“We may be seeing the first glimmers of a new dawn for cycling in Scotland.” This is according to Cycling UK’s Jim Densham, on Scotland’s latest budget, in particular a record-breaking £189.2m coming this financial year for active travel (cycling, walking and wheeling) and sustainable transport. That equates to £36 per head – it’s European levels of funding.
The following year active travel spending should skyrocket to £300m – double this year’s outlay, and