This post betrays my lack of knowledge about funding for cycling infrastructure - and it's kind of linked to other threads, such as the Roseburn/Leith, and Glasgow's success in the Sustrans/SG competition.
But it seems to me that Edinburgh's 10% of the transport budget is by Scottish standards quite good (although more always welcome) but what do we get for the money? Are there any details out there on what exactly the cycling budget buys?
Sometimes I feel that things are done merely to get the money spent rather than doing the more difficult things which would actually benefit cycling. So, for example, the existing off road infrastructure is signposted to death. I don't think much signing is very useful, and some of it is a downright eyesore. Then we get a little stone wall built part way round 5-ways. And we get tactiles and rumbles everywhere, where other authorities wouldn't necessarily bother.
And in other infra projects, lower Leith Walk for example, I'd be interested to know how much of the whole project cost was allocated to the cycling budget for the on road cycle lane (which imo is pretty good as an intermediate measure).
I just feel that there ought to be enough in the existing budget for projects like Roseburn/Leith without having to rely on winning a competition. But is information available on the detail of how the budget is spent?
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