What is the Missing Links project?
Missing Links are gaps in cycling, walking and wheeling infrastructure
They're the sudden, inexplicable end of a cycle path that dumps you onto a fast A road, an overcrowded crossing that many people ignore or the lack of routes between villages other than 60mph roads. Closing the gaps makes life safer for everyone.
It started in 2012 as a blog posts then evolved into a community funded book
Cycling Dumfries members collated a comprehensive collection of recommendations for closing the gaps in the cycling routes around Dumfries. We raised nearly £2000 from the community to publish the recommendations as a book that was presented to over 200 key decision makers in town.
Now it's a website
We show each of the gaps, how closing them creates a more extensive network and show progress made when gaps are closed.
A means of envisaging your better active travel network
We want to normalise the expectation of safe active travel routes and show people what they are missing out on.
A campaign tool to grow support and monitor progress
We monitor and score each of the gaps in the network to celebrate wins and apply pressure where needed.