CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 15years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
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This is more impressive -
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Recommendation 1.2
As a preventative spend measure, cross-portfolio policy investment (e.g. from Health, Transport, Environment and Education Directorates) should prioritise the delivery of a network of continuous and safe walking and cycling infrastructure routes, working in partnership with local authorities and other relevant stakeholders.
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Talked about for more than 20 years.
Will still be a CHALLENGE.
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Transport Scotland will deliver walking and cycling (including wheeling) guidance by the end of 2020.
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wheeling??
Not sure this helps -
This is interesting, shame about the “should”.
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Recommendation 1.4
Funding for long term maintenance for active travel projects, identified as a local or national priority, should be included as part of Community Links/PLUS projects (now Places for Everyone).
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I don’t understand this -
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Transport Scotland and Sustrans will develop options to include maintenance costs as a match for priority active travel routes which are not fit for purpose and are in need of upgrading, through Places for Everyone funding.
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Yep
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Recommendation 2.1
Increased, continuous, multi-year funding and resources, is required, along with simplifying the current bidding processes and conditions.
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Since 2010 Cycling Scotland has measured progress annually against the Cycling Action Plan for Scotland’s shared vision that 10% of everyday journeys are by bike.
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That’ll be former target SG recently admitted it wouldn’t meet (not even close).
I’m sure the people this was written for know what it means.
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Transport Scotland and partners will continue to roll out Bike Life and investigate equivalent walking evidence, and other means of building a robust evidence base of public opinion for investment.
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https://www.sustrans.org.uk/bike-life
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/media/2948/bike-life-edinburgh-2017.pdf
In brief -
“need to be better resourced”
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Recommendation 2.4
National, regional and local ownership, planning and delivery of active travel projects between policy departments must be more coordinated, and include as a minimum, planning, environment, health and education departments within central and local governments. Regional Transport Partnerships need to be better resourced to address cross-boundary issues, in partnership with other stakeholders.
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Enhance?
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Recommendation 2.5
There must be prominent and consistent national government and stakeholder support to enhance strong leadership at the local level to help make the often unpopular, but right decisions.
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Considered?
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Recommendation 2.7
A policy of reducing urban traffic and transferring carriageway space to active travel should be considered, including Workplace Parking Levy, road user charging and encouraging more car sharing.
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Key achievements already delivered
The sustainable transport hierarchy is established in the National Transport Strategy and urban traffic reduction and the reduction of road space for motor vehicles are established features in transport, planning and active travel strategies.
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Really?
Do LAs know... (apart from bits of CEC)?
“must”!!
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Recommendation 2.8
The National Transport Strategy Review must deliver the sustainable travel hierarchy, prioritising walking and cycling. Active travel should be mainstreamed into Regional and Local Transport Strategies.
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2020 onwards longer term actions
Delivery partners will continually monitor and evaluate the impact of active travel and other relevant strategies, and improvement work with local authorities.
Active travel including multi-modal public transport will be a key component of Scotland’s 20 year transport strategy.
Transport Scotland will monitor and evaluate the impact of the NTS on active travel.
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“should”
“theme”
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Recommendation 2.9
The Strategic Transport Projects Review should include active travel as a theme for nationwide projects, for example the National Walking and Cycling Network.
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This is truly pathetic -
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2020 onwards longer term actions
Transport Scotland will look to include strategic active travel infrastructure projects in future transport infrastructure reviews.
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Must be some fancy new meanings for the terms "delivery" and "plan" that I am not aware of - as I can't see any evidence of either in this document.
Is this a Freudian typo???
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Transport Scotland is working with partners to promote the benefits of active travel as a prescription for better health, including initiatives with Wheelness and Green Health Partnership.
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This -
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Action plans are being implemented that are shaped around local health priorities including tackling health inequalities, and connect with current initiatives such as Realistic Medicine, social prescribing and public health reform.
Each partnership draws on its sound knowledge of community needs, existing outdoor assets and green health activity, and adds value by identifying co-benefits. Funding support for each of the Green Health Partnerships is provided by SNH and Transport Scotland with additional support from national partners including Forestry Commission Scotland, NHS Health Scotland and sportscotland, Paths for All and TCV.
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UPDATE, Sorry, my ignorance -
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Transport Scotland will further develop its communications strategy to articulate the key national benefits of active travel.
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Fab!
Does this mean they have so far failed on “public realm” or making things look nice is more important than making them work??
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Transport Scotland will continue to engage with larger public bodies e.g. NHS, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations and the Scottish Futures Trust to promote active travel infrastructure, with a greater focus on public realm.
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Key priority, delay -
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Recommendation 3.2
Delivery partners must ensure they conduct strong public consultation exercises and community engagement from the very start of design and planning. This must be inclusive and representative, using appropriate and innovative techniques that enable the target population to understand the project and processes and be properly involved. This will include community groups, businesses and Police Scotland and must follow the legislation in the Fairer Scotland Duty.
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Interesting...
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2019-2020 shorter term actions
Sustrans and Living Streets will give a demonstration of best practice delivery of community engagement and share their community engagement guidance.
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Don’t understand the use of “balanced” -
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4. Behaviour change
Recommendation 4.1
There must be investment in behaviour change programmes for the longer term, in order to normalise walking and cycling for everyday journeys, including walking to public transport venues as part of a multi-modal journey. These should be balanced and coordinated with infrastructure and place making, media campaigns and must include enforcement of road safety and parking legislation in favour of pedestrians and cyclists.
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2019-2020 shorter term actions
Transport Scotland will develop an active travel media campaign focusing on people, place and key behaviour change messages.
Transport Scotland will continue to fund Living Streets work on bus/walking connectivity and support national rollout supported by Places For Everyone funding.
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Why?
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2020 onwards longer term actions
All delivery partners will develop strategies to increase private sector investment in behaviour change initiatives.
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“Consider”
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2019-2020 shorter term actions
Transport Scotland will consider, with COSLA and delivery partners, appropriate governance for the active travel programme, providing scrutiny, assurance, challenge and policy and delivery join up across portfolios.
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This’ll keep her occupied -
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The Active Nation Commissioner will lead work to share best practices and embed active travel priorities across all areas of national and local government policy.
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Might be better not to be TS -
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2020 onwards longer term actions
Transport Scotland will develop a cross portfolio working group with the Scottish Government/Transport Scotland policy teams and lead the development of a governance approach that will embed active travel principles in their policies and systems.
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Yawn
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2019-2020 shorter term actions
Transport Scotland will revise all grant funding requirements to ensure the Fairer Scotland Duty is an explicit requirement.
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Transport Scotland and delivery partners will analyse the current activity and challenges in providing access to bikes and develop options and opportunities to expand this area.
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Ask The Bike Station.
That’s it.
More disappointed than I had hoped.
Transport Scotland and Sustrans will develop options to include maintenance costs as a match for priority active travel routes which are not fit for purpose and are in need of upgrading, through Places for Everyone funding.
Maybe: Government will help pay to improve rubbish cycle routes, but only if LAs chip in too, especially the LAs that are basically bankrupt with crumbling roads and have their citizens paying to have their own bins emptied.
conduct strong public consultation exercises and community engagement from the very start of design and planning
Witness the posts from two years ago in this thread and compare with current position to see where strong public consultation gets you.
key behaviour change messages
That sounds Nice.
“That sounds Nice”
Or NiceWay?
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