The Scottish government has no plans to ring-fence 5% of its transport budget for cycling projects.

In recent years, that figure has been around the 1% or 2% mark. Transport Minister Keith Brown is planning to visit the Netherlands to see how the authorities in Amsterdam have achieved cycling rates of 60%.
Dave believes Scotland must invest far more in cycling infrastructure. The Netherlands may be flat, but the country s huge cycling rates are largely attributed to the way in which its towns and cities have been designed to keep cyclists safe.
There we met Gerrit Faber, who described the construction of Amsterdam s Nesciobrug, a large modern w chicago lakeshore hotel bridge crossing a busy waterway which was built to allow cyclists and pedestrians to reach a new district on the city s outskirts.
It saves a lot of money on measures against air pollution, and it saves a lot of money on health care because in the Netherlands w chicago lakeshore hotel and Denmark there is less obesity than in all the surrounding countries.
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The Scottish government has no plans to ring-fence 5% of its transport budget for cycling projects. And it says the goal of having 10% of journeys made by bike is a shared vision , rather than an official target.