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Spokes CycleCampaign (@SpokesLothian)
09/05/2016, 12:14
Now @ScotParl's SPICe agrees with us. See p46,47-->parliament.scot/ResearchBriefi… & twitter.com/AlastairDalton… @AlastairDalton
http://pic.twitter.com/JtEmeNvspV
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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Resources
"SPICe Briefing Key Issues for the Parliament in Session 5"
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Posted 8 years ago #
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Edinburgh SUBSTANTIALLY ahead
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As can be seen, cycling has accounted for around 1% of all trips annually over the period 2004 to 2014, although 2014 reported the highest incidence of cycling at 1.4% of all trips. There has been no significant, sustained increase in cycle modal share since the publication of CAPS in 2010. A more than seven-fold increase in national cycling modal share in a four year period would be unprecedented anywhere. Given this, it seems clear that the vision of 10% of everyday trips in Scotland being made by bike by 2020 will not be met.
However, while the 10% figure may not be met at a national level, it is likely to be met in one or more local authority area. The local authority taking the lead on cycling is the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC). Transport Scotland figures for 2014 indicate that 11.8% of commuting trips in Edinburgh were made by bike, although these figures are subject to a fairly high margin of error (Scottish Government 2014b). The next closest authority is Highland Council – with a cycle modal share of 6.1%.
There is a substantive body of research into the political, policy and financial commitments required to increase cycling modal share, e.g. Pucher and Buehler (2008) and the International Cycling Infrastructure Best Practice Study (Urban Movement & Phil Jones Associate 2014) . This research identifies a number of key actions for increasing cycle modal share, including the need for strong political and official leadership, the development of segregated cycle networks, a willingness to reallocate road space from cars to bikes, and consistent and substantial budget allocations for cycling.
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One of the source documents they have linked to is a TfL report looking at cycle infrastructure across the world. I've not seen it before but it looks interesting, especially in setting out what good cycle infrastructure is and isn't.
http://content.tfl.gov.uk/international-cycling-infrastructure-best-practice-study.pdf
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Good to see that cycling is literally on the agenda for the new parliament.
Now we just need to hold MSPs accountable to those pledges they made!
:-)
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On the other hand, if you look at the Infrastructure section (p.13):
"Over a third of this planned investment is in the transport sector, with the biggest projects including the Queensferry Crossing (£1.3bn), the A9/A96 dual carriageway (£1.3-£3bn) and Glasgow terminal stations (£1.5bn-3.0bn)."
Is it any wonder why the 10% target of all journeys by bike won't be met...
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Another interesting snippet:
"Changes over the longer term
Over the past century, science fiction and philosophy have explored the implications of computers carrying out cognitive tasks previously done by humans. However, recent developments in the areas of artificial intelligence, ‘big data’ analysis and machine learning, mean that computerisation can now “readily substitute for labour in a wide range of non-routine cognitive tasks” (Frey and Osborne 2013). With this in mind, Oxford academics, Frey and Osborne, created a ranking of jobs most at threat from computerisation over the next few decades in the USA. As well as information processors and administrative occupations (such as insurance underwriters and data entry staff), the authors suggest that accountants, tax examiners, paralegals and credit analysts (ibid) may well be heading towards “vocational extinction” (Bank of England 2015)."
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