A great photo showing multiple sustainable transit modes in Edinburgh, Scotland (in an article about biking policy)
Bicyclists, city bus, pedestrian, light rail, and intercity bus, all on a city street and sidewalk.
Princes Street in Edinburgh, the main thoroughfare through the city, now restricted to busses, taxis, bicycles and trams. Photograph: Elizabeth Leyden/Alamy
The article discusses the environment for cycling in Edinburgh, in response to how the Edinburgh City Council directs a specific proportion of the city's transportation budget to biking. The practice was initiated in 2012, when they the base at 5% of the budget, with a 1% increase for the next five years, to reach a target of 10% in 2017.
Contrast this to the plaudits cyclists took in Pennsylvania for getting bicycling acknowledged in the state transportation budget increase initiative a couple years ago, but with little actual funding, and the funding that was committed at the time amounted to no more than a rounding error out of a $2.5 billion fund (see the 2014 entry "Non-gasoline tax initiatives to fund transportation projects").
Labels: bicycle and pedestrian planning, bicycling, bus, fixed rail transit service, sustainable transportation, transportation planning
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What you feel inside reflects on your face. So be happy and positive all the time.
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