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Leith Feeder Ride

@leithfeederride.bsky.social

We organise a feeder ride to Pedal on Parliament each year and post on all things cycling in and around Leith.

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Alistair Davidson@moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 4d ago

2016 "Cycling might work in Amsterdam, but it'll never work in the UK" 2022 "Cycling might work in London, but it'll never work in Glasgow" 2026 "Cycling might work on the Southside, but it'll never work in the North" This is progress 😁

20's Plenty for Us@20splenty.bsky.social · 3w ago

What's happening here? Maybe something changed part way through 2023 on urban/residential 30mph roads! I wonder if it could be that from Sep 17th 2023 95% of roads with a 30mph limit were changed to 20mph. #20splenty making your place an even better, safer, quieter, fairer place to be!

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Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

theguardian.com

Cllr Jack Caldwell 🇺🇦@jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thank you to everyone who got in touch about the frustrating closure of the vital bridge at St Mark's Park. This is a lifeline route for the community on both sides and has massive impacts on access to the park, walking, cycling, the school & local businesses 1/3

A Green Sign saying "St Mark's Park" with a fence closing a path.
Edward Tissiman@edtiss.bsky.social · 4w ago

An insight into cycling trends - the introduction of Voi bikes has added about 500 additional cyclists per day to Leith Walk; the tram closure added another 250 at the peak. The Voi effect is much larger at the weekend, while the inverse is true for the tram.

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Mark McIntyre@markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 4w ago

There's something amazing about being in a peloton of 40+ bikes on the cycle lane heading home. Every driver at the front of a queue of side-street traffic... every person peering out of a bus window... every passer-by gets the message: "Oh wow, yeah, people are using this stuff". Never gets old.

My view travelling home by bike: Loads of people cycling on the South City Way cycle lane on Victoria Road in Govanhill in the Southside of Glasgow, during evening rush hour. A woman in front of me wears an incredibly fetching gold coloured helmet.
Leith Central Community Council@leithcentralcc.bsky.social · 4w ago

1/ 🚧 St Mark’s Path bridge: still closed, still waiting for answers There was frustration at Monday night’s LCCC meeting about the continuing closure of the bridge. The concern is also the lack of clear information about what failed, options considered and speed of reopening

SW20ed #Edinburgh@sw20.info · last mo.

Already highly flawed - pavement and bike lane not very raised, no Dutch kerb on the exit, Edinburgh’s insistence of not using proper colour for bike lanes AND left turn into traffic lights you can’t see - this is now even worse.

Leith Feeder Ride@leithfeederride.bsky.social · last mo.

The broken paving on the continuous footway at Dalmeny St / Leith Walk has been repaired with tarmac, undermining the whole design. It now looks like pedestrians and cyclists are crossing a road, rather than drivers crossing a continuous footway.

Leith Feeder Ride@leithfeederride.bsky.social · last mo.

The broken paving on the continuous footway at Dalmeny St / Leith Walk has been repaired with tarmac, undermining the whole design. It now looks like pedestrians and cyclists are crossing a road, rather than drivers crossing a continuous footway.

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Leith Feeder Ride@leithfeederride.bsky.social · last mo.

Hear, hear! How long until the rest of the city gets access to this game-changing service @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social ??

Brendan Paddy@bjpaddy.bsky.social · last mo.

Yesterday I picked up a Voi bike near my house at 5.05am & was at Waverley for the first London train 12 minutes later. At that time of day I was parked in 30 seconds right outside the station. I paid £1.81. Nothing else matches that speed, reliability & price. www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

Leith Feeder Ride@leithfeederride.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Huge disparity between supply and demand for cycle hangars – particularly in Leith. Anything our local councillors can do to help get more installed? @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social inson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social y.social @katrinafaccenda.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social

Edward Tissiman@edtiss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Demand for spaces in cycle hangars in Edinburgh has increased by 2,700 (50%) in the last 12 months. After adjusting for duplication across waiting lists, I estimate that around 7,000 people currently want a spot in one - but Edinburgh Council only provide 1,500 spaces. rpubs.com/edtiss/hangars

Ella@ellatasm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've sent a draft petition to Edinburgh Council asking it to: *do everything it can to investigate and put in place measures to temporarily mend or brace the bridge or hire a replacement, while a longer term solution is sorted out.* May get rejected as council already working on the issue.

Wooden bridge, with trees
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · 2mo ago

Frustrated by inaction on the threat of cars on their street, the 1970s residents of Delft's Tuinstraat illicitly erected barriers to curb traffic. This act of rebellion became a global revolution—inventing the woonerf (“living street”): a common space for recreation, vegetation, and socialization.

A before and after image of a residential steeet in Delft. The before is a paved space dominated by car traffic. The after a lush garden space populated by trees and planters.