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“IS THE GOVERNMENT SERIOUS?”
Posted by chdot on June 29, 2009
That’s the question Scottish cycle campaign groups are asking this morning.
Spokes (Edinburgh) and Go Bike (Glasgow) are handing out leaflets to delegates at the transport, technology and climate change conference in Glasgow.
The handout contains a selection of quotes – e.g.
“Transport is the poorest performing area in terms of sustainable development” and, within this badly performing area, “Active travel (walking and cycling) is in relative decline...”
Sustainable Development Commission’s Review of Progress by the Scottish Government, November 2008
It also lists a few of the things the Government is and isn’t doing – e.g.
“We are developing a Cycle Action Plan.” Correct and good – but there is no commitment to investment. The Action Plan is in any case very overdue, and allows the SNP government a full period of office with minimal and declining cycle investment.
The campaigners conclude -
“more” means “less.”
