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Car Free Day Bike & Boat Parade!

justin — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:34:26 +0000

Here is the report we sent to www.350.org who want to use photos of this and other events happening across the planet today to project onto the UN building in New York and let the powers that be know that …

Exciting dates for your diary!

justin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:37:26 +0000

Saturday Aug 27th 2–30-4.30 — Local Currency Event

Join us at Old Parish Church Hall, Belfield Street, to discuss how to get an Edinburgh-wide local currency in place by this time next year (for more information, scroll down to the …

Bike Week launched at Bike Station

tom — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:27:16 +0000

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT

To launch Bike Week in Scotland, makeover TV celebrities Colin and Justin visited the Bike Station to help send the message of this year’s theme - Britain’s Biggest Bike Fix.

Britain’s Biggest Bike

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Traffic & Parking Consultation 25th May

justin — Sun, 15 May 2011 09:02:13 +0000

In Porty Town Hall, Edinburgh Council is holding a Traffic & Parking Consultation on Wednesday 25th May 7-9pm.

If you live on Marlborough St, Bellfield S, Regent St, Straiton Place or Bath St — you are invited to have your …

Free Family Cycle Commuting training and advice

tom — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:28:41 +0000

The Bike Station is now offering *free* training and support for Edinburgh parents interested in giving family cycle-commuting a go.

This is part of the new Spokes & Bike Station ‘Weans on Wheels’ (WOW!) project this year, which aims to …

Bike route Ambassadors needed!

charlotte — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:15:50 +0000

The Bike Station is looking to recruit ten volunteer “bike route ambassadors” for a new social media project in Edinburgh. The ambassadors will help to promote a new map of Edinburgh’s extensive off-road cycle routes and walkways, many of which …

Spokes factsheet on family cycle-commuting

tom — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:25:04 +0000

Spokes has a new fact-sheet on family cycle-commuting, now available online. This provides parents, particularly of young children, with ideas on how to use bikes for whole-family every-day transport, with real-life case-studies to provide added inspiration. A practical, economic and enjoyable solution to …

City Council launches bargain bike storage offer

tom — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:45:57 +0000

Edinburgh residents have the opportunity to buy bike racks and other storage equipment at reduced cost from the City Council if ordered by January 17th.

The equipment can be ordered for tenements or other residential locations and will be installed …

What would it take for you to reduce your car use?

jane — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:52:38 +0000

For the last few months we have been trying to find people to take up the PEDAL challenge but so far we’ve not found many people to take up the offer.

To remind you: We have Ridacards, valid for one …

Great Bike Parade, market and comedy on Car Free Day 09!

justin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:51:14 +0000

[ September 20, 2009; ]

On Sunday 20^th Sept we held our annual Bike Parade starting from the Prom at the bottom of Kings Rd at 1.30. We had double the number of bikes as last year — it seemed like we had literally hundreds …