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Spaces for People - Spokes Competition

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  1. Rosie
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    SPOKES SUMMER SPACES FOR PEOPLE (SfP) CHALLENGE

    More info and a view of the map/details here.
    http://www.spokes.org.uk/2021/07/summer-sfp-challenge/
    Please share/tweet.

    Enter our summer challenge to win a Spokes Map of your choice or a Spokes Buff – or both!! At the same time, you’ll be helping Spokes by giving us useful feedback on some of the SfP schemes.

    Your challenge is to visit either 3 or 4 of the SfP schemes in our list below, each of which must be in a different area, and send us comments (brief or extensive) on the scheme, plus a photo of yourself and/or your bike at each location, to prove you were there.

    If you do this for 3 schemes, you can request a Spokes map of your choice or a Spokes Buff. If you do it for 4 schemes, you can request a map and a buff. We’d also welcome comments on more schemes, but you won’t earn further rewards.

    THE CHALLENGE – HOW TO TAKE PART

    Visit either 3 or 4 SfP schemes from the list at the end of this article. Each scheme must be from a different section of the list. At each of your 3 (or 4) chosen schemes…
    get a photo of yourself and/or your bike, showing a bit of background or landmark to confirm where you are

    note down some comments on the scheme – as much detail as you like, but a minimum of 30 words for each scheme. Your comments should be constructive, for example saying what you liked and/or what needs improved or changed.

    Back at home, create a text or Word document containing..
    your name, full address including postcode, email address and (if possible) phone number
    your choice of reward
    your comments on each of your 3 (or 4) chosen schemes
    there is a template you can use here for your entry

    If possible, reduce each of your pictures to under 1MB if they are bigger, but don’t worry if you don’t know how to do this

    Please send your entry as one email, with the document and the pictures attached to the email

    Email your entry to: competition@spokes.org.uk
    Only one entry per household.

    CHOOSING YOUR CHALLENGE SCHEMES

    For Edinburgh SfP schemes, please choose from the map and lists.

    Note that our challenge only covers the cycleroute and road closure/ quiet road schemes on the map below. There are many other SfP schemes, but they are not included in our challenge. For a fuller list, see Council SfP interactive map (may not be fully up to date)

    To devise your route to each scheme you may need to use a detailed map, such as the Spokes Edinburgh map or online cyclestreets.net

    If you are including an SfP scheme from one of the Lothians Councils, you will need to identify it yourself – it must be a cycleroute or traffic-reduction scheme. In the table below the map we only list the few Lothians schemes that we know of.
    • Each of your 3 (or 4) chosen schemes must be from a different section below. For example one each from north, south and west; or one each from south, east and Midlothian.

    NORTH EDINBURGH

    N1 Silverknowes Road
    N2 Muirhouse Parkway+ Pennywell Road
    N3 Crewe Road South
    N4 Ferry Road
    N5 Granton, West Shore Road

    SOUTH EDINBURGH
    S1 Comiston Road
    S2 Causewayside + Mayfield Road
    S3 Minto Street + Craigmillar Park Road
    S4 Gilmerton Road
    S5 Morningside Road (uphill) + Bruntsfield (if still in place)
    S6 Greenbank to Bruntsfield Links (includes Braid Road closure)

    EAST EDINBURGH
    E1 Old Dalkeith Road
    E2 Duddingston Road + Dudd Rd West
    E3 London Road / A1
    E4 Canonmills+ Rodney Street (+Broughton St if in place)
    E5 Seafield Street
    E6 Links Gardens road closure (if still in place)
    E7 King’s Place (at the Prom)
    E8 Stanley Street/Hope Lane

    WEST EDINBURGH
    W1 Drumbrae North
    W2 Meadow Place Road
    W3 Inglis Green Road
    W4 Lanark Road
    W5 Slateford Road+Dundee Street
    W6 Queensferry Road
    W7 Cammo Walk (+ Maybury Road crossing)

    EAST LOTHIAN

    Below are two SfP schemes, but you may choose another that you know if it is a Spaces for People scheme which is intended in whole or part to help cycling. You may find some on the Council SfP web page here (see green entries in the map at bottom of that page)
    EL1 Musselburgh, Electric Bridge
    EL2 Cockenzie-Prestonpans (Edinburgh Road, at old power station)

    MIDLOTHIAN

    Sorry we don’t have a list, but choose a scheme that you know. It must be a Spaces for People scheme which is intended in whole or part to help cycling

    WEST LOTHIAN
    Below are three SfP schemes, but you may choose another that you know if it is a Spaces for People scheme which is intended in whole or part to help cycling

    WL1 Linlithgow, Edinburgh Road
    WL2 Linlithgow, St Ninians Road
    WL3 Bathgate Hills to Winchburgh, speed limit reduced 60–>40mph

    OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES
    • We will acknowledge receipt of your entry
    • If you have followed the rules correctly, we will then send your reward, but please allow up to 4 weeks for this (we are all volunteers).
    • By entering this challenge you give us permission to use your photos and name in any Spokes article, document or online
    • We hope to run the challenge until the end of September, but we reserve the right to close it at any time
    • You are very welcome to also send written comments (photos not needed) on other schemes in addition to your chosen 3 or 4. This may help Spokes in our own comments on schemes in future, but will not increase your reward
    • Please help publicise the challenge by telling friends & colleagues and/or retweeting our tweet

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