Thread by @magnatom

Whilst MPs in Scotland have little direct input in Scottish and council transport policy, they are inevitably influential figures in local politics. Thus I decided to find out what East Dunbartonshire's SNP candidate's opinion of extending #bearsway was. What follows is my ...

... question, @AmyCallaghanSNP answer and my response.....
Question : I was wondering what your views are on Bearsway and possible future extension? I understand that if you were to become an MP this wouldn't really be under your remit, but as local MP you would have...

...influence, especially on other local SNP party members.
Response : Sorry for the delay in responding to your email.

Having discussed this issue with a lot of local residents both at the time and recently an extension of Bearsway at this time does not seem to be a ...

...favoured option.

I have nothing against increasing active travel and would, as is SNP policy, encourage it. The most important thing as local MP would be that it would work for local people.

Thanks for emailing.

My response to this is as follows:

Thanks for your reply. I am though, very disappointed.

My understanding was that the SNP was not in favour of populist ideas where they went against all evidence. Unfortunately this is an entirely populist reaction. Your stance on this clearly defies logic and flies in the ...

face of the Scottish Government's own declaration of a climate emergency.

I would be really interested to know how you would encourage active travel without actually building for it. Education and/or paint on the road make absolutely no difference. Segregated ...

...infrastructure, along with other engineering measures such as #bearsway has been proven time and time again to be the only path to significant modal shift to active travel.

I will try and ascertain opinions of the other candidates. Hopefully they will be better.