A young girl in bright winter clothes weaves past small traffic cones, as she rides her bike during a Play On Pedals cycle training session, in her nursery playground.

A group of nursery children smile excitedly as they take part in a Play On Pedals cycle training session.

A young girl signals to turn left as she rides her bike on a residential street during a Level 2 Bikeability Scotland cycle training.

🚲 "This is the beginning of your cycling adventure."

Hear from cycling instructor Kelly Fry, on the joy of nursery age children getting their first taste of cycling through Play on Pedals and how #BikeabilityScotland is passing on skills for life: buff.ly/QKn0GtJ

Photo of Zara Mohammed, confirmed keynote speaker for the 2026 Cycling Scotland Conference.

📣 #CyclingScotlandConf keynote speaker news!

Faith leader Zara Mohammed joins us to share her work supporting civil society organisations with inclusive practice, including as a cycle leader on projects helping diverse communities access nature.

📍 Perth
📅 16 Sept 2026
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Bikeability Spotlight: Springholm Primary School In 2025 Dumfries and Galloway delivered Bikeability Scotland training in all of it's primary schools, including Springholm Primary in rural Kirkcudbrightshire. We talked to staff and pupils about the benefits of cycle training.

🚲 "It helped me to learn how to ride a bike for the first time. I am really glad we had this chance. I used to be the only one of my friends who couldn’t ride a bike, but now I can." - Blake, P7 at Springholm Primary

Pupils of Springholm Primary School in Dumfries and Galloway smile as they ride their bikes on a quiet rural road, during a Bikeability Scotland cycle training session.

"We live in a rural area and see cycling as a great way for our pupils to travel independently."

Teachers and pupils at Springholm Primary in Dumfries and Galloway share the impact of #BikeabilityScotland cycle training: buff.ly/RXyrR80

Hannah's Story: Parenting pedal power Hannah stopped cycling when she became a parent, but with support from Clackmannanshire Development Trust to get a suitable bike and on-road cycle training she's saving £80 a month and cycling daily.

🚲 Thanks to support to access a bike with a child's seat, and training to build back her cycling confidence, Hannah is now saving £80 a month on transport, all while filling her mornings with more joyful journeys with her son. Read her story here: buff.ly/iWhHZ2j

Hannah smiles as she fixes her son into his child seat on her new bike.

Working mum and teaching assistant Hannah, has seen her mornings transformed by having access to a bike - saving time and money along the way.

“My son loves the journeys to work: when he sees his helmet he goes ‘bike!’. He loves looking at his surroundings on the way, ringing the bell as we go.”

Road User Awareness Training - Driver CPC (on-cycle) Cycling Scotland supports more than 1,000 LGV and PCV drivers, working in private and public sectors, to undertake Road User Awareness Training every year.

The accredited Road User Awareness Training (RUAT) focuses on the risks faced by people walking, wheeling and cycling, with hundreds of goods and passenger carrying vehicle drivers supported with the training each year. Find out more about the training and its impact 👇

Drivers from Houston's Coaches smile as they stand with bikes at their coach depot, during a Road User Awareness Training session.

Drivers from Houston's Coaches took part in road safety training last week, designed to give drivers of large vehicles the chance to step into the shoes of more vulnerable road users, including people on bikes.

"It makes us feel good about ourselves." 🚲

#BikeabilityScotland is giving young people across the country the skills and confidence to cycle safely on the road - supporting happier, healthier and more active lives.

Laura, a social worker from Glasgow, smiles as she holds her folding bike in her garden.

👏🚲 "I save loads, and although I don’t cycle every day, it’s still saving me £40-£50 a month on fuel. I’ve discovered that cycling is so much cheaper than driving. When I’ve cycled to work it makes me want to be more active during the day." - social worker Laura, on the benefits of cycling to work

Ribbon cutting of the new active travel route which runs from the Foot of the Walk to Dock Street.

Pupils cycling at the launch of the new active travel route which runs from the Foot of the Walk to Dock Street.

Pupils cycling along the Water of Leith, following at the launch of the new active travel route which runs from the Foot of the Walk to Dock Street.

Transport and Environment Convener, Councillor Stephen Jenkinson speaking today at the launch of the Edinburgh Walking and Cycling Index 2025.

The latest phase of Leith Connections was officially opened today! 🚶🧑‍🦽🚲

The new active travel route runs from the Foot of the Walk to Dock Street @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @cyclingscotland.bsky.social

Our latest #WalkingCyclingIndex for Edinburgh shows people are feeling safer walking, wheeling and cycling in the city 🚶‍♀️👨‍🦽🚴‍♀️

Almost half of residents say they want to cycle more - and there is undeniable support for continued investment in active and sustainable travel 👇

When you're driving, slow down around people on bikes. Don't take any risks. Leave space for a life. #GiveCycleSpace

A woman in a yellow jumper smiles as she cycles on a protected cycle lane.

A group of people on bikes wait to cross the road on a protected cycle lane, with one bike pictured with a child carrier seat on the rear.

Two women cycle together on a shared-use path in Stirling in the rain.

On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate all the women who enjoy the freedom, joy and independence that cycling can bring. It's vital that we continue tackling barriers to cycling, and make it possible for more girls and women to get on their bikes.

A group of nursery age children smile excitedly as they ride their balance bikes, as part of a Play On Pedals session, on a chilly winter morning in East Renfrewshire.

A young boy looks ahead with concentration, as he rides his green balance bike in the nursery playground during a Play On Pedals session.

A young girl in brightly coloured winter clothes, rides an orange pedal bike past some small traffic cones in her nursery playground, during a Play On Pedals session in East Renfrewshire.

We recently stopped by St Cadoc's Nursery in East Renfrewshire, to gather photos of children starting their cycling journey through Play on Pedals. Even the chilly weather wasn't enough to put these kids off! 🚲

When you're driving, slow down around people on bikes. Don't take any risks. Leave space for a life. #GiveCycleSpace

Start of election hustings article... Spokes/CUK Election Hustings #Holyrood2026 Spokes and Cycling UK are holding a joint election hustings, on Monday 16 March, for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, to hear from Holyrood candidates on cycling and related policies. Rather than the usual hustings approach, which can be rather boring, our meeting will comprise several sections, with speakers undertaking Initiation, Interrogation, Combination, Clarification and Education, as in the agenda below.

#Hustings #Holyrood2026
#SpokesMtg ✔️🚲🚲

March 16 --> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/02/spok...

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Video description: many people travelling by bike during morning rush hour at 8.30am, towards Glasgow city centre, on the South City Way protected cycle route, captured February 2026.

🚲📈 Explore the data and see how new, safe, dedicated cycling infrastructure is helping more people to travel by bike in Scotland 👉 buff.ly/rIm5wDM

People cycling home on a sunny early evening on the South City Way cycle route in Glasgow, at Gorbals Cross.

🚲 "It’s made a colossal difference having protected routes. Being well separated from traffic means I’m able to travel in safety. I’d go so far as to say I wouldn’t be cycling as much for my daily commute or at all without the protected cycle lanes now in place." – Katy in Glasgow

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89-year-old Edinburgh resident Michael Owen, pictured parking his bike at his local supermarket.

Michael Owen, an 89-year-old Edinburgh resident, shared: "I'm very supportive of improvements for cycling. I'm approaching 90, and I use my bike to get local shopping most days. I've always used my bike to keep fit - it's my main way of looking after myself. It keeps me more mobile than otherwise."

People cycling on Edinburgh's City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) protected cycle route, as it runs along West Coates, a main road connecting Roseburn to the city centre.

Screenshot of a map showing locations of 48-hour traffic surveys conducted in Edinburgh over 24th and 25th September 2025, with each location marked by a pink dot. Dots are scaled to represent the level of cycling modal share recorded at each location, with larger dots denoting larger cycling modal share. As an example, large dots representing Melville Street in the centre of the image, and nearby Leith Walk, denote relatively high cycling modal share of 9.5% and 9.7% respectively.

Line graph, titled "More bikes than cars at all rush hour travel peaks on Glasgow's South City Way". The graph shows counts of cars (pink line) and bikes (blue line) on Glasgow's South City Way route on Victoria Road, over the 48-hour traffic survey period. For the first time, more bikes than cars were recorded on Victoria Road at all peak travel hours (8-9am and 5-6pm). Data captured over 24th and 25th September, 2025.

Two adults and a young child smile as they cycle together on a new protected cycle lane on Goosecroft Road in the centre of Stirling.

Among the findings:

➡️ For the first time, more journeys were cycled than driven during all surveyed morning & evening rush hours (8-9am and 5-6pm) on Glasgow's Victoria Road
➡️ Nearly 10% of journeys on Edinburgh's Leith Walk and CCWEL are by bike
➡️ Cycling growth in Stirling

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People travelling by bike on a new protected cycle lane on Garscube Road in the north of Glasgow - including a mother cycling with young children.

📰🧵 NEWS: Latest traffic survey data and cycle counter analysis shows thousands of people cycling at locations across Scotland, where new protected routes are being provided.

Explore the data, showing how safe infrastructure is helping more people to travel by bike: buff.ly/rIm5wDM

Close passes are dangerous, have consequences and aren't worth the risk.

Our #GiveCycleSpace campaign runs on radio, buses and digital in Tayside and Central Scotland for the next four weeks, funded by Tactran: reminding people of the need for at least 1.5m space when overtaking someone on a bike.

A young girl concentrates as she rides her bike on a residential street, as part of a Bikeability Scotland Level 2 on-road cycle training session.

"You can do everything on a bike. It’s good to just get out and have fresh air and you are getting some exercise too. It's just like… freedom." - Jessica, P6 pupil in Barrhead

Hear more from children across Scotland on the impact of #BikeabilityScotland cycle training 🚲✨ buff.ly/KOrPZNa

Two young girls smile at each other as they get ready to take part in Bikeability Scotland cycle training.

🚲 Want to find out more about #BikeabilityScotland? Hear about the impact of the national training through the stories of children, instructors and schools, and find out if the training is being delivered near you with our handy school checker: cycling.scot/cycle-traini...

🚲 Great to see Highland school pupils benefit from Level 2 #BikeabilityScotland training, introducing them to cycling on road.

Across Scotland, this training is giving more and more young people the all-important skills and confidence get around by bike, and to live happier, healthier lives.

Image of a man in a blue rain jacket cycling alongside the River Tay in Perth. Overlaid white text reads: "Cycling Scotland Conference, 16th September 2026".

Save the date for the 2026 #CyclingScotlandConf!

⏰ 16 Sept 2026
📍 Perth
🚴‍♀️ Join us and others from across Scotland supporting more people to cycle for everyday journeys

Find out more and sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know when registration opens: cycling.scot/about/confer...

Front page of 'A Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026', featuring the logos of 68 signatory organisations. The cover features images of people walking and cycling, with the subtitle: "Thriving places, healthier communities, and saving lives". A full list of signatory organisations and more information about the manifesto can be found via the associated link in this post.

Page two of the Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026. A full text version is available via the link. This page includes several paragraphs of text introducing the manifesto's aims, followed by a list calling on all parties in the next Holyrood election to support these five commitments: 1. Investment: Provide long-term investment to transform our local high streets and communities, committing at least 10% of the transport budget to active travel funding. 2. Long term commitment: Multi-year budgets will accelerate delivery of national strategies on walking/wheeling and cycling, offer better value-for-money and give more people access regardless of income and background. 3. Infrastructure: Transform our communities, enabling anyone, especially younger people to travel safely on foot or by bike, including through well maintained, accessible networks of walking or cycling routes and reorganised street space, creating better, greener local spaces. 4. Link active and public transport: Integrate walking and cycling infrastructure with public transport in rural areas especially, to provide alternatives to the car, reduce congestion for all, and effortlessly link longer journeys together. 5. Safety: Reduce road danger by reducing traffic speeds in our communities, taking dangerous drivers off the road and by creating more accessible streets for all, implementing the pavement parking ban, reinforcing the new highway code and making welcoming spaces everyone can use and enjoy. A full text version of the manifes to document can be found via the link in the post.

We’re one of more than 60 organisations supporting the Joint Active Travel Manifesto for 2026.

It calls on all political parties to support key commitments, on long-term investment, infrastructure, linking active and public transport, and creating safer streets:
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Hi there. Yes, this is an important part of the scheme. If any donated bikes aren't in a condition to be fully repaired, they're stripped down with all useable parts used on other bikes.