http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: All star cast for SP hearing en Mon, 18 May 2026 16:49:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-86089 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:52:23 +0000 chdot 86089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't know if televised bit is still on-line anywhere.</p> <p>Can't find notes of what speakers said</p> <p><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/29839.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/29839.aspx</a></p> <p>But Sustrans submitted this too -</p> <p><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_InfrastructureandCapitalInvestmentCommittee/General%20Documents/Sustrans260912(1).pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S4_InfrastructureandCapitalInvestmentCommittee/General%20Documents/Sustrans260912(1).pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-86087 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:41:31 +0000 chdot 86087@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8543">Piece on Out of Doors</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-86066 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:29:50 +0000 chdot 86066@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3550860.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3550860.ece</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85809 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:42:13 +0000 chdot 85809@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now finished. </p> <p>Live commentary by SRD -</p> <p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/SRDEdinburgh" rel="nofollow">https://mobile.twitter.com/SRDEdinburgh</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85787 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:34:30 +0000 shuggiet 85787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>listened into the live stream.. Impressive answers from the invited speakers. As my first view of Holyrood activity it was encouraging.. Not sure what happens next though...Lots of suggestions, but didn't seem to be any owners from the committee to trigger actions on them.. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85508 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:41:54 +0000 crowriver 85508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very good and convincing summary of some of the arguments that have been held on here and elsewhere over the past wee while.</p> <p>Hopefully the committee will listen, but will the government? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85506 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:10:05 +0000 SRD 85506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave -- Jim Eadie's a recent addition to the cttee. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85505 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:08:07 +0000 SRD 85505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>POP has <a href="http://pedalonparliament.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Transport_and_Infrastructure_committee_final.pdf">submitted this to</a> accompany Dave Brennan's verbal presentation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85503 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:04:25 +0000 Dave 85503@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting that Jim Eadie MSP is on the committee. I had a wee <a href="http://mccraw.co.uk/scotgov-perverse-travel-policies/">pre-budget exchange</a> with him that wasn't completely offputting. </p> <p>Probably need to take some time tomorrow to make another pass at it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85498 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:44:30 +0000 chdot 85498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The bit about us being your followers made me chuckle."</p> <p>Yeah, that's just the world according to Twitter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85496 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:13:58 +0000 DaveC 85496@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The bit about us being your followers made me chuckle. We're not worthy your godliness.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85491 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:30:43 +0000 SRD 85491@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>woo-hoo! There's some interesting stuff in the docs folks, even if you can't make the hearings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8503#post-85489 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:26:15 +0000 chdot 85489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just been sent this (as if we wouldn't be interested!) -</p> <p>"<br /> I don’t like to assume, but thought your followers might be interested in this. Tickets are available to the public or you can watch online. Feel free to link to this release or promote as you chose. Keen people know what is happening in their Parliament…</p> <p><a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/54930.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/54930.aspx</a></p> <p>Cycling and walking focus for Committee evidence session</p> <p>How cycling and walking is supported by the Scottish Government budget will be the focus of a Scottish Parliament Committee meeting this week (Wednesday 26 September).</p> <p>The Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee panel session will examine what progress the Scottish Government is making towards delivering 10% of all journeys made in Scotland being on bicycle by 2020 and whether the budget for 2013/14 contains sufficient investment to help meet the ambitious targets set.</p> <p>Witnesses on the panel are:</p> <p>Living Streets Scotland Manager, Keith Irving;</p> <p>SUSTRANS National Director for Scotland, John Lauder;</p> <p>Cycling Scotland Chief Executive, Ian Aitken;</p> <p>SCOTS Representative, Phil Noble;</p> <p>Pedal on Parliament Co-organiser, Dr David Brennan.</p> <p>The Committee will also explore what impact the budget will have for walking and the pedestrian environment. The views of witnesses will be considered by the Committee alongside the written evidence it receives following its formal call for evidence due later this week. This will also cover housing and wider transport and infrastructure aspects of the draft budget. All the evidence assists the Committee in preparing its report on the budget later in November.</p> <p>Background<br /> The Scottish Government sets out its policies on cycling in the Cycling Action Plan for Scotland (CAPS), which was published in June 2010. The key vision in this document is that 10% of all journeys made in Scotland will be made by bike by 2020.</p> <p>CAPS commits Transport Scotland, working with partner organisations as appropriate, to 17 specific actions, including completing the missing links in the National Cycle Network. A Cycling Scotland authored progress report on the implementation of CAPS is due but has yet to be published. The Minister for Transport and Veterans gave some indication of progress during oral evidence to the Committee on 9 May 2012 when he stated that “We are at about 2 per cent across the country, so there is a great deal more to be done” and that he considered “…it has been a difficult target to achieve because it requires a cultural change”.</p> <p>The key role of the Committee is to scrutinise the Scottish Government’s policies and expenditure in relation to the following matters:<br /> Housing;<br /> Transport;<br /> Capital investment;<br /> Digital infrastructure and broadband;<br /> Fuel poverty and energy assistance;<br /> Scottish Water; and<br /> Public procurement. </p> <p>The Committee also conducts its own inquiries into any matters within its remit.</p> <p>Budget reports are prepared by the Parliament’s Committees for consideration by the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee is due to publish its report on the Scottish Government’s budget in early December. For more information about the budget process, click here:<br /> <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_11-74.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefingsAndFactsheets/S4/SB_11-74.pdf</a></p> <p>Committee papers can be downloaded:<br /> <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/29837.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/CurrentCommittees/29837.aspx</a></p> <p>The Committee’s meeting with be webcast live:<br /> <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/3168.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/newsandmediacentre/3168.aspx</a></p> <p>" </p>