"CCE ?= Edinburgh Cycle Forum)"
Nope, that Cycle Forum is where CEC meets cycling organisations. It's been going for about 15 years. Started by David Begg.
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A Golden Legacy? The Sir Chris Hoy Cycle Highway Network (mostly Leith Walk)
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Wow! Everyone should email their councillors today to get them to support this motion!
I've copied it out in full below (hope that's ok?)
Thanks for the heads-up.
10.5 By Councillor Booth – The Sir Chris Hoy Cycle Network: A Golden Legacy for Edinburgh
“Council:
1) Congratulates Sir Chris Hoy on becoming Britain’s most successful Olympic athlete with six gold medals in addition to his eleven World Championship titles;
2) Believes that his success will act as an inspiration to would-be Olympians throughout Scotland and the world;
3) Notes the calls from Spokes, Pedal on Parliament, the Cyclists’ Touring Club and others that in order to honour Sir Chris’ success and build a lasting legacy for cycling, the Sir Chris Hoy cycle network should be developed, which would provide a connected network of segregated on-road cycle lanes; traffic free paths and routes on less-trafficked roads to enable safe and pleasant cycling trips to be made throughout the city and beyond;
4) Further notes that the top priority for Leithers who participated in the ‘Vision for Leith Walk’ consultation exercise run by Leith Open Space and Greener Leith earlier this year was, “Invest in cycling and walking including separated cycle lanes”;
5) Agrees that the creation of a city-wide network of safe cycling routes would boost physical activity; help to tackle rising rates of obesity; reduce traffic congestion and cut air pollution and would be a positive lasting legacy for the city;
6) Agrees that, subject to the successful conclusion of feasibility work and further public consultation, the first new section of the Sir Chris Hoy cycle network could be a segregated cycle route on Leith Walk;
7) Therefore resolves that by the end of 2012, in consultation with stakeholders, the Council will have set a target for the number of miles of on-road segregated cycle route in the city which are connected to traffic-free paths and routes on less-trafficked roads to form the Sir Chris Hoy cycle network, and that by the start of the next Olympic games in 2016, the city will have met that target, along with an interim target also to be set in consultation with stakeholders before the end of 2012, and which is to be met by the start of the next Commonwealth Games in 2014;
8) Further resolves to convene a meeting before the end of 2012 and to invite representatives of Spokes, Pedal on Parliament, Cyclists’ Touring Club, Cycling Scotland, Sustrans, Greener Leith and any other relevant stakeholders (this group of stakeholders could be the existing Edinburgh Cycle Forum) to set a target for the number of miles of on-road segregated cycle route in the city which are connected to traffic-free paths and routes on less-trafficked roads, and develop an action plan for delivering the Sir Chris Hoy cycle network;
9) Further resolves that the delivery of the Sir Chris Hoy cycle route will be monitored by the stakeholder group mentioned in paragraph 8) above and that an annual update on progress will be published in collaboration with that stakeholder group.Posted 13 years ago # -
A good motion. However I expect the usual party divisions will kill it off, despite the rhetoric about working together, etc. I mean, Jim Orr has already come out against this. Sorry, that's wrong. He's in favour in principle, but in practise he's against. See the distinction? Anyway clearly he represents the administration line on this proposal, so I can't see Lab/SNP voting for the motion...
Posted 13 years ago # -
cr - thanks for the reality check :/ But I'm going to keep trying anyway... The boost to cycle funding gives me hope that there might be more progress. And a third of the councillors turned up to the bike breakfast! I think there is some hope - especially if we keep up the pressure. Maybe this motion won't get through, but a constant bombardment of letters, protests, and campaigning will eventually get us somewhere! :D
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"Maybe this motion won't get through, but a constant bombardment of letters, protests, and campaigning will eventually get us somewhere! :D"
Well said that man.
*cut to montage of lionfish pouring over letters, visiting the postbox, sitting waiting for the post to arrive, all to the soundtrack of 'Under Pressure'*
Posted 13 years ago # -
"visiting the postbox"
The Golden one?
Posted 13 years ago # -
If it's a good motion then it needs to be made impossible for councillors to vote against it. I mean, they need to be led to understand that failure to support it will have electoral consequences.
Politicians are motivated by two things: they will support something that solves a problem for them or they will support something because to not do so creates a problem for them.
Where's that nice man from the Evening News? Surely the city's newspaper will want to see its most successful Olympian honoured?
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