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Erl directed the international cycle-planning conference ‘Velo-city’ in 2001 bringing hundreds of delegates to Scotland. This was a significant event in three ways: it promoted cycling when this really wasn’t seen as important as it is now; it brought together Glasgow and Edinburgh City councils collaborating as host cities (a first), and it led indirectly to the formation of Cycling Scotland and a national policy on cycling. Velo-City organiser Olly Hatch recalls: “In all of these it was Erl who had the vision and skill of working with politicians and policy-makers to make it all happen.”
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First time Velo-City was held in two cities.
Quite a few delegates cycled from E to G.
Some of the changes to ‘cycling’ in Scotland can be traced back to V-C, and Erl, but it’s been sloooww…
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