With the Holyrood election approaching on May 6th, we’re starting to see party manifestos come out. With our hustings event this evening we wanted to summarise where each of the main parties stand on active travel so far (we’ll update
Scotland’s Cycling and Sustainable Travel Hustings – Tuesday 20th April
We are hosting a joint hustings with Cycling Uk Scotland this coming Tuesday 20th April – and you are invited! The aim of the hustings is to give you the opportunity to question the transport spokespersons for the five main
Counting Down: Under two weeks to go!
We have just under two weeks to go before our night of light on Saturday April 24th. Are you ready to tell Scotland’s politicians out on the campaign trail that THIS MACHINE FIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE and THE TIME IS NOW?
Slimming down – and building up – our manifesto
Alert readers may have noticed that the PoP Manifesto has a new look – we’ve reduced it down from its original eight points to three key ones while strengthening what we’re asking for, particularly when it comes to the amount
T-shirts, t-shirts – choices, choices
TL;DR – we have new t-shirts available! But for those of you who want to know a bit more – and where your money goes – read on. Right from the very start, Pedal on Parliament has been funded almost
A Month to Go! What are you planning?
It’s exactly a month until we’ll be lighting up Scotland with a message for all the candidates in the Holyrood election: that this machine fights climate change and the time to act is now. It’s fair to say that there’s
The Time is Now: Why we need to act urgently to save the climate
Late last year Greta Thunberg gave a powerful speech to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate accord. In it, she said: “at the current emission rate our remaining CO2 budget for 1.5 degrees will be completely gone within
Active Travel budget rise translated
News was released on Tuesday that the Scottish Greens have negotiated a £15m per year uplift in the active travel budget – up from £100m (which would have been a real-terms decrease), and we welcome this. #Budget2021 ?@scotgov agrees 15%
PoP Goes Ursus Maritimus
Pedal on Parliament are very proud to bring you our 2021 PoP Polar Bear family, who will be helping us fight our cause for safer cycling this year. The polar bear has long been a symbol of climate change, their
Shine a Light (part 5): Get creative!
#POP2021 #PedalOnParliament #LightTheWay #TheTimeIsNow As we posted previously, on Saturday the 24th of April, we are asking all of our Pedal on Parliament supporters around Scotland to join us in shining the light on active travel – one of the