CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “there is too much traffic for Alex to walk to school, so we drive” http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “there is too much traffic for Alex to walk to school, so we drive” en Sun, 31 May 2026 14:46:13 +0000 chdot on "“there is too much traffic for Alex to walk to school, so we drive”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18725#post-279982 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 21:09:15 +0000 chdot 279982@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16147263.curb-traffic-on-school-routes-to-encourage-more-children-to-walk-and-cycle-says-edinburgh-researchers" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16147263.curb-traffic-on-school-routes-to-encourage-more-children-to-walk-and-cycle-says-edinburgh-researchers</a> </p> Morningsider on "“there is too much traffic for Alex to walk to school, so we drive”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18725#post-279927 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:02:45 +0000 Morningsider 279927@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"£217m invested in active travel since 2011". </p> <p>or</p> <p>"About six quid per person each year"</p> <p>or </p> <p>"£831.5m on trunk roads and motorways this financial year"</p> <p>which is </p> <p>"About £166 per person this year"</p> <p>Tell me, again, where those priorities lie? </p> crowriver on "“there is too much traffic for Alex to walk to school, so we drive”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18725#post-279918 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 12:13:35 +0000 crowriver 279918@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hootsmon angle:</p> <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/default-choice-of-car-travel-harming-children-s-health-1-4721305" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/default-choice-of-car-travel-harming-children-s-health-1-4721305</a></p> <p>The response from Transport Scotland is spectacularly fake. </p> chdot on "“there is too much traffic for Alex to walk to school, so we drive”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18725#post-279916 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:50:59 +0000 chdot 279916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/09/bjsports-2017-098933" rel="nofollow">http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/03/09/bjsports-2017-098933</a> </p> chdot on "“there is too much traffic for Alex to walk to school, so we drive”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18725#post-279901 Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:06:19 +0000 chdot 279901@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2018/03/23/bjsports-2018-099261.full.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2018/03/23/bjsports-2018-099261.full.pdf</a> </p>