…minds of your local councillors and persuade them to follow the City of Edinburgh’s example and commit 5% of their transport budget to active travel. We can do it, we…
…corpore sano. These days there is plenty of advice on how to keep active. My personal preference is for active travel, as it is the easiest way to include regular…
…piece was examined in a little more depth. Let’s start with the headline: Helen Martin: Invest in ‘active travel’ but make cyclists liable which begs the question make cyclists liable…
…CO2 emissions. Given that there are existing, proven, cheap and effective solution to rapidly cut these emissions, you would think that Active Travel and sustainable public transport would be high…
…is healthy – active people, such as regular cyclists, live longer and make fewer calls on the NHS. In addition, people who use active ways of travel to get to…
…5% more trips than males. However, males travelled 23% further than females. The gap in distance travelled is narrowing as travel patterns for males and females change. Since 1995/97 the…
…something which needs to be addressed with some urgency. It is not that they can’t do it, it is more that they lack the training in planning for Active Travel…
…of transport, but the over-emphasis on making it easy to use a car, as the default, leads to car dependence and a closing-off of opportunities for active travel. International experience…
…get people more active, this is where active travel has a role to play, so I was please to hear that the Scottish Government was finally going to take some…
…matter of social justice. Here are some Manifesto suggestions for Active Travel, let’s push our political representatives to take them seriously. After all, they are there to serve the people….
I have been using the bicycle as an everyday means of travel for about 20 years now, and have done a fair bit of short touring. So when I saw…
…an Active Travel Action Plan. All in all, you might expect that Edinburgh is in a good position to become Scotland’s top cycling city. However, things are not as good…
…as they don’t have to worry about the safety of their children outwith the home. If we want the same here, we have to make active travel attractive and desirable,…
…would like to include in the Green Party manifesto. Well, Robin, if you are reading this, here are a few more manifesto suggestions… Addendum: Following my reply to Amoeba (see…
…moving cycling up the political agenda,and not just cycling but active travel in general. This is where Pedal on Parliament is different, we are not just another cycling group, we…
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