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Why is air pollution still a health risk in Scotland? And what can we do about it?

Join our free webinar on 20 January to hear from medical experts, environmental advocates & community campaigners on how to guarantee our right to clean air.

Book now: www.ercs.scot/news/lunchti...
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Only 532 sleeps until we get the world’s greatest sporting spectacle starting here in Edinburgh
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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'It will be unforgettable' – the British Tour de France 2027 stages are even better than we could have imagined
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Plans for 'the grandest of Grand Départs' are living up to their promise
'It will be unforgettable' – the British Tour de France 2027 stages are even better than we could have imagined
Plans for 'the grandest of Grand Départs' are living up to their promise
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January 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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#climatecrisis

#Scotland #ClimateChange Plan 2025-2040

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Spokes Draft response

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Scotgov email... Scotland's Climate Change Plan – what it means for you Scotland's draft Climate Change Plan sets out how the Scottish Government aims to support the reduction of emissions across the next 15 years; from cleaner transport and warmer homes to restoring nature and investing in renewable energy. This plan is about creating healthier places to live, lowering heating and energy bills over time, protecting and restoring nature, and building a stronger, more prosperous Scotland for current and future generations. Many people in Scotland already care deeply about climate change - 72% see it as urgent; but 36% say limited knowledge holds them back. This plan aims to make changes clearer, fairer, and easier for everyone to act on. Scotgov email.. Why consultations matter – and why your voice counts The draft Climate Change Plan consultation is open until 29 January 2026. This is your chance to help shape what Scotland will do to tackle the climate and nature crisis in a way that works for everyone. A consultation is simply a way for government to ask, "What do you think?" You don't need to be an expert and you can answer as many or as few questions as you wish. We want to hear about your experience and what matters to you. Your feedback will be carefully reviewed and used to improve the final Climate Change Plan before it's published later this year. Have your say > cover of plan photos - wind turbine, walking & cycling part of the spokes draft response... 3. Achieving traffic reduction (CCP-SA, Outcome 1) It has for some years been widely acknowledged by experts that significant traffic reduction is only achievable through a combination of carrots (infrastructure and behaviour change) and sticks (demand management, notably road user charging of some form). This was clearly summarised, back in 2020, in evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s then REC Committee, by Chris Stark, then CEO of the UK Climate Change Committee, who told MSPs that car-km reduction “will not happen unless there is a combination of carrots and sticks, and the kind of policies (in the government’s Climate Change Plan) are mainly carrots.“ Transport Scotland’s own commissioned research (completed by AECOM in 2023, but not made public by the Scottish Government until December 2024) showed it was perfectly possible to achieve the government’s then commitment to a 20% reduction in car-km by 2030, and in a “deliverable” and “equitable” way, through any one of several forms of road user charging. It is clear that Ministers were unwilling to adopt such measures, relying largely on ‘carrots,’ despite the firm expert advice that this was insufficient. Unfortunately CCP-SA (Outcome 1, p33-34) suggests this approach will continue under the new CCP unless it is considerably strengthened in terms of demand management... • The drastically eased car-km target will reduce the pressure on government and on councils for strong demand-management, since they will be able to say that the ‘traffic-reduction’ target has been achieved even though there is an increase in car-km (provided the absolute level of the increase is not so high as to break the target)
January 16, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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European cycling sector urges EU to include bikes and eBikes in Clean Corporate Vehicles targets
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European cycling sector urges EU to include bikes and eBikes in Clean Corporate Vehicles targets
Europe’s cycling industry has raised concern about the European Commission’s proposed Clean Corporate Vehicles framework, arguing that bicycles and eBikes s
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January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Bosch eBike Systems latest anti-theft measures “make resale nearly impossible” cyclingindustry.news/bosch-ebike-...
Bosch eBike Systems latest anti-theft measures “make resale nearly impossible”
Bosch eBike Systems has extended its anti-theft measures through software, making it more difficult to sell stolen eBikes and providing further assurances to th
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January 16, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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In pictures: Scotland's snowy 24-hour mountain bike race www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In pictures: Scotland's snowy 24-hour mountain bike race
The Strathpuffer race involves laps of a track through a Highland forest.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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How to Carry a Bike With Another Bike mschausprojects.blogspot.com/2020/07/how-...
How to Carry a Bike With Another Bike
DIY towing system to enable you to take a second bike with you when you ride!
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January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Cargo bikes don’t stick to one lane – and that’s why they’re essential urbanmobilitycourses.eu/blog/cargo-b...
Cargo bikes don’t stick to one lane – and that’s why they’re essential.
Explore how cargo bikes can support diverse urban needs with Eileen Niehaus from Cargobike.jetzt.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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#ScotBudget 26/27

🙂 Good news #ActiveTravel - 🤔 probably

🙄 Bus again combined with 🚶👩‍🦼🚲 and not disaggregated

25/26 £189m (of which £20m+ went to 🚌)
26/27 £226m (includes "increased" 🚌 cash)

🤔 Also note 24/25 & 25/26 *expenditure* was significantly less than *budget*. So will 26/27 all be used?
picture of cover of budget document Scottish Budget: 2026-27
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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Dundee Street and Fountainbridge active travel consultation – response from @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk
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Dundee Street and Fountainbridge active travel consultation - response - Blackford Safe Routes
Consultation response to the Dundee St and Fountainbridge active travel project - protected cycle lanes and pedestrian improvements
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January 13, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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Maria Ramirez is riding the Maratona dLes Dolomites (regarded as one of the hardest cycling races in Europe, with a total elevation gain of 4230 m across 138 km) to raise funds for @bikes4refugees.bsky.social
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Donate to Pedalling to support Bikes for Refugees!, organized by Maria Ramirez
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January 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Today is your last chance to respond to the Dundee Street Fountainbridge Active Travel Project Consultation on protected cycleways, ‘Union Canal link’ quiet route and walking improvements consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...
Dundee Street Fountainbridge Active Travel Project - City of Edinburgh Council - Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by City of Edinburgh Council
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January 12, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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🚲 edi.bike | issue 127 | 12th Jan '26

Dundee St & Fountainbridge Consultation closes today; Davidson’s Mains roundabout; Fundraiser for delivery rider, events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-127-12th-jan-26/

#bikeSky #edinburgh

An icy streetscape of bare trees and an empty road, under a pale grey sky; the pavement and road are free of ice having been gritted, but a section of protected cycleway near the centre of the image has been left untouched and whitened with a layer of ice and frost. A blue ‘shared spaces’ sign is affixed to a lamppost depicting a pair of pedestrians and a bicycle.
January 12, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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🚲 commuting survey

We've had a request from (US) cycling author #SamTracy to publicise this survey for a planned book (not just USA, we think)

SURVEY --> s.surveyplanet.com/f451kkqy

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Bike Commuter Survey Do you get around by bike? Have any thoughts to share on the topic? If so, I’d love to hear from you! I am writing a new book on bicycle transportation, to more fully document this everyday but easily overlooked experience—who’s riding; why we do so; how things tend to go. The few recent books on this topic tend to be academic, or first-person narratives; I hope to write one that better reflects broader numbers of bike commuters’ actual experiences. Beyond expanding the popular understanding, I want to capture a moment in time—for posterity, if we’re lucky, but foremost for the benefit of those around us who may be commute-curious. This book will invite any and all to join us in our daily journeys. It’s never been difficult to find advice on bike commuting: surprising numbers of people are happy to share their opinions. The mileage varies greatly, of course; from earnest suggestions or expressions of concern to the far simpler ‘get off the road.’ Yet moving beyond generalities—for or against—is harder. This project will canvas the participants themselves: to see what people are actually doing, and what we might learn. The approach I’m taking here mimics what I did with my last book, Riding More with Less: A Future for Bike Repair, which enlisted a survey of community bike shops to document resourceful approaches to maintenance. That effort yielded a wealth of key insights, which together really brought the topic to life; this new book will apply a similar lens to bicycle transportation.
January 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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International Twist Your Seatpost Day www.guyjeanbikes.com/2026/01/02/i...
Simple advice which could save you a lot of grief one day... 😉
International Twist Your Seatpost Day
Happy International Twist Your Seatpost Day to all who celebrate! And that should include everyone who has a seatpost. It’s very simple to play along: Loosen your seatpost clamp Twist your sa…
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January 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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@edfoc.bsky.social Interestingly, the only European certified employer in Scotland seems to be Lloyds Bank
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Cycle-Friendly Employer Consortium www.ecf.com/en/community... The Cycle-Friendly Employer (CFE) Certification Framework establishes a European standard for bicycle-friendliness in the European workplace.
Cycle-Friendly Employer Consortium
The Cycle-Friendly Employer (CFE) Certification Framework establishes a European standard for bicycle-friendliness in the European workplace.
www.ecf.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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European rail operators introduce common definition for a bicycle on international train services www.ecf.com/en/news/euro... European rail operators will remove any size and weight restrictions for regular bicycles on international train services
European rail operators introduce common definition for a bicycle on international train services
European rail operators introduce common definition for a bicycle on international train services
www.ecf.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Kids who got new bikes for Christmas, "super excited" to walk them around the city that's too dangerous to ride in.

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Kids who got new bikes for Christmas, “super excited” to walk them around the city that’s too dangerous to ride in. HAMILTON, ON - The 8 and 10 year old children were ecstatic with their new bikes and “Cannot wait to walk them to school” They are hoping that on weekends their parents might drive them to the park to pedal around slowly on the multiuse path - “it would be nice to sit on the bike and ride it too, but I don’t wanna get my hopes up”
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Is bicycle lighting too bright? www.ecf.com/en/news/is-b...
Is bicycle lighting too bright?
Is bicycle lighting too bright?
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December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) 2025: Shaping the road ahead www.ecf.com/en/news/2025...
2025: Shaping the road ahead
2025: Shaping the road ahead
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December 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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The Path of Least Resistance www.sidetracked.com/the-path-of-... A Balkans Odyssey
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December 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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#BraidsEstate

👍 Council quite right to put this scheme on pause pending case against Cllrs Marie-Clair Munro (Con) & Neil Ross (LD)

It should then be scrapped, and traffic filters retained, to keep the quiet area for N-S *and* E-W 🚶👩‍🦼🚲 movement with no need for the controversial 🚲 lane

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December 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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🇲🇦 Morocco… Beyond What You Hear | A Bicycle Journey Through the Draa Valley www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAPE...
🇲🇦 Morocco… Beyond What You Hear | A Bicycle Journey Through the Draa Valley
YouTube video by Yasmina Ahlmaris
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December 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM