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There is a climate emergency so every road in Stirlingshire needs a cycle lane

From "Alive with Nature"

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There is a climate emergency so every road in Stirling Council's area needs a cycle lane. by 2031. Yet your plan merely says, "The [Alive with Nature] document also designates the Central Scotland Green Network and the National Walking and Cycling Network as national developments" This is completely meaningless. You can designate all you like but you have no plans and no targets. The "Alive with Nature " document may as well be a "dead without Nature" document if you don't do something massive in the next ten years. Now, if it is impractical to manage to put a cycle lane on every road then tell us what proportion of roads will have cycle lanes. Is it going to be 1 in 2, 1 in 5 , or 1 in 10? Stop using meaningless "designations "and tell us how this major move from the motorised vehicle to active travel is really going to be accomplished in the 10 years we have left to make a difference to climate change, how much it is going to cost and where the money is coming from.

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Agree much better cycle routes are required including creating designated new ones where necessary. New roads for cars are absolutely not required, we should not be encouraging more cars to drive on the roads by creating them. Consideration should be made to change plans for ‘viewforth link road’ to a designated cycle route which passes through greenspace and mature trees, aiding the flow of cycle traffic while avoiding busier streets/bus routes
    I usually skirt the town centre on my route to work but was in a rush the other day so had to cycle from the train station out to Springkerse. It is SO unclear what the safe route is and which paths are dual use which puts both pedestrians and cyclists at risk. Next time I’ll double back via forthside!
      I share this sentiment, but I have read the Active Travel Action Plan, which addresses plans for both existing and proposed cycleways. It's not enough but it is a start. As this contributor says, we really need more specifics re checkable and urgent targets with credible implementation plans re funding etc.

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