Council Leader

To maintain and enhance the quality of life in Edinburgh we will:

• prioritise keeping our streets clean and attractive

• spend 5% of the transport budget on provision for cyclists

• consult with a view to extending the current 20mph traffic zones

• set up a city-wide Transport Forum of experts and citizens to consider our modern transport needs

• use Green Flag and other strategies to preserve our green spaces

• continue to increase recycling levels across the city and reducing the proportion of waste going to landfill

• meet greenhouse gas targets, including the national target of 42% by 2020

• investigate the possible introduction of low emission zones

• oppose industrial biomass incineration in Edinburgh

• encourage the development of Community Energy Cooperatives

Further information on these pledges and an assessment of progress against them is available from the pledges area of the Council website.