AGENDA
:— On your bike!
While cities become increasingly musclebound by gridlock madness — as explicitly portrayed in the film Falling Down — cycling and public transport user groups are trying to get driver‘s weened offthe addiction ofthe automobile. Green Transport Week. Sat l9—Stin 27. is the opportunity the lobby groups have been waiting for to focus attention on the problem.
Commuters who work for Lothian Regional Council are being urged to leave their cars at home during the
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GLASGOW ROYAL CO RT HALL SATURDAY 3 JULY 8PM ~ £15 - £20
DIUNNE WARWICK
WEDNESDAY 7 JULY 8PM ~ £10 - £18
NINA SIMONE
THURSDAY 8 JULY 8PM ~ £10 - £20
B. B. KING
FRIDAY 9 JULY 8PM ~ £10 - £20
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employs 32.000 stall. so ifa significant are over 5()()km of cycle routes in the S number of those who don‘t need their region and the Council is installing new _, P.
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there will be a marked affect on This is largely a consumer-lead T H E M c E w A N . s 8 o /' a S g r Edinburgh's streets during the rush phenomena. with sales ol~ bicycles at a hour. peak not seen since the l‘)4()s. Lothian is hardly the ideal cycling However. the interest is largely leisure region. especially compared to some orientated while the current pollution European cities where over halfof all and congestion problems are primarily ,lOllmC)’S arc made by bike. But by UK caused by commuter traffic. It will take SA-nmn‘y 3 Jul
standards it is way ahead. a concerted effort. including the now 7 Responsibility for roads and transport notorioust anti-cycling British Rail. to ‘ lies with the Regional Council and it counter the roads lobby and get people ’ mesa" 5 3m- . '3 * ’3 spends two per cent of its road building l on their bikes and into public transport. 0 L A] r'rf 04 budget on cycle related projects. There (Thom Dibdin) '"" r] ‘ ' c l 4% I _ “mm a m ’ Th 8 tt' M: II ii DAVID MUH: e a sunny 4 JULY
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