Stage 4: Decision making and monitoring
Identifying and establishing any required mitigating action
Have positive or negative impacts been identified for any of the equality groups?
The guidance is intended to have a positive impact on users with protected characteristics who may be potentially disadvantaged by existing barriers to accessing and using cycling infrastructure.
Is the policy directly or indirectly discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010?
There is no evidence within this EQIA that the guidance is directly or indirectly discriminatory under the Equality Act 2010.
If the policy is indirectly discriminatory, how is it justified under the relevant legislation?
Not Applicable.
If not justified, what mitigating action will be undertaken?
Not Applicable.
Describing how Equality Impact analysis has shaped the policy making process
The consultation set out in this EQIA with stakeholder groups, such as those within the Roads for All Forum, has been crucial to the development of the guidance to ensure that it enables positive impacts for protected characteristic user groups, particularly those of age and disability.
The review of evidence and consultation findings throughout the process has allowed us to identify areas where there is limited evidence and potential gaps in knowledge. These areas are now being actively pursued for further research, and knowledge gained from this research will be used during monitoring and review of the document.
Monitoring and Review
The updated Cycling by Design guidance will remain under continual review, with feedback recognised as being critical to the evolution and success of the document. It will be updated as and when required in response to developments in research and other relevant publications in the future to reflect emerging best practice, and will take into account comments from practitioners across Scotland.