Doors open 6.45pm at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh.
Meeting at 7:30
East Lothian has been in touch to say they’ll be bringing along a wall map and leaflets, which should be on display during the 6.45-7.30 coffee/chat/ socialising period before the meeting proper starts at 7,30. In addition to speaker Cllr Michael Veitch, cycling officer Iain Reid will be in the audience, so take the opportunity to chat to him.
Midlothian has just launched two cycling initiatives – an online survey of views on Midlothian cycling conditions, as a prelude to drawing up a council cycling strategy; and trial installation of cycle sensors on 4 council HGVs [alerting both the driver and the cyclist]. Doubtless our speaker Cllr Derek Rosie will mention these!
West Lothian has a new cycling officer, Deborah Paton, who hopes to be at the meeting in addition to speaker Cllr Tony Boyle. Deborah gave a very interesting presentation at the recent Cycling Scotland conference, describing the projects to be built with the Council’s big Sustrans funding win, and explaining how she hopes to get cycling (and active travel) much more fully integrated into a range of council policies and initiatives, rather than being seen primarily as a standalone subject.
We have asked our Edinburgh speaker, Cllr Adam McVey, to speak only about connections in and out of the city, not about central Edinburgh, to stick with the theme of the meeting. He will have powerpoint slides to show what is happening.
http://www.spokes.org.uk/wordpress/2014/11/nov-20-lothians-cycling-development/
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