http://www.transformscotland.org.uk/new-report-sets-out-path-to-active-travel-active-scotland.aspx
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"New report sets out path to 'Active Travel, Active Scotland' "
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Posted 11 years ago #
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Interesting, especially the section titled 'What Is Holding Scotland Back?' Nothing that will surprise any seasoned observer of the lukewarm attitude of government to active travel.
I see Keith Brown is flanneling again in the press release quote. Is it some kind of pre-recorded ansaphone message he uses when quizzed about active travel?
Posted 11 years ago # -
Yup, they love the aggregate figures.
We need to always push for £/year, rate (and direction of change), and £/capita.
Posted 11 years ago # -
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it is important to distinguish active travel from sustainable travel when discussing budgets as the relatively small current funding for active travel can easily be lost amongst the comparatively large spending on public transport."
http://www.transformscotland.org.uk/GetFile.aspx?ItemId=564
THAT is 'obvious' - but very easy to 'confuse'...
Posted 11 years ago # -
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The City of Edinburgh Council has underlined its on-going commitments to active travel by being the only city in the UK to sign up to the Charter of Brussels for a 15% cycle mode share (Edinburgh currently has a cycle to work mode share of approximately 7%) by 2020 and having the highest walking mode share in Scotland (currently 34%). the city’s Active Travel Action Plan will consist of three parts:• Actions specific to walking to maintain that high mode share;
• Actions specific to cycling to increase the mode share and improve conditions for novice cyclists; and
• Joint actions that will address the common issues/ challenges in walking and cycling.
These examples show that achieving a significant increase in the use of active modes of travel is within our grasp. in fact, there are many more positive, but still isolated, examples from around scotland. however, from national mode-share statistics it is clear that these examples do not represent the norm across the country. there is simply not enough being done across Scotland to increase levels of active travel.
There are many factors that contribute to this failure, which are examined in the next chapter. first though, we present several international case studies that further illustrate what is possible and how other similar places have gone about increasing levels of active travel.
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