1. Cycling in Edinburgh – 2016 Current position and potential
Active Travel Action Plan – key actions for cycling
Recent and current initiatives
Cllr Cammy Day
13 June 2016

2. Potential for growth – how people see themselves
Answers to ‘how do you see yourself’ question in “BikeLife” project
7.3% of journeys to work by bike in 2014 a
11% increase in total number of cycle trips 2013 to 2014 b
More investment
5% transport budget in
Rising by 1% pa
9% in
+£1M Community Links Funding
a= 2011 census factored by automatic counts
b = automatic counts

3. Cycle investment prior to ATAP
’s – disused railways converted to cycle paths
1990’s – on-road facilities Advanced Stop Lines, cycle lanes, integration with bus priority schemes
2000’s – National Cycle Network, 20mph zones
Active Travel Action Plan

4. Active Travel Action Plan (2010 - 2020)
Infrastructure
Education
Maintenance
Marketing
Production of ATAP was a commitment in 2007 LTS

5. Health Benefits of Active Travel
Cycling and walking is good for our environment, our health, is affordable and sociable
Healthier lives and increased life expectancy
No emissions – cleaner air and less impact on others
Reduces stress and increases confidence
Incorporates exercise into everyday travel

6. Infrastructure: a twin-track approach
Target market = everyone!
Quiet streets, off-road paths and protected on-street infrastructure
High quality & continuous
‘QuietRoutes’
Target = consider cyclists in all street design
Residential Bike Parking
Advance stop lines
main road corridors
advance stop lines
one way exemptions
Cycle Friendly City

7. Marketing - Smarter Choices
Trying to move away from guesswork:
Focus Groups to test branding and naming
Household Survey to help identify target audiences

8. Cycle training and ‘School Streets’

9. NCN1 Meadows to Innocent Railway QuietRoute link

10. Roseburn to Leith Walk: Proposed QuietRoute link

11. Cycling growth & infrastructure
2020 target
7.3%
2014
Progress JTW – but behind. Some relationship between infra and cycling increase

12. Bike Life will help us to:
Identify what people in Edinburgh want for cycling
Monitor cycling trends in Edinburgh
Use this data to inform our decision making
Understand and promote cycling as part of making Edinburgh one of the UK’s most liveable cities:
A healthy and active population
Better air quality and less CO2
A more accessible and people-friendly street environment
Economic benefits of more cycling than driving
Sustrans is collaborating with seven cities in the UK –
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Greater
Manchester and Newcastle – to report on progress
towards making cycling an attractive and everyday
means of travel.
Bike Life is inspired by the Copenhagen Bicycle
Account, and is an assessment of cycling development
including cycling conditions, new initiatives, and
satisfaction with various aspects of cycling.
This is the first of two reports, with the second being
published in The information in this report
comes from local data, including a representative
survey of over 1,100 residents in Edinburgh. More
details on the report findings and methodology can
be found at
Our thanks to the people of Edinburgh who took part in
the survey and who volunteered to have their photos
taken for this report.
Bike Life Edinburgh celebrates these changes
and underlines the important role cycling
can play in making Edinburgh one of the
most liveable cities in the UK. More cycling
and walking, and less car use, help us move
towards a cleaner, healthier, more sustainable
Edinburgh; a place where people can thrive. A
clear message from Bike Life is that people in
Edinburgh want to be able to cycle more and I
am looking forward to the challenge of helping
to make this possible.

13. Active Travel Action Plan: A Partnership for change