies-developing-new-cycling-infrastructure">case studies </a>might be useful. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16212#post-215350 Tue, 29 Mar 2016 13:51:32 +0000 gibbo 215350@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"This amounts to just £1.39 per head"</em></p> <p>I guess the whole thing hinges on whether we can get the same results with £1.39 that the Netherlands gets with £24.</p> <p>I'll be honest, I'm not optimistic. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16212#post-215274 Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:16:25 +0000 chdot 215274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Department for Transport has released its long-awaited active-travel strategy. Known by transport wonks as Cee-Whizz, the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, or CWIS, has very little whizz about it. The strategy merely repeats the existing pledge to spend £300m over five years. This amounts to just £1.39 per head, far short of the £10 per head demanded by the parliamentary Get Britain Cycling report of 2013.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/govt-s-new-cycling-investment-strategy-lacks-the-investment-bit/019323" rel="nofollow">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/govt-s-new-cycling-investment-strategy-lacks-the-investment-bit/019323</a> </p>