http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Spokes Public Meeting 9 November CYCLING PLANS IN THE NEW COUNCILS en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:18:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18228#post-263393 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:01:41 +0000 Rosie 263393@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - thanks for posting the poster. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18228#post-263385 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:06:28 +0000 chdot 263385@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4486/23815351358_475225506d.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18228#post-263380 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:40:05 +0000 Rosie 263380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SPOKES AUTUMN PUBLIC MEETING<br /> THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER<br /> CYCLING PLANS IN THE NEW COUNCILS<br /> Time: Thursday 9 November, 7.30-9.30, doors open 6.45 for coffee, stall, chat</p> <p>Place: Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh</p> <p>From Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian Councils, our speakers are the Councillors in charge of transport policy, and from West Lothian the Development and Transportation Manager. The sort of areas which may be covered include...</p> <p>• Now that the new Councils have settled in, what are their policies and plans for cycling as a form of transport?<br /> • Can they work together on cross-boundary cycling issues?<br /> • Will they have the staff and other resources to take advantage of the doubling of active travel funding recently announced by the Scottish Government?<br /> • Bringing all four Councils together, what can they learn from each other?</p> <p>SPEAKERS</p> <p>Edinburgh Cllr Lesley Macinnes Transport and Environment Committee Convener<br /> East Lothian Cllr Norman Hampshire Cabinet Spokesperson for the Environment<br /> Midlothian Cllr Russell Imrie Cabinet member, former SEStran chair<br /> West Lothian Jim Stewart Development and Transportation Manager</p> <p>After initial presentations by each speaker there will be a 1-hour panel discussion/ audience QA which will be chaired by Daisy Narayanan, Deputy Director of Sustrans Scotland.<br /> Poster here to download and print.<br /> <a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/…/poster-New-Councils-v1-colour.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/…/poster-New-Councils-v1-colour.pdf</a><br /> Printed copies available on request - <a href="mailto:spokes@spokes.org.uk">spokes@spokes.org.uk</a> </p>