http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “Review of Active Travel Policy Implementation 2016 Final Report” en Sun, 31 May 2026 14:03:41 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19084#post-290237 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:13:30 +0000 dessert rat 290237@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 rule #2 </p> <p>@IWRATS - if it was me, it'd be the first option.</p> <p>so depressing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19084#post-290232 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:52:42 +0000 steveo 290232@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>highest ever ....</em></p> <p>I take it the SG are painting all these things as positive one way or another? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19084#post-290230 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:40:49 +0000 I were right about that saddle 290230@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Morningsider</p> <p>Do you think Sustrans and all of the other publicly funded backers of active travel will now seriously question their usefulness or simply redouble their present efforts? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19084#post-290228 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:26:38 +0000 Morningsider 290228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New figures out today on <a href="https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/43105/sct08183658301.pdf">Transport and Travel in Scotland</a>. Highlights:</p> <p>highest ever volume of road traffic<br /> highest proportion of all trips by car<br /> highest ever number of licensed vehicles<br /> 66% of car trips were single occupancy<br /> lowest ever proportion of trips on foot<br /> lowest ever number of recorded bus journeys<br /> highest ever number of air passengers </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19084#post-290214 Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:16:06 +0000 crowriver 290214@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Substitute "City of Edinburgh Council" for "Scottish Government" and this could be a progress report for Edinburgh... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19084#post-290180 Mon, 03 Sep 2018 18:38:26 +0000 I were right about that saddle 290180@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That's a pretty bitter text. Roseburn, Picardy Place and Leith Walk in an iron nutshell. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19084#post-290175 Mon, 03 Sep 2018 16:39:49 +0000 chdot 290175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don’t think this has been on CCE before.</p> <p>This covers familiar ground...</p> <p>“</p> <p>5.7 Summary</p> <p>The case studies have identified the following points related to the effectiveness in achieving high quality outcomes for the promotion of active travel policy;</p> <p> There is substantial time lag in the development of major schemes between key decision points and scheme completion, hence outcomes commonly accord with previous policies rather than current ones;</p> <p> Practice in decision making and scheme development does not always accord with policy;</p> <p> The Scottish Government does not rigorously check whether schemes accord with its own or local policies, and does not commonly advocate good outcomes for active travel in local decision making;</p> <p> Outcomes are clearly constrained by available funding, but most notably due to restricted funds for revenue expenditure, and further challenged by short-term or stop-start funding opportunities;</p> <p>“</p> <p>Plus other observations.</p> <p><a href="https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/10302/tp-active-travel-policy-implementation-review-october-2016.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/10302/tp-active-travel-policy-implementation-review-october-2016.pdf</a> </p>