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Official Report
Meeting date:
25 February 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 25 February 2025
We are delivering free bus travel for asylum seekers, providing funding for the roll-out of default 20mph speed limits in residential areas, providing more free ferry travel for young islanders, increasing the additional dwelling supplement to raise money for public services and help first-time buyers, moving forward with a consultation on the cruise ship l...
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 April 2014
City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee 23 April 2014
The statement says that the speed limit on Milton Road and Hope Lane will be dropped to 20mph, but there is nothing about Stanley Street, so traffic will still come flying along there.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 November 2017
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee 07 November 2017
That would be a big and very bold step and a statement about the priority of cycling in cities. I believe that 20mph zones help to reduce the fear factor of cycling and so on.
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 May 2015
Meeting of the Parliament 19 May 2015
We also published new guidance on 20mph zones to encourage their deployment across the country, and the City of Edinburgh Council is very much leading the way on that.
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 March 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 18 March 2014
We could build a railway line with a 100mph speed limit on it, but if we put too many trains on it, they will be able to run at only 20mph. The same is true of broadband—it is the throughput on lines that matters.
Official Report
Meeting date:
26 January 2010
Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee, 26 Jan 2010
Unquestionably, reduction of speed is probably the single biggest factor that encourages more people, particularly women, to cycle. A 20mph speed limit unquestionably creates more cycling.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 September 2015
Meeting of the Parliament 10 September 2015 [Draft]
Does Alex Johnstone accept that, on some of the west coast roads, such a speed limit would make it virtually impossible to overtake the goods vehicles, which are forced to slow down to 20mph on bends and hills? Indeed. It is horses for courses, but the experiment on the A9 will give us vital information.
Official Report
Meeting date:
31 October 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 31 October 2013
We are increasing investment in cycling infrastructure, with additional funding of £20 million over the next two years being announced in the draft budget on top of the £58 million already allocated since the 2011 spending review, and we have developed road user awareness campaigns to foster mutual respect on the roads.The Scottish Government’s road safety framework to 2020 includes commitments on education and training, improved signage, consideration of cycling in the context of roads maintenance and design, and the use of 20mph...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 December 2019
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee 03 December 2019
It is a bit like reducing the speed limit to 20mph on rural roads. That is probably pointless because, if there is no one there to enforce that law, it will have no effect.
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 February 2016
Meeting of the Parliament 25 February 2016
The City of Edinburgh Council, for example, is spending millions on an unwanted scheme to enforce a 20mph limit across most of Edinburgh without there being any compelling reason to do so.
