Cycling Scotland
@cyclingscotland.bsky.social
We are Scotland’s national cycling charity. Working with others, we get more people cycling, more safely and easily in a better environment. Charity no SC029760
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New research shows young people cycle more after Bikeability Scotland training
Results from a three-year evaluation of Bikeability Scotland on-road (Level 2) training show a clear link between training and increased cycling frequency.
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🚴 From helping tackle transport poverty, to boosting skills and development, and supporting better road safety knowledge, #BikeabilityScotland cycle training is a powerful way of setting up our young people for happier, healthier lives.
Find out more: buff.ly/id1VTKI
Find out more: buff.ly/id1VTKI
🏆 Congratulations to the 2025 #BikeabilityScotland Award winners!
In a year when more than 53,000 pupils took part in Bikeability Scotland cycle training, the annual awards celebrate the stories behind the statistics: cycling.scot/news/bikeabi...
In a year when more than 53,000 pupils took part in Bikeability Scotland cycle training, the annual awards celebrate the stories behind the statistics: cycling.scot/news/bikeabi...
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🏆 Congratulations to the 2025 #BikeabilityScotland Award winners!
In a year when more than 53,000 pupils took part in Bikeability Scotland cycle training, the annual awards celebrate the stories behind the statistics: cycling.scot/news/bikeabi...
In a year when more than 53,000 pupils took part in Bikeability Scotland cycle training, the annual awards celebrate the stories behind the statistics: cycling.scot/news/bikeabi...
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There have been recent examples of reporting that confuses safe and legal e-bikes with illegally modified bikes - with images of electric motorbikes even being captioned misleadingly as "e-bikes".
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
The truth about e-bikes: Why the distinction between legal and illegal matters
Our latest blog explores what the differences are between legal and illegally modified e-bikes, why it matters and what needs to happen to stop illegal e-bikes being driven unlawfully on our roads and...
cycling.scot
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
There have been recent examples of reporting that confuses safe and legal e-bikes with illegally modified bikes - with images of electric motorbikes even being captioned misleadingly as "e-bikes".
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
Our 2024-25 annual report shares our impact in helping more people to cycle.
➡️Record no. councils delivering on-road #BikeabilityScotland training in all primary schools
➡️Tackling transport poverty with range of Access to Bike projects
➡️Monitoring cycling increases across Scotland
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➡️Record no. councils delivering on-road #BikeabilityScotland training in all primary schools
➡️Tackling transport poverty with range of Access to Bike projects
➡️Monitoring cycling increases across Scotland
buff.ly/QVMtroa
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Our 2024-25 annual report shares our impact in helping more people to cycle.
➡️Record no. councils delivering on-road #BikeabilityScotland training in all primary schools
➡️Tackling transport poverty with range of Access to Bike projects
➡️Monitoring cycling increases across Scotland
buff.ly/QVMtroa
➡️Record no. councils delivering on-road #BikeabilityScotland training in all primary schools
➡️Tackling transport poverty with range of Access to Bike projects
➡️Monitoring cycling increases across Scotland
buff.ly/QVMtroa
"I would recommend that all lorry and bus drivers participate in at least one of these day courses."
🚲 We hear from drivers at @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social on their experience of Road User Awareness Training - which is helping to embed road safety knowledge and change perceptions on cycling.
🚲 We hear from drivers at @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social on their experience of Road User Awareness Training - which is helping to embed road safety knowledge and change perceptions on cycling.
Road User Awareness Training: East Lothian Council
Paul Duncan from East Lothian Council talks to us about how local authorities can benefit from Road User Awareness Training.
cycling.scot
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"I would recommend that all lorry and bus drivers participate in at least one of these day courses."
🚲 We hear from drivers at @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social on their experience of Road User Awareness Training - which is helping to embed road safety knowledge and change perceptions on cycling.
🚲 We hear from drivers at @eastlothiancouncil.bsky.social on their experience of Road User Awareness Training - which is helping to embed road safety knowledge and change perceptions on cycling.
Cycling is soaring in Scotland, with the latest data showing new dedicated, connected routes are having an immediate impact👇
➡️ More bikes than cars in rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling lanes helping more people to travel by bike
➡️ More bikes than cars in rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling lanes helping more people to travel by bike
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Cycling is soaring in Scotland, with the latest data showing new dedicated, connected routes are having an immediate impact👇
➡️ More bikes than cars in rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling lanes helping more people to travel by bike
➡️ More bikes than cars in rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling lanes helping more people to travel by bike
🚲 "One of the big reasons we do it is confidence. It’s life skills. It gets them to appreciate something a bit different. A lot of our kids have challenges with resilience. It’s brilliant for that."
- Blaine Robertson, PE Specialist at Ferryhill Primary, on #BikeabilityScotland cycle training
- Blaine Robertson, PE Specialist at Ferryhill Primary, on #BikeabilityScotland cycle training
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🚲 "One of the big reasons we do it is confidence. It’s life skills. It gets them to appreciate something a bit different. A lot of our kids have challenges with resilience. It’s brilliant for that."
- Blaine Robertson, PE Specialist at Ferryhill Primary, on #BikeabilityScotland cycle training
- Blaine Robertson, PE Specialist at Ferryhill Primary, on #BikeabilityScotland cycle training
There have been recent examples of reporting that confuses safe and legal e-bikes with illegally modified bikes - with images of electric motorbikes even being captioned misleadingly as "e-bikes".
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
The truth about e-bikes: Why the distinction between legal and illegal matters
Our latest blog explores what the differences are between legal and illegally modified e-bikes, why it matters and what needs to happen to stop illegal e-bikes being driven unlawfully on our roads and...
cycling.scot
October 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
There have been recent examples of reporting that confuses safe and legal e-bikes with illegally modified bikes - with images of electric motorbikes even being captioned misleadingly as "e-bikes".
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.
🚲🩺 For the last two years, Kirsty - an NHS health visitor in Glasgow - has cycled to work and to appointments in the community.
"I've found cycling is much quicker than driving... it gives you the headspace you need and time to reflect and think about how best I can support the families."
"I've found cycling is much quicker than driving... it gives you the headspace you need and time to reflect and think about how best I can support the families."
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🚲🩺 For the last two years, Kirsty - an NHS health visitor in Glasgow - has cycled to work and to appointments in the community.
"I've found cycling is much quicker than driving... it gives you the headspace you need and time to reflect and think about how best I can support the families."
"I've found cycling is much quicker than driving... it gives you the headspace you need and time to reflect and think about how best I can support the families."
📰 STV News coverage of recent all-mode traffic surveys, showing continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike, where Scotland is building new, high quality cycling infrastructure. 🚲📈
Including more bikes than cars in morning rush hour, recorded for the first time on one Glasgow route.
Including more bikes than cars in morning rush hour, recorded for the first time on one Glasgow route.
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📰 STV News coverage of recent all-mode traffic surveys, showing continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike, where Scotland is building new, high quality cycling infrastructure. 🚲📈
Including more bikes than cars in morning rush hour, recorded for the first time on one Glasgow route.
Including more bikes than cars in morning rush hour, recorded for the first time on one Glasgow route.
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When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America.
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When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America
Scotland’s largest city reached a milestone that would make any transportation planner in Portland, or Montreal do a double take.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America.
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🚲 "Cycling makes me feel really good. It’s good for your body and it makes me feel happy."
We spoke to pupils at Tayside Primary in Dundee, to hear their excitement at being out on their bikes and gaining the skills and confidence to cycle on-road through #BikeabilityScotland cycle training.
We spoke to pupils at Tayside Primary in Dundee, to hear their excitement at being out on their bikes and gaining the skills and confidence to cycle on-road through #BikeabilityScotland cycle training.
October 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🚲 "Cycling makes me feel really good. It’s good for your body and it makes me feel happy."
We spoke to pupils at Tayside Primary in Dundee, to hear their excitement at being out on their bikes and gaining the skills and confidence to cycle on-road through #BikeabilityScotland cycle training.
We spoke to pupils at Tayside Primary in Dundee, to hear their excitement at being out on their bikes and gaining the skills and confidence to cycle on-road through #BikeabilityScotland cycle training.
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We're so proud of this project, and so excited to keep collaborating with Cycling Scotland!
Visual impairment can often be a barrier to people being more active. But a new cycle training pilot is setting out to change that.
📣 "I’d forgotten how much fun it could be. Just because you’re vision impaired doesn’t mean you can’t do it, you’ve just got to find confidence and get out there!"
📣 "I’d forgotten how much fun it could be. Just because you’re vision impaired doesn’t mean you can’t do it, you’ve just got to find confidence and get out there!"
Empowering vision-impaired people to stay active through cycling
Vision impairment can often be a barrier to people being more active. A new training pilot in collaboration with Visibility Scotland set out to change that.
cycling.scot
October 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We're so proud of this project, and so excited to keep collaborating with Cycling Scotland!
Visual impairment can often be a barrier to people being more active. But a new cycle training pilot is setting out to change that.
📣 "I’d forgotten how much fun it could be. Just because you’re vision impaired doesn’t mean you can’t do it, you’ve just got to find confidence and get out there!"
📣 "I’d forgotten how much fun it could be. Just because you’re vision impaired doesn’t mean you can’t do it, you’ve just got to find confidence and get out there!"
Empowering vision-impaired people to stay active through cycling
Vision impairment can often be a barrier to people being more active. A new training pilot in collaboration with Visibility Scotland set out to change that.
cycling.scot
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Visual impairment can often be a barrier to people being more active. But a new cycle training pilot is setting out to change that.
📣 "I’d forgotten how much fun it could be. Just because you’re vision impaired doesn’t mean you can’t do it, you’ve just got to find confidence and get out there!"
📣 "I’d forgotten how much fun it could be. Just because you’re vision impaired doesn’t mean you can’t do it, you’ve just got to find confidence and get out there!"
🚴 From helping tackle transport poverty, to boosting skills and development, and supporting better road safety knowledge, #BikeabilityScotland cycle training is a powerful way of setting up our young people for happier, healthier lives.
Find out more: buff.ly/id1VTKI
Find out more: buff.ly/id1VTKI
New research shows young people cycle more after Bikeability Scotland training
Results from a three-year evaluation of Bikeability Scotland on-road (Level 2) training show a clear link between training and increased cycling frequency.
cycling.scot
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🚴 From helping tackle transport poverty, to boosting skills and development, and supporting better road safety knowledge, #BikeabilityScotland cycle training is a powerful way of setting up our young people for happier, healthier lives.
Find out more: buff.ly/id1VTKI
Find out more: buff.ly/id1VTKI
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We’re looking for your views on our plans to improve provision for walking, wheeling and cycling along Dundee Street and in the wider Fountainbridge area.
The consultation is open until 12 January 2026.
The consultation is open until 12 January 2026.
October 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We’re looking for your views on our plans to improve provision for walking, wheeling and cycling along Dundee Street and in the wider Fountainbridge area.
The consultation is open until 12 January 2026.
The consultation is open until 12 January 2026.
@highland.gov.uk is looking for instructors to help deliver #BikeabilityScotland cycle training to schoolchildren across the local authority area - particularly encouraging Gaelic speakers and those who may not necessarily yet have instructor qualifications to apply. Find out more 🚴👇
Road Safety Officer 1 (Casual Bikeability Instructor), Various locations - HGH19599 | Highland Council | myjobscotland
View details and apply for this roads (roads / transport) role in Various Locations within The Highland Council with Highland Council on myjobscotland
myjobscotland.gov.uk
October 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@highland.gov.uk is looking for instructors to help deliver #BikeabilityScotland cycle training to schoolchildren across the local authority area - particularly encouraging Gaelic speakers and those who may not necessarily yet have instructor qualifications to apply. Find out more 🚴👇
"It was making sure you know what to and how to ride properly and safely. It was really fun." - Isla, P7
#BikeabilityScotland is helping children across Scotland discover the fun and freedom of cycling: building the skills to lead more active, healthy and happy lives now and into the future. 🚲✨
#BikeabilityScotland is helping children across Scotland discover the fun and freedom of cycling: building the skills to lead more active, healthy and happy lives now and into the future. 🚲✨
October 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"It was making sure you know what to and how to ride properly and safely. It was really fun." - Isla, P7
#BikeabilityScotland is helping children across Scotland discover the fun and freedom of cycling: building the skills to lead more active, healthy and happy lives now and into the future. 🚲✨
#BikeabilityScotland is helping children across Scotland discover the fun and freedom of cycling: building the skills to lead more active, healthy and happy lives now and into the future. 🚲✨
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We’re appointing a new Head of Finance and Corporate Services, who will have responsibility for managing and overseeing all aspects of Cycling Scotland’s finances, helping us deliver our charitable mission.
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
September 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
We’re appointing a new Head of Finance and Corporate Services, who will have responsibility for managing and overseeing all aspects of Cycling Scotland’s finances, helping us deliver our charitable mission.
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
See more 👇
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
See more 👇
Continued, substantial growth in people travelling by bike in Scotland
More bikes than cars in morning rush hour on Glasgow's South City Way, with Edinburgh cycle route nearly doubling its use after one year.
cycling.scot
September 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Latest all-mode traffic surveys show the continued impact of new infrastructure to support everyday cycling:
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
See more 👇
➡️ More bikes than cars during rush hour on Glasgow's #SouthCityWay
➡️ 90% annual growth in cycling on Edinburgh's #CCWEL
➡️ New Stirling routes helping more people to travel by bike
See more 👇
🌍🚲 With over half of journeys under five miles made by car, making it easier for more people to choose sustainable transport options like cycling has a key role to play in cutting Scotland's emissions: helping us look after our health and our environment at the same time. #ScotClimateWeek
September 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🌍🚲 With over half of journeys under five miles made by car, making it easier for more people to choose sustainable transport options like cycling has a key role to play in cutting Scotland's emissions: helping us look after our health and our environment at the same time. #ScotClimateWeek
Thanks to everyone who joined us in Dundee for this year's #CyclingScotlandConf! Our latest blog looks back at a great day, filled with energy and enthusiasm towards supporting more everyday cycling in Scotland: orlo.uk/qzSVG
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us in Dundee for this year's #CyclingScotlandConf! Our latest blog looks back at a great day, filled with energy and enthusiasm towards supporting more everyday cycling in Scotland: orlo.uk/qzSVG
We’re appointing a new Head of Finance and Corporate Services, who will have responsibility for managing and overseeing all aspects of Cycling Scotland’s finances, helping us deliver our charitable mission.
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
September 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
We’re appointing a new Head of Finance and Corporate Services, who will have responsibility for managing and overseeing all aspects of Cycling Scotland’s finances, helping us deliver our charitable mission.
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
Find out more and apply by 12 noon, Monday 13th October 2025: buff.ly/JgaLYOR
E-bikes are having a hugely positive impact in getting more people cycling. However there's a lot of confusion between legal, safe e-bikes and illegally modified e-bikes.
Our latest blog explores the difference, the serious dangers of illegal e-bikes and what needs to change: buff.ly/2KhwVD6
Our latest blog explores the difference, the serious dangers of illegal e-bikes and what needs to change: buff.ly/2KhwVD6
September 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
E-bikes are having a hugely positive impact in getting more people cycling. However there's a lot of confusion between legal, safe e-bikes and illegally modified e-bikes.
Our latest blog explores the difference, the serious dangers of illegal e-bikes and what needs to change: buff.ly/2KhwVD6
Our latest blog explores the difference, the serious dangers of illegal e-bikes and what needs to change: buff.ly/2KhwVD6
📣🚲 "I think Bikeability is awesome!"
P6 pupils of Tayview Primary School in Dundee share what #BikeabilityScotland means to them: unlocking joy, cycling confidence, physical wellbeing, and skills they can take with them through the rest of their lives.
P6 pupils of Tayview Primary School in Dundee share what #BikeabilityScotland means to them: unlocking joy, cycling confidence, physical wellbeing, and skills they can take with them through the rest of their lives.
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📣🚲 "I think Bikeability is awesome!"
P6 pupils of Tayview Primary School in Dundee share what #BikeabilityScotland means to them: unlocking joy, cycling confidence, physical wellbeing, and skills they can take with them through the rest of their lives.
P6 pupils of Tayview Primary School in Dundee share what #BikeabilityScotland means to them: unlocking joy, cycling confidence, physical wellbeing, and skills they can take with them through the rest of their lives.
🚲 A milestone of 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 young people in Scotland have completed #BikeabilityScotland cycle training since it started in 2011.
14 local authorities now deliver on-road training in every primary school, setting up young people with lifelong skills and cycling confidence: buff.ly/QLgReEm
14 local authorities now deliver on-road training in every primary school, setting up young people with lifelong skills and cycling confidence: buff.ly/QLgReEm
September 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚲 A milestone of 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 young people in Scotland have completed #BikeabilityScotland cycle training since it started in 2011.
14 local authorities now deliver on-road training in every primary school, setting up young people with lifelong skills and cycling confidence: buff.ly/QLgReEm
14 local authorities now deliver on-road training in every primary school, setting up young people with lifelong skills and cycling confidence: buff.ly/QLgReEm