http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "innovative ways to fund transport" en Sun, 31 May 2026 16:12:08 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42748 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:14:02 +0000 chdot 42748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"secret heavy rail fan"</p> <p>You'll be in your element then!</p> <p>Some are quite bicycle friendly, but also stuck in the headlights of a fast approaching (or not) HS2. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42747 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:11:08 +0000 DaveC 42747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers chdot ;)</p> <p>Dave (secret heavy rail fan) C<br /> [oops did I say that out loud?] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42745 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:09:13 +0000 chdot 42745@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Cheers chdot. I have registered."</p> <p>Expect to be outnumbered by heavy rail fans. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42742 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:55:24 +0000 DaveC 42742@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If anyone is staying in town between work and this event I'll be free for a coffee at PY on the 8th Nov. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42682 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:21:57 +0000 Morningsider 42682@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are really only two sources of funding for transport projects:</p> <p>Users<br /> Taxpayer</p> <p>There are really only two ways to pay:</p> <p>Now<br /> Later</p> <p>As soon as you hear the words "leverage", "bonds", "lottery funding" or "developer contributions" you are getting into huckster territory.</p> <p>I actually hope I am wrong here and there is some other way of paying for transport projects which doesn't involve my (or anyone else's) cash, but I doubt it. Happy to be proved wrong though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42675 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:44:26 +0000 PS 42675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think I might pop along to this as well... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42658 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:24:11 +0000 DaveC 42658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheers chdot. I have registered. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42654 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:41:01 +0000 chdot 42654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you go you might mention -</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4102&amp;replies=1#post-42653">"vision is to increase the modal share of cycling by 50 % over 10 years"</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42641 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:48:23 +0000 chdot 42641@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Might just go to that."</p> <p>"<strong>The event is free but ticketed, with a limited number of seats available.</strong>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42638 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:43:22 +0000 DaveC 42638@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>'innovative ways to fund transport' as opposed to tax - the usual route? Passengers paying instead of Gov't subsidy?</p> <p>Don't spend billions on silly schemes of little use which only replace already successfull public transport (tram/busses)?</p> <p>Might just go to that. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4100#post-42635 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:38:15 +0000 chdot 42635@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>@TransformScot Transform Scotland</p> <p>Join us on 8th November with <a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/690/council_departments/869/city_development_department/2">Dave Anderson</a> who'll be discussing innovative ways to fund transport:</p> <p><a href="http://t.co/uu4FOR0Y">on.fb.me/oSol3t</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/#" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/#</a>!/TransformScot/status/121955551725883392</p> <p>" </p>