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Bicycle Film Festival Edinburgh Edinburgh Festival of Cycling [EdFoC] like so many events, fell to the covid pandemic in 2020. Now, to start 2021, EdFoC has teamed up (virtually) with the international Bicycle Film Festival now coming to Edinburgh January 15-24. And Spokes is running a competition with 3 prizes of ticket refunds. 2020: What on Earth Happened?? No one could have predicted the incredible shake-up which Covid19 has brought to transport and travel in Edinburgh, Scotland, the UK and worldwide in 2020 as just one element of its shock to every aspect of life. Conversely it was modern transport, notably flying, which caused such rapid spread of the original and the mutated virus.In greatly changed circumstances, Spokes volunteers continued working for a safer and more people-friendly city and country, where cycling and walking are the norm for local trips, public and shared transport is encouraged, and car dominance is reduced. Perhaps surprisingly, despite Covid, all but two of our nine Edinburgh 2020 pre-pandemic predictions came true to a greater or lesser extent! Covid Commuter Count The Spokes November traffic count found less road traffic of all types, compared to last year s pre-Covid November. Despite a probable big transfer from bus to car, total car numbers fell. Cycling was also well down except in the Mound to George IV Bridge direction where the Council has made substantial improvements in bike infrastructure, notably for cycling up The Mound.After nearly a decade of lobbying, the Scottish Government at last appears to be seriously considering allowing families to install a modest front garden bike storage shed without the hassle, uncertainty and £200+ cost of seeking planning permission. However, their proposals need tweaking or we will get a substandard solution which leaves many householders choosing between an inadequate facility or going back to the uncertainties and costs of planning permission. Midlothian Mapped The 5th edition of our highly praised Midlothian Cycle Map is out!! The entire county was surveyed by local Spokes volunteers, together with Edinburgh OpenStreetMap group, and the map was then completely revised and updated by a skilled volunteer Spokes member cartographer.In Scotland, the UK, and indeed around the world, measures to boost cycling and walking, and to restrict or tame motor traffic, are appearing in days or weeks on a try then modify basis rather than the years-long consultations to which councils and the public have become conditioned. Many of them are very popular, with demands for more and sooner. And it s not due to any radical new political or technical thinking it s all because of a virus!Both governments have allocated cash for councils to install pop-up low-cost measures cycle lanes, road closures, wider footways etc. The aims are to help people spatially distance and to maintain healthy streets with car use and pollution well below the previous levels, which cost 20,000 UK premature deaths in NO2 pollution alone.Scotland has allocated just £10m and England a comparatively whopping £250m but this headline disparity masks the true picture, which if anything puts Scotland ahead. Covid-19 Bike Support for Key Workers Bike organisations across Edinburgh and the Lothians, including Spokes, are stepping up to help NHS and other key workers get to work by bike the offers and support that we know of are listed in this article. Covid-19 cycling advice info We hope you are keeping well and following government instructions. This posting includes reliable sources of information and advice for people who get about by bike, as well as links to articles on relevant policy issues including speed limits, pollution and how government should treat cycling during the pandemic.Latest: There is growing pressure for temporary bike lanes and wider footways to encourage walking, cycling and distancing during the pandemic as is happening in many cities around the world. There are excellent articles on this from PoP and SPICe linked below under Cycling Policy Issues Raised by the Pandemic. Please support rapid action in Scotland by contacting your MSPs and councillors urgently.

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