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Helen Todd@helenrambler.bsky.social · 2w ago

"we will once again invoke the ‘sustainable transport hierarchy’ here, though we think the Council may have stuck it on their office walls upside down" 🙃 The invaluable edi.bike weekly roundup. Always worth a read for Edinburgh cyclists, even if sometimes it's a bit depressing.

🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest@edi.bike · 2w ago

🚲 edi.bike | issue 156 | 3rd Aug '26 A creative reallocation of jeopardy on George IV bridge; North Bridge reopens with ‘car is king’ layout; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/issue-156-3rd-aug-26/ #edinburgh #bikeSky

A tree-lined urban street in full sunshine, under a bright blue sky, offers ahead of us a filter to pass through a speed reduction build-out from the pavement - there is a blue cycleway sign, a short red asphalt path through the build-out, with bollards and signs showing that vehicles headed in this direction must give way to oncoming traffic. Some parked cars and the tops of buildings peek out from the trees looking into the distance.
Bumm0r @bumm0r.bsky.social · 6d ago

Narrator: "Dr Scott Arthur (Labour) has overseen Edinburgh as its Transport and Environment Convener. Unfortunately, his front-row seat to the city's streets came with a rather stunning blind spot when it came to redistributing street space toward pedestrians and cyclists."

Bumm0r @bumm0r.bsky.social · 6d ago

Alt text since Scott was not aware that this shoule be added: "Elevated view from a bus showing the physical reality of street justice undone: 100 pedestrians and cyclists crushed into narrow margins, while 10 cars glide through a sprawling road that takes up nine-tenths of the frame"

Alan Paxton @alanpx.bsky.social · 6d ago

Great opportunity to see how bad the bike and pedestrian provision is, and to kick your former colleagues in the council to get on with closing that road to private motor vehicles.

Marek@bookeh.bsky.social · 6d ago

…and a perfect example of how Edinburgh prioritises cars at the expense of active travel and pedestrians. Hundreds of people have to navigate around signage designed for cars and haphazard measures that put cyclists at risk. Glad you had a nice view, though.

@buachaille.bsky.social · 6d ago

SUV driving too close to cyclist ✅ Redundant painted ‘cycle lane’ ✅ Pedestrians having to walk on road ✅ Bus lanes full of other vehicles ✅ Free parking for coach & shop owners✅ A mess you oversaw & husnae changed since Scott ✅

SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · 2w ago

FYI.. @markruskell.bsky.social @willierennie.bsky.social @patrickharvie.bsky.social @keithirving.bsky.social @cyclingscotland.bsky.social @kathsangster.bsky.social 🤔 Surely these regulations need changed? @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @johnrobson87.bsky.social

Robbie Ainsworth@robbieainsworth.bsky.social · 2w ago

Interestingly the legislation states that warning signage is not required for 20mph streets www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/24... I'm not sure that addresses the risks to more vulnerable road users, who would still suffer significant injuries from colliding with kerbs/pillars at 20mph.

SW20ed #Edinburgh@sw20.info · 2d ago

The constant pictures from London showing rain gardens, new street trees, places to sit, bike lanes and filtered streets show what could be achieved locally in South West #Edinburgh and across the city*.

Rain garden in front of a cobbled street that has been filtered to remove traffic. A new business has started as it’s now a pleasant place to be rather than a rat run. Is it London? No, it’s Leith. Widened pavement with new trees, plants and places to sit, with a new setted cycle lane. In the background is a bus gate to help prioritise public transport and cut rat running. London? No, it Leith. Newly planted rain garden and unidirectional cycle lane on a formerly four lane street that has been reduced to only one lane each way giving more space to pedestrians and cyclists and significantly reducing the speed of traffic for safety and reduced noise. Paris? Not, it’s Glasgow. A bus stop and cycle lane. There is fixed permanent seating next to the bus stop on this formerly four lane carriageway.
Kate@rebelraising.bsky.social · last wk.

What, this one that fails to consider that there may be people using a wheeled device who can't "dismount" and push it up a grassy bank? Not only no diversion, but the only signage is when you're on top of the blocked route.

A yellow sign blocking a path. It says "cycleway/ footway closed ahead, prepare to dismount"
SW20ed #Edinburgh@sw20.info · 2w ago

Future provision for trams in some future years is sensible but it feels like a missed opportunity to have better pavements, easier crossings and some (any?) bike provision in the meantime. Plus funneling more vehicles though the city centre will probably be counterproductive.

SW20ed #Edinburgh@sw20.info · 2w ago

After lengthy repair, the 172m Porto’s Dom Luís I Bridge reopened to public transport, taxis, cyclists & pedestrians only. After lengthy repair, #Edinburgh’s 160m North Bridge reopened with a lane of hatching, no cycling provisions, without widening busy pavements and no traffic reduction measures.

Dom Luís I Bridge is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. On 27 June 2003, the upper deck was closed to motor traffic in order to adapt the structure for the metro system. The new "D Line" was inaugurated on 18 September 2005, and opened to the metro trams and pedestrian traffic. The lower deck remained open to general traffic until October 2021, when it closed temporarily to all traffic for the start of repairs and renovation work predicted to last about one year. When it reopened, in April 2023, the lower deck was restricted to public transport, taxis, cyclists and pedestrians.Photo shows North Bridge, four lanes for vehicles (x2 bus lanes, x2 vehicle area) and a fifth for hatching - space that could have been used for wider pavements. North Bridge is a bridge in Edinburgh linking the High Street with Princes Street, and the Old Town with the New Town. The current bridge was built between 1894 and 1897.
SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · 4w ago

"Just how normal it seems now" 👍 @edi.bike verdict on @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social area-wide #20splenty anniversary Fierce opposition then - but who would change it now? Same with #PavementParking, car ban in #PrincesStreet, etc @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social

🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest@edi.bike · 4w ago

🚲 edi.bike | issue 154 | 20th July '26 A Decade of 20mph Benefits; Route closures abound, preventing George St festival pedestrian zone; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc... #bikeSky #edinburgh

Looking out across Edinburgh at sunset from a hilltop in the south; in the foreground, long, tall grass sways in the breeze giving way to the dark mass of trees and the city beyond, pin-pricked with lights under a glowing orange horizon and a purple-blue sky with wisps of cloud strewn across it.
SpokesLothian@spokes.org.uk · last mo.

👍 10-year anniversary of #Edinburgh area-wide #20mph pioneered by @lesleyhinds.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @20splenty.bsky.social @pactsuk.bsky.social @labourwalkscycles.bsky.social @activetravelcaf.bsky.social @da-anderson.bsky.social @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social

Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social · last mo.

Lives Saved - This is my motion to parliament marking 10 years since the 20mph rollout began in Edinburgh. BBC coverage from July 2016: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot... @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com @spokes.org.uk @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social