Pedal on Parliament #pop26

Please sign and share! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fi... @magnatom.bsky.social @sturmyarcher3.bsky.social @gobikeglasgow.bsky.social

This week at the Transport Select Committee we were discussing road safety. Alex's words at Pedal on Parliament about presumed liability were fresh in my mind, so I asked about it. @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike Full Question: youtu.be/qeVRc5qIibA

I'm pleased to have been asked to take on the Economy, Transport and Tourism portfolio for the new session of Parliament. My first act this morning was to challenge the Scottish Government on the active travel cuts which were announced during the election purdah period. We want this reversed.

Happy world bicycle day! Here's 'Amsterdam', a brand new tune out today by Edinburgh-based cyclist and musician @danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social 🎶 youtu.be/nTma5W3P-ps

Looks like someone might have lost a Cycliq camera/light on Saturday at #PoP26 - see lost and found post www.facebook.com/groups/losta...

More photos here (via @pedalonparliament.org) www.flickr.com/groups/14939...

So many happy faces at @pedalonparliament.org over the weekend!

Thanks again to @pedalonparliament.org for organising another great event this weekend, with something like 1000 people (and a few dogs) taking their bikes to Holyrood to demand safer streets.

All the active travel love / frustration / joy at today's brilliant @pedalonparliament.org as thousands of regular folk took to their wheels calling for a cycle-friendly Scotland with safer streets for all 👍🚲🛴👍🚶👍 Bumper photo album > andycatlin.myportfolio.com/pedal-on-par...

Spokes was pleased to donate £100 towards this great @pedalonparliament.org ... reminding @scotparl.bsky.social of the need for safe infrastructure and for #ScotGov funding to move up again 🙋 It must rise, not fall! @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @sw20.info

What a great day for @pedalonparliament.org - thanks for letting me speak about my love for cycling and the importance of getting safe infrastructure right for everyone , including pedestrians and also women cycling at night!

"We need a government that treats cycling as normal transport for normal people" speaker from @pedalonparliament.org at #pop26

Fairmilehead Feeder ride assembling! #pop26

Ready to go! @pedalonparliament.org @chdot.bsky.social @spokes.org.uk

💜 Don’t forget to exchange a customary ‘happy pedal on parliament’ card with your loved ones 😂💕 Middle Meadow Walk, leaving 11:30am. Let’s go Pedal on Parliament. #pop26

Morning! See you all on the meadows at 11?

...you can still help us immensely with our running costs for this year and beyond, by donating at pedalonparliament.org/donate/ 👕 You can also still buy #PoP26 merchandise, which this weekend is once again FREE SHIPPING: pedalonparliament.teemill.com

People are getting together to campaign for safer streets for all, in Edinburgh this weekend 👇 New connected, safe cycle lanes are having a big impact, helping more people to travel actively where they live. It's important to build on this momentum, so the benefits can be felt by more people.

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116658452421261690 Not exactly Helsinki, with zero deaths and just 14 seriously injured, but good to see that road deaths have stopped rising... It shows what CAN be done when you improve infrastructure, a message for @pedalonparliament.org tomorrow

@pedalonparliament.org Falkirk wheel for a break. Cyclists run on cake mostly. I think, we have earned it after 2.5 hours and 42km.

Folk are on their way to tomorrow's #PoP26 already! Good luck guys. I think I'll be training it through. @pedalonparliament.org

Full rain gear from here on, which will ensure, that it stops raining in a few minutes. We made it out of Bearsden. Traffic free from here on. @pedalonparliament.org @bearswayfriends.bsky.social @geologiser.bsky.social @magnatom.bsky.social #pop26

Join us tomorrow to ride to @pedalonparliament.org meeting at 10.30 for 10.45 departure.

Less than 24 hours to go! Get involved people!

Lovely video about coming to PoP - it's for everyone, on any cycle. All welcome, always 💜 fb.watch/Hovq6WMefI/

🙋 #PedalOnParliament Sat 30 May --> pedalonparliament.org 🙋 visit our #cargobike stall with #SpokesMaps etc, from 11am @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social

Leith Feeder Ride #pop26 meeting spot! @leithfeederride.bsky.social to @pedalonparliament.org leaves right here in front of the cricket club on Saturday — 9:30 gather for 9:45 start. All ages, all bike types, all together now!

Posters up ✅ Recce ride complete ✅ Start point chalked ✅ @pedalonparliament.org #pop26

✨ Three days until Pedal on Parliament! ✨ Join our mass ride calling for a cycle-safe Scotland: pedalonparliament.org 👕 Last guaranteed day for next-day merch shipping: pedalonparliament.teemill.com ▶️ Find your local feeder ride in the video below or at pedalonparliament.org/feeder-rides...

In or near South Queensferry? Join us for an escorted feeder ride to @pedalonparliament.org on the quietest roads we can get and off road paths. Show our politicians the importance of safe cycling for all @spokes.org.uk @sw20.info @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk

5 sleeps now 🦊 @pedalonparliament.org #POP26

10 sleeps to go! @pedalonparliament.org #POP26

📆 Eleven days until PedalOnParliament.org! How are you getting to #PoP26? There are folks taking the train from Glasgow, and Ember buses from Dundee and beyond; there's Feeder rides from South Queensferry and around Edinburgh too --> pedalonparliament.org/feeder-rides... Looking forward to it :)

@pedalonparliament.org are looking for help with flyer distribution pedalonparliament.org/volunteering... If you can help, please let them know

Lovely shout-out from @glasgowcycles.bsky.social 💜 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYShH8RNcmU/?igsh=MjdhZjlkdTVscW1o #PoP26

Ooh. Who else is getting @pedalonparliament.org merch and more importantly coming to #PoP2026 on the 30th May? Remember if you can't make it you must send 5 others in your place!

Still time to get yours! ➡️ pedalonparliament.teemill.com

✨ FREE SHIPPING ENDS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ✨ on all #PoP26 merchandise! Get your t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and totes for cheaper, today only - pedalonparliament.teemill.com

please consider asking your politicians to attend as well as support @pedalonparliament.org on 30th May

Great to see @pedalonparliament.org back … Great designs, a fantastic cause, and free postage. What’s stopping you? #PoP26 #SafeStreetsNow

We call on the incoming Scottish government to look at the success stories here and elsewhere, and jump into a transport revolution for which Scotland has the evidence, ambition and popular demand. Join us at Middle Meadow Walk on Saturday 30 May for a 11:30 start. Hope to see you there! 🚲

GENDER EQUITY: Meanwhile, road safety more generally determines who decides to cycle in the first place. The evidence is unambiguous: Where protected infrastructure exists, more women and girls get on bikes and the cycling gender gap closes.

Bike box infringement was a factor in the 2023 death of my friend Emma Burke Newman in Glasgow. We need the will to enforce the laws we already have, while at the same time pushing for new ones that matter, like Presumed Liability.