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CAPS 2017

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  • Started 7 years ago by Morningsider
  • Latest reply from crowriver

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  1. Morningsider
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    CAPS 2017 is out! From a quick look, the key points are:

    1. 10% of everyday trips by bike by 2020 "shared vision" remains - no mention of claims that this is unachievable.
    2. Scottish Government rejects call for % of transport budget to be allocated to cycling, despite lauding progress made by Edinburgh.
    3. No new funding.
    4. Nothing on segregated cycle lanes.
    5. No new substantive policy initiatives.
    6. Lots of padding.

    Overall, very disappointing.

    Details: http://www.transport.gov.scot/system/files/documents/reports/Transport%20Scotland%20-%20Policy%20-%20Cycling%20Action%20Plan%20for%20Scotland%20-%20January%202017.pdf

    Posted 7 years ago #
  2. sallyhinch
    Member

    The argument on not increasing the budget is particularly illogical. If they don't want to set a percentage, fine. That doesn't mean they can't increase it. It's like arguing with a teenager ...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  3. crowriver
    Member

    It should be renamed CIPS - Cycling Inaction Plan for Scotland.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  4. neddie
    Member

    Is there a MAPS - Motoring Action Plan for Scotland?

    No, why not?

    Because it's a built-in assumption that we'll spend all the money on motors.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  5. magnatom
    Member

    We could just give up, or we could shout louder. I recommend lots and lots of the latter.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  6. Rosie
    Member

    Spokes hath spoken:-

    http://www.spokes.org.uk/2017/01/caps3-disappoints/

    Posted 7 years ago #
  7. crowriver
    Member

    “The Scottish Government’s position is that levels of transport spend cannot simply be based on percentage allocations for each transport mode. The overall transport budget must reflect existing contractual requirements, planned maintenance and upgrades and it would be wrong to arbitrarily allocate definite amounts to any one mode.”

    Unless of course that mode happens to be motor vehicles. In which case, arbitrarily allocate definite amounts as much as you like!

    Posted 7 years ago #
  8. Morningsider
    Member

    crowriver - yes, that raised a smile. If only the Scottish Government could track down the mysterious figures who negotiate these contracts, plan maintenance and choose what to upgrade. Perhaps they could then try and convince them to stop spending so much on trunk road projects and a bit more on cycling.

    Posted 7 years ago #
  9. crowriver
    Member

    Indeed Morningsider. However that would mean taking the various Sir Humphreys in Transport Scotland to task, never a popular move for a minister to make. Neither would it be wise to contradict the Tablets Of Stone, otherwise known as the Infrastructure Investment Project Pipeline, signed off by none other than the saintly Nicola herself when she was Infrastructure minister. Who knows, there might even be a repeat of the snowgeddon which caused an errant minister to fall on his sword a few years ago.

    http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Finance/18232/IIP

    http://www.transport.gov.scot/projects

    Posted 7 years ago #
  10. Morningsider
    Member

    crowriver - Transport Scotland love roads, but even they couldn't justify full dualling of the A96 or A9. The Strategic Transport Projects Review (now under revision) only proposed A96 dualling between Inverness and Nairn and A9 dualling between Perth and Blair Atholl. The decision to go for full dualling was purely political - a decision that costs in the region of three or four billion quid.

    If the Transport Minister ever says they can't afford cycling improvements, just remember this. Also worth asking where the business cases are for dualling the A9 and A96 - every penny spent on cycling goes through the wringer, but billions get spent on roads with almost no scrutiny.

    STPR final report: http://www.transport.gov.scot/report/j11260a-05.htm

    Posted 7 years ago #
  11. HankChief
    Member

    Embarrassing that the promotional video show the cyclist going over the grass...

    Great Infrastructure ?! by HankChief, on Flickr

    Not to mention the front cover of the report showing only youngsters with full suspension in a forest...

    Posted 7 years ago #
  12. crowriver
    Member

    "Also worth asking where the business cases are for dualling the A9 and A96 - every penny spent on cycling goes through the wringer, but billions get spent on roads with almost no scrutiny."

    Yes, I've been wondering if it may be worth actually opposing trunk road schemes instead of just getting the begging bowl out and asking "Please Sir, can we have some more?"

    Posted 7 years ago #
  13. crowriver
    Member

    Scottish cycling target won’t be hit for 350 years if current trends continue

    A Scottish government target to have 10 per cent of journeys made by bike won’t be hit for another 300 years if current trends continue.

    Figures in the Cycling Action Plan for Scotland report show that 2.2 per cent of journeys are now made by bike, and increase of only 0.2 per cent since 2006.

    Continues at: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/scottish-cycling-target-wont-be-hit-for-350-years-if-current-trends-continue-308385

    Posted 7 years ago #

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