http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Community Links PLUS design competition en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:32:14 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-316203 Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:14:12 +0000 crowriver 316203@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting snippet here (my bold):</p> <p>---</p> <p>Design of Musselburgh Active Travel Links, East Lothian (East Lothian Council)<br /> About: Places for Everyone is funding the design of key walking and cycling routes which identified in the East Lothian Active Travel Improvement Plan and other reports, <strong>more specifically those routes in and around the Musselburgh area that link to works happening in Edinburgh City and Midlothian</strong>.</p> <p>The project will initially focus on three routes that will help everybody to actively travel through and around Musselburgh, making shopping, getting to work or school and other everyday journeys easier, safer and quicker.</p> <p>---</p> <p>Also, I happen to know that CEC has obtained funding for a feasibility study into turning the Powderhall railway line into an "active travel corridor".</p> <p><a href="https://powderhallpath.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/sustrans-fund-powderhall-railway-path-feasibility-study/" rel="nofollow">https://powderhallpath.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/sustrans-fund-powderhall-railway-path-feasibility-study/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-315852 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:35:06 +0000 Morningsider 315852@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Doesn't look like new money - simply an announcement of which projects have been awarded "Places for everyone" (formerly Community Links) funding by Sustrans. See:</p> <p><a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2019/october/nicola-sturgeon-announces-first-of-27million-walking-and-cycling-infrastructure-projects/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2019/october/nicola-sturgeon-announces-first-of-27million-walking-and-cycling-infrastructure-projects/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-315850 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:57:58 +0000 HankChief 315850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is this new money?</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/lmacinnessnp/status/1184121920087887877?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/lmacinnessnp/status/1184121920087887877?s=19</a></p> <p>"<em>Announcement from @NicolaSturgeon of further £27m fund to advance community active travel projects across Scotland. Effective tools to help meet climate challenge. Excellent.#SNP19"</em></p> <p>The tweet from sustrans seems to indicate that the £27m is for more the 200 schemes. So by my calculations that a couple of signs and a dropped kerb each...</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SustransScot/status/1184121579267088384?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/SustransScot/status/1184121579267088384?s=19</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311828 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:34:59 +0000 acsimpson 311828@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The extra funding is great. But they still need to do something about the stupid planning system which means a handful of NIMBYs can stop the money being used for years at a time. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311782 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:40:06 +0000 neddie 311782@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>22 million for George St, and they aren’t even pedestrianising it!</p> <p>Is there no end to the work-arounds they’ll do to accommodate motorised traffic? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311753 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 14:07:43 +0000 Rosie 311753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Spokes:-<br /> NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/1156533931023511552" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/SpokesLothian/status/1156533931023511552</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311749 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:11:45 +0000 bacam 311749@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a press release up on the sustrans website, but it doesn't give much information about the projects.</p> <blockquote><p> Five major transformative projects in Perth, Edinburgh, Arbroath and Glasgow (x2), will benefit from Sustrans funding, expertise and support to make walking, cycling and wheeling more accessible to all. They will receive almost £60m over the course of their development. </p> <p>During the next year (2019/20), a further 200 projects across Scotland will benefit from the Places for Everyone expertise, support and funding. </p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2019/july/60-million-investment-in-active-travel-across-scotland-through-places-for-everyone/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2019/july/60-million-investment-in-active-travel-across-scotland-through-places-for-everyone/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311742 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:02:15 +0000 Stickman 311742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That’s what I thought - maybe Adam is lumping them all together. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311740 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:53:46 +0000 Frenchy 311740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Meadows to George Street won last year, didn't it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311739 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:50:14 +0000 Stickman 311739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@frenchy: beat me to it. Not just George St transformation - also link from Meadows?</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/adamrmcvey/status/1156513291004461056?s=21" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/adamrmcvey/status/1156513291004461056?s=21</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-311738 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 11:48:58 +0000 Frenchy 311738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>George St transformation receiving £22 million.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Edinburgh_CC/status/1156515411707518977" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Edinburgh_CC/status/1156515411707518977</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-309271 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 09:27:03 +0000 toomanybikes 309271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do you know if that's for a new round of funding with multiple bids, or the last round, for which Edinburgh's bid was about connecting existing infrastructure?</p> <p>I thought they'd made it a two-year bid process now, not sure if it's been two years yet. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-309268 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:59:41 +0000 McD 309268@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh Council has put in bids and presented to the panel fairly recently so hopefully some good news soon. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-308662 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:40:33 +0000 toomanybikes 308662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had this week written down as the announcement of which projects are being taken forwards.</p> <p>I can't see any information online, but remember the last announcement being delayed beyond the scheduled time.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=5#post-286624 Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:27:29 +0000 Stickman 286624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/news/eight-scottish-local-authorities-successfully-shortlisted-community-links-plus-2018" rel="nofollow">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/news/eight-scottish-local-authorities-successfully-shortlisted-community-links-plus-2018</a></p> <p>"2. City of Edinburgh Council: Edinburgh Active Travel Network<br /> Creating a connected network of routes across the capital, enabling cycling to be a realistic journey choice from many parts of the city to the city centre, Edinburgh Park/Gyle, Leith and the Waterfront and the Bioquarter, and also bringing significant benefits to pedestrians and to the wider public realm." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-286332 Wed, 04 Jul 2018 12:17:01 +0000 toomanybikes 286332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice one.</p> <p>I hope Edinburgh's put a bid in despite the back log of current works. The deadline for this competition's winners to be completed is 2023, and M2GS and WEATN are due to be completed Autumn 2021. Otherwise, barring a (probably quite likely) shake up of the competition, it'll be 2025 before we can get any more infrastructure out of it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-286275 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 15:02:36 +0000 Frenchy 286275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"should be announced in the next couple weeks" - Sustrans Scotland on twitter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-286260 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 13:06:07 +0000 toomanybikes 286260@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>According to the top of page 6, we should have had an announcement of 10 shortlisted projects last week, with 5 to ultimately be awarded funding </p> <p><a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/sites/default/files/file_content_type/113.01.2018-_community_links_plus_guide_web_small.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/sites/default/files/file_content_type/113.01.2018-_community_links_plus_guide_web_small.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-272161 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:51:57 +0000 chdot 272161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>January 2018 Guidance and criteria for the 2018-19 Community Links Programme released</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/scotland/community-links" rel="nofollow">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/scotland/community-links</a></p> <p>Also list/map of current projects. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-268908 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:27:12 +0000 HankChief 268908@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How did they get through the TRO process so quickly?</p> <p>Did they have the designs already to go?</p> <p>Anyone know? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-268658 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:19:53 +0000 Arellcat 268658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That <em>is</em> Glasgow. Something like that, anyway. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-268655 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:48:06 +0000 Morningsider 268655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A cycling scheme that moves from planning to construction in a few months! What sorcery is this? A good five year wait is surely the natural order of things. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-268637 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:38:34 +0000 HankChief 268637@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/SustransScot/status/937675137087918080" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/SustransScot/status/937675137087918080</a></p> <p><em>"Groundbreaking of the South City Way with @HumzaYousaf @AnnaLangside and @Daisynmurphy Once complete the #CLPLUS route will link Victoria Park to #Glasgow City centre #scw"</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-261311 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:18:05 +0000 Blueth 261311@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let's try snd be fair. Have you not noticed all those cars stuck in jams occupied by "social carers". </p> <p>What a very strange hook on which to hang an argument.</p> <p>I have, though, seen one such round my way daring to use a bicycle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-261308 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 07:57:49 +0000 chdot 261308@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Once again I see that the non-paying cyclists are getting priority over the heavily fee-paying motorists. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/letters-readers-debate-the-new-12m-cycle-investment-in-edinburgh-1-4566432" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/our-region/edinburgh/letters-readers-debate-the-new-12m-cycle-investment-in-edinburgh-1-4566432</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-261073 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 17:22:21 +0000 Harts Cyclery 261073@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a few carers who are customers. It amazes me more don't cycle (normal or ebike); they have to pay for all their own car ownership costs and fuel, on minimal wages. They really are living in car poverty.</p> <p>I sold a carer a Gazelle a while back. She keeps coming in and saying it's the best £600 she ever spent. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-261040 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:32:42 +0000 neddie 261040@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Edinburgh Council's Traffic Madness" is previous prolific EEN commenteer.</p> <p>I forget his/her old EEN handle, but they were always going on about "carers" being able (or not) to drive everywhere. And general anti-cycling </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-261036 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:13:08 +0000 acsimpson 261036@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>At least the comments section has got better now that JP is using the FB login system.</em></p> <p>Although I suspect a few fake accounts (especially company pages) may have been created in the last few weeks. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-261030 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 11:06:32 +0000 Stickman 261030@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let's not be too harsh on Johnston Press; they can write good leaders like this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/leader-comment-segregated-cycle-routes-can-benefit-motorists-too-1-4563702" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/leader-comment-segregated-cycle-routes-can-benefit-motorists-too-1-4563702</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16729&page=4#post-261027 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:38:18 +0000 tammytroot 261027@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Malcolm Parkin is a retired nutter.. He lives in Kinross.<br /> Kinross has my sympathies. </p>