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Spokes Public Meeting Thursday 9 November

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  1. Rosie
    Member

    Cycling Plans in the New Councils – November 9 Public Meeting
    Thursday 9 November, 7.30-9.30pm
    Doors open 6.30 for coffee, stalls & chat – and exhibition (see below). Tea/Coffee served until 7.15
    Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh

    New Edinburgh and Lothians Councils were elected in May 2017. Now that they have settled in, what are their plans and policies for cycling as transport? Find out and ask your questions at our public meeting on Thursday 9 November…
    Our speakers are the senior Councillors responsible for transport in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian; and for West Lothian the Development and Transportation Manager.
    -Edinburgh Councillor Lesley Macinnes, Transport and Environment Committee Convener
    -East Lothian Cllr Norman Hampshire Cabinet Spokesperson for the Environment
    -Midlothian Cllr Russell Imrie Cabinet member, former SEStran chair
    -West Lothian Jim Stewart Development and Transportation Manager

    followed by a one-hour audience QA/ panel discussion chaired by chaired by Daisy Narayanan Deputy Director, Sustrans Scotland.
    Also exhibition marking Spokes’s 40th anniversary.

    http://www.spokes.org.uk/2017/10/cycling-plans-in-the-new-councils-november-9-public-meeting/

    Posted 6 years ago #

  2. Rosie
    Member

    For those who can't attend, the meeting will be live streamed on Spokes's Facebook page.

    https://www.facebook.com/Spokes-the-Lothian-Cycle-Campaign-169099526468801/

    Posted 6 years ago #

  3. Harts Cyclery
    Member

    Very excited about the Spokes FB live!! However, I shall be there in person, with all the cool kids! See y'all there.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  4. SRD
    Moderator

    Excellent. This is being used a lot, and effectively in Zimbabwe, to make events available to a wider range of people. Nice to see it being done here too, especially since I can't make it.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  5. Rosie
    Member

    A reminder.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  6. Stickman
    Member

    Do you need a Facebook account to view it?

    Posted 6 years ago #

  7. SRD
    Moderator

    Feeling sorry for this guy... (west lothian manager).

    6 people watching at the moment. 83 overall so far.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  8. SRD
    Moderator

    Lesley Macinnes coming across very well. admits to being a non-cyclist, but says she's considering an electric bike, and has two grown up child who are commited cyclists.

    Now telling the story of Silverknowes roudnabout as an example of responsivenes.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  9. Frenchy
    Member

    Anyone wants a question asked, post here and I'll try my best to get it asked.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  10. SRD
    Moderator

    I've posted two on the FB page.

    Can you ask Lesley Macinnes what's happened to Meadows-Canal? unless she mentioend it and I missed it?

    Posted 6 years ago #

  11. SRD
    Moderator

    Thank you for asking! (there is also a bigger issue...why do these simple, short links take so looonngggg....)

    Posted 6 years ago #

  12. chdot
    Admin

    Still on?

    Went to link above, can't see any stream.

    (Need to log in??)

    Posted 6 years ago #

  13. SRD
    Moderator

    still on.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  14. SRD
    Moderator

    Phil N waffling.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  15. Frenchy
    Member

    Worth firing him an e-mail? Might be able to be more specific after checking.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  16. SRD
    Moderator

    yes, I shouldn't be grumpy. He's a good guy.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  17. HankChief
    Member

    Thought Cllr Mcinnes came across well. Lots to do but sadly a few barriers to overcome as well. Get the impression she will leave her mark as Transport Convenor.

    Thanks to Spokes for arranging the meeting and organising the webcast.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  18. Klaxon
    Member

    Any feedback on the web stream from people who watched at home very welcome

    I see those without accounts had problems. I wasn't aware Facebook gated live content like that. There are other platforms available.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  19. Frenchy
    Member

    I was pleasantly surprised at how much Cllr Imrie also "gets it". He hadn't replied to the small number of emails I'd sent him previously about cycling in Midlothian, so had unfairly pigeon-holed him as someone only interested in cars.

    Lots of good talk about solving cross-boundary issues too.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  20. toomanybikes
    Member

    Live stream worked well for me. I could even hear it above my turbo trainer

    Posted 6 years ago #

  21. HankChief
    Member

    The webcast wouldn't flow via my home Wi-Fi so I ended up using my phone (thankfully I have lots of data allowance).

    I even managed to press some emoji buttons whilst doing the washing up.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  22. Stickman
    Member

    I tried to watch but couldn't access it as I don't have a Facebook account.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  23. SRD
    Moderator

    I had trouble with my wifi at home too, which I've not had with other FB live events. may have been time of day?

    But i thought it worked well, and was easy to find and use (no new software needed, no flash 'upgrades' unlike other live platforms).

    Posted 6 years ago #

  24. LaidBack
    Member

    @Klaxon - worked fine on my mobile.
    Obviously the camera couldn't show the accompanying slides - words were what mattered though so could listen in.
    I'm on FB so no issues viewing or commenting.

    Posted 6 years ago #

  25. neddie
    Member

    Maybe it was my blinkered view through the FB feed, but I didn't feel that any of the councillors really "get it".

    I can't really place my finger on why, but the attitude of the councillors seemed to be "we're doing things for the cyclists" (like we're still some kind of separate species) and a lot of chat about shoving cyclists down back roads and the back roads were all fine and nothing needed to be done about the speeding, rat-running and overwhelming amount of traffic on them...

    And no mention of actually putting protected cycle routes down main roads, where human beings actually want to go.

    Also, I wish I'd been there to ask the question why they're burning up half the cycle budget on gold-plating the NEPN and not employing more staff on the active travel team to speed up the schemes in progress.

    There was a heck of a lot of waffle from all parties IMV

    Posted 6 years ago #

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