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only work will be on the everyday repairs and maintenance and improving cycling safety
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http://www.edinburghlabour.com/2012/03/labours-transport-plans-moving.html?m=1
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"... everyday repairs and maintenance and improving cycling safety "
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Posted 13 years ago #
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They contradict themselves by saying that there will be no big changes, but that they want to keep working on improving cycling. What can be achieved there without big changes has already been done IMO.
Still, it's good to have a clear indicator of who *not* to vote for!
Posted 13 years ago # -
Still, it's good to have a clear indicator of who *not* to vote for!
From a transport/active travel/cycling perspective, Labour seem to be more for pedestrians if Cllr Hinds is to be believed.
The only party offering radical change in favour of cycling and walking is the Green party. I think the Lib Dems are pretty pro-cycling too. SNP? Not sure what their position is at local council level. Cllr Cardownie has interests in the taxi trade. Conservatives? Presumably the most pro-motoring of the lot, Cllr Rose excepted.
It's tricky, because there are often individual politicians who cycle but that doesn't necessarily translate into a better deal for cyclists overall. The current UK Prime Minister springs to mind, or indeed our own Finance Minster in Scotland.
If an individual has a track record of campaigning on the issue, then it may be worth voting for that person if they are on the list in your ward. However if their party policy does not give much hope, what then?
For me, it is ultimately about the policy pledges in manifestoes. These are what you can grasp and hold politicians to account for. You can't hold them to account for their individual enthusiasms or habits (which is maybe not such a bad thing on occasion).
Oh remember, you can vote for more than one candidate in the council elections: you mark them in order of preference, as many or as few as you like.
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