Scottish cycling provision "decades behind" despite handful of good local authorities

This is the same Keith Brown who wasted £400,000 on the dreadful Nice Way Code campaign, which did nothing to encourage cycling.

Vast majority of cycle 'infrastructure' in Scotland seems to consist of a dashed painted line, to the left of which is a potholed strip of asphalt and usually numerous parked cars. Some paths are very good, but these are invariably in 'tourist' areas along lochs and such like, not very useful for your average commuting punter. Could do better.

It is a shame that Keith Brown isn't promising any serious upgrade of cycle infrastructure in Scotland, which is “decades behind” the rest of Europe. Sadly he prefers to waste £Bn on roads projects which are not economically viable, but are being built purely for vanity. At a resent transport conference he stated that there would be no serious investment on infrastructure for active travel until the road projects where all completed, in about 20 years time...

We need real action, not mealy mouthed words!

Aberdeenshire for having outstanding focus on cycling provisions

I would hate to see those without focus if Aberdeenshire is outstanding - I have never ridden in such a dangerous place.

here here @stenmeister. my commute has to go on a long-way-round unlit untreated single track road because of the lack of cycling provision on the busy fast A96 , not even pedestrian walkway that could be made into a dual use path. Yet I hear all the time of my local councils spending millions on tourist loch ness cycle lanes and getting school kids to trundle around the school playground learning about cycle safety, would any parent then let them out on the A96 despite them being safe...

the only way to increase dramatically the number of frequent journeys by bike is to increase commuter traffic. the only way to do that is to make it easier and safer to commute and co-ordinate it with bus/rail options and cycle lockups.
Put money into that and they probably would not need to dual the A96 for £XXX million

Certainly within my local authority, this seems to be an accurate picture. I am the only one of 120 staff who cycles to work and my children are some of the few who cycle to primary school.

In both cases there is inadequate provision for securely locking up bikes. I have to keep my bike in my office but not all my colleagues can do this.

The town I commute to is one of the largest in Scotland and yet is there is very little in the way of cycle paths or markings on the road. The only one I can remember (before it faded away) was a small triangular area on a wide corner.