@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 www.cycling.scot
In 2024, 1,671 people were killed on UK roads and 28,804 were seriously injured. Do you think this is acceptable? This week is #RoadSafetyWeek and we’re calling on the Government to take action to prevent road death and injury.
Read the full news story here:
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When you're driving, slow down around people on bikes. Don't take any risks. Leave space for a life. #GiveCycleSpace
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8am on a frosty morning. The morning light not yet showing the sunrise. A small child wearing a pink puffy coat & matching helmet with a Hey Dougie backpack rides a small 16” wheeled bike with streamers on the handlebars. She’s on a newly built bike lane about to cross a bridge. For context, her mother runs alongside on the pavement just out of frame. There is a road marker showing a bike indicating this segregated cycle lane is for two wheels only. And this little girl is alone on the path riding towards the future.
This.
This right here is why proper cycling infrastructure is an investment in our communities and our future.
It is only the beginning. This route isn’t even fully finished.
When we stop imagining and start doing, change happens.
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
@edi.bike
@chasbooth.bsky.social
Bikeability Scotland 'Instructor of the Year' for 2025, Lindsay Cameron, pictured with her bike at a local rail station.
🏆 “I'm all for active learning. I love taking the kids out and just promoting that lifestyle. Nowadays it's even more important that we are promoting the health and wellbeing of children.”
Lindsay Cameron, winner of the #BikeabilityScotland Instructor of the Year 2025: cycling.scot/news/bikeabi...
Bikeability Scotland 'Annual Achievement Award' winner for 2025, cycling instructor Kieran Power, pictured with his bike on a city street.
🏆 “Cycling's on the up in Scotland and Midlothian and I'm happy to have played my part by helping all Midlothian primary schools undertake Bikeability training in the last year.”
Kieran Power, winner of the #BikeabilityScotland Keith Fergus Annual Achievement Award 2025
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Pupils from Bikeability Scotland 'School of the Year' for 2025, Williamston Primary in West Lothian, pictured with their bikes.
🏆 “We've got amazing kids and a lot of them choose to do all the levels. We just say, these are the dates, and the kids go for it.”
Congratulations to #BikeabilityScotland School of the Year 2025, Williamston Primary School (@westlothiancouncil.bsky.social)
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Pupils from Bikeability Scotland 'School of the Year' for 2025, Williamston Primary in West Lothian, pictured with their bikes.
Bikeability Scotland 'Instructor of the Year' for 2025, Lindsay Cameron, pictured with her bike at a local rail station.
Bikeability Scotland 'Annual Achievement Award' winner for 2025, cycling instructor Kieran Power, pictured with his bike on a city street.
🏆 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...
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.
A man and woman smile and talk as they cycle together on a protected cycle lane on a neighbourhood street. A bus stop and trees can be seen in the background. White overlaid text on the left of the image reads: "Annual report & accounts 2024-25", with the Cycling Scotland logo below.
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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"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.
Photo of people cycling on Edinburgh's City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) cycling route. People can be seen travelling by bike in a dedicated bidirectional lane, protected from passing vehicle traffic visible in the background.
A line graph published by Cycling Scotland, showing hour by hour cycle counts at Clyde Street in Glasgow over a 48 hour survey period. Peaks of around 200 bikes an hour can be seen at morning and evening commuting times, indicating that people are using the new protected cycle lanes at this and similar locations to make everyday journeys, such as travelling to and from work.
A map published by Cycling Scotland, showing locations of 48 hour traffic surveys, conducted in May 2025. Pink circles indicate the percentage of journeys which were made by bike at these locations over the survey period, with larger circles indicating a higher cycling modal share. Leith Walk - where dedicated cycle lanes connect Leith to Edinburgh city centre - saw the highest cycling modal share of locations in the city in May 2025, with 9% of all journeys here being made by bike.
🚲📈 Find out more about the continuing, substantial impact of new cycling infrastructure in Scotland - and how it's helping more people to cycle for everyday journeys - by exploring our latest all-mode traffic survey findings here: cycling.scot/news/may-202...
04.11.2025 12:37 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Robin, a commuter cycling to work early one winter morning on Glasgow's Victoria Road. Robin is pictured with her bike on one of the street's new protected cycle lanes, part of the 'South City Way' cycling route which runs for 3km, connecting communities in the south of the city to the city centre. A person can be seen passing Robin on a bike, with tenements and shops visible in the background.
"A lot of roads in the area are filled with large vehicles, lorries and traffic, so it makes a massive difference to be able to take the cycle route and feel a lot safer and protected. The route's also much quicker than any other way of getting to work." - Robin, travelling to work by bike. 🚲
04.11.2025 12:14 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Cycling 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
A small bubble image of a school pupil giving two thumbs up to a cycling instructor during a Bikeability Scotland cycle training session. Overlaid text reads: "Confidence unlocked. Bikeability Scotland is the national cycle training programme for school children."
🚲 "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
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.
On the impact of new cycling infrastructure in the area:
"Seeing all the people cycling on the cycle lane is amazing. And I feel so much safer where I know that area is for people on bikes and there are no cars."
👇 Read Kirsty's story: buff.ly/KrC3s6Y
Kirsty, an NHS health visitor in Glasgow, smiles as she stands with her bike outside the health centre where she works.
🚲🩺 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."
📰 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.
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're so proud of this project, and so excited to keep collaborating with Cycling Scotland!
16.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Great to work with @visibilityscotland.bsky.social on this first pilot training session, as we look to support more people to get back on their bikes and build their confidence.
15.10.2025 09:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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!"
🚴 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
Digital visualisation of Dundee Street and Angle Park Terrace at the junction with Henderson Terrace.
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.
@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 🚴👇
09.10.2025 11:18 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
An image of two young girls smiling at each other as they take part in Bikeability Scotland cycle training, alongside text which reads: "Joy unlocked. Bikeability Scotland is the national cycle training programme for school children."
"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. 🚲✨
Photo of people cycling in a protected cycle lane on a busy urban street in Glasgow. Overlaid white text reads: "Join our team", with the Cycling Scotland logo.
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
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 👇
A woman and young boy smile at each other as they push their bikes along the platform, next to rail tracks at Stirling railway station.
🌍🚲 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
29.09.2025 12:39 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
