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!

#Women & #Cycling 🙋 Deadline for comments - 9 October @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @infrasisters.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @vickyallan.bsky.social @keithirving.bsky.social @sw20.info @kaykinoneill.bsky.social @katecampbellsnp.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social

Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social · 5d ago

The Westminster Transport Select Committee, of which I am a member, is currently examining the safety of women and girls across the transport network, including walking and cycling routes. If you have views, please submit them to the enquiry: committees.parliament.uk/work/9900/sa...

Reminder: new ride this evening! We hope to see many of you there

Edinburgh Critical Mass@edcriticalmass.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ready an other Critical Mass ride? Join us this Friday 2nd of October, 7.30pm, Middle meadow walk for an evening ride going through the city centre and finishing on Bristo Square!

Rising food prices? Bikes are the answer!

Ready an other Critical Mass ride? Join us this Friday 2nd of October, 7.30pm, Middle meadow walk for an evening ride going through the city centre and finishing on Bristo Square!

And here are a handful more photos from yesterday's ride! Also, contrary to what was mentioned earlier, our next ride will be this Friday evening 7.30pm starting from Middle Meadow Walk. After the experiment phase over the summer, Friday evening rides are here to stay!

Saturday's Critical Mass ride was outstanding. Lots of folk really savouring a beautiful day as the year turns to autumn. Looking forward to seeing you all next ride on October 31st at 2pm

If you want to help out with any aspect of the ride, please get in touch. There are loads of little bits that need done like route ideas and making graphics and things on the day. There's a planning meeting on Mon 28th in Edinburgh University Library George Square, room 1.10 at 7.30pm

Beautiful autumn afternoon for the September Edinburgh Critical Mass ride yesterday. Enjoyed the company and seeing parts of south Edinburgh that I hadn't seen for a while. @edcriticalmass.bsky.social

New Critical Mass this very Saturday, 2pm from middle meadow walk. This time we will ride towards Cluny Gardens and King's Building. A route used by many students daily but that could be made a lot safer for cycling.

Porty Community Energy teamed up with cargo bike libraries across Edinburgh and the Lothians to organise a FREE Cargo Bike Carnival in the Meadows on Sunday 11 October. bike-carnival.eventbrite.co.uk

Extreme weather makes The Bike Station’s mission even more important. Worsening climate has flooded the Bike Station and they need to clean up their workshop. They are a charity doing good work, including the Wee Bike Library and they need our help. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/keep-us-ro...

Keep Us Rolling

Extreme weather makes The Bike Station’s mission even more important- support us to get more people using sustainable and joyful transport.

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Thank you so much everyone for joining our August rides! It was super nice to see good turn around on both Friday and Saturday and enjoy the late summer shine. Here are a few photos from Saturday. See you next Month or maybe before that for an other impromptu Friday ride?

Some photos from August ride to Porty @edcriticalmass.bsky.social. Slow going at times but lots of riders and one pet passenger. Prom full of buskers and a band. City centre heaving with last of Festival folk. #criticalmass

If you want to help out with any aspect of the ride, please get in touch. There are loads of little bits that need done like route ideas and making graphics and things on the day like doing the safety brief. There's a planning meeting on Monday in Edinburgh University Library room 1.10 at 7.30pm

Good turnout at @edcriticalmass.bsky.social today. Great speech from @lorenzomartinico.bsky.social on what action's needed from the council to ensure streets are for people, not just cars. #criticalmass

As well as tonight, we have the regular Saturday Critical Mass ride, this time to Portobello. Getting out of the city while the Festival is on and getting some ice cream at the beach!

Remember there's a ride tonight if you can't make tomorrow afternoon.

Beside the impromptu ride this evening (see last post). We will have our Monthly ride tomorrow, 2pm, from Middle meadow walk! The 9.3miles (15km) ride will have a wee break on Porty beach to enjoy the view, maybe get an ice cream? Looking forwards to seeing many of you tomorrow!

You enjoyed our Friday night ride last month? Well, we are organising a new one again this very Friday! 7.30pm Middle Meadow walk If you can't make it, no worries Saturday 2pm (also Middle meadow Walk) we will have our traditional Monthly ride.

It is perhaps not totally surprising that avoiding filling the lungs of children with pollutants and particulates makes their lungs work better, but it's important to do the science and get the numbers: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds

Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone

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Cycling is beneficial to both the cyclists and the people around them, but you don't get all the available benefits if half of people are afraid to ride. The obvious way to improve safety is to build cycling infrastructure. #cycling

‘They were told bikes were for men’: how Latin America’s city of cycling is breaking gender barriers

With less than a third of cycling journeys taken by women, Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, is installing bike lanes, teaching cycling and making sure ‘stereotypes are left behind’

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🎺🚲 Musician and composer Dan Abrahams will be singing his cycling songs live at the Pianodrome in Bruntsfield this Sunday at 1pm, and it’s free! Here’s his most recent: https://youtu.be/nTma5W3P-ps?si=j0-Jpf5AU9satusA Tickets: https://www.citizenticket.com/events/pianodrome/cycling-songs/

Dan Abrahams // AMSTERDAM

YouTube video by Dan Abrahams

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A little look behind the scenes for how the amazing night ride image was made. Wax crayons and inverted luminescence. There might be another Friday night ride soon.

Bonus Critical Mass this Friday evening (7.30pm)! Still starting from Middle Meadow Walk. We hope to see many of you on Friday, and give us songs you want to be played on our big speaker during the ride! 🎶🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

🚲 New impromptu ride, this very Friday, 7.30pm. Starting on Middle Meadow Walk by the compass. We will publish the route later this week, but before we do that we need you! Reply to this post with songs you want to be played at the ride and we will put them on the big speaker 🎶

Thank you everyone for joining yesterday! We rode through the modal filters on Cluny Drive that will unfortunately be removed soon. But this won't stop us from continuing campaigning for better and safer infrastructures Also, save the date, we are having an impromptu CM ride this Friday evening!

"Sure bikes are alright, but what if I need to haul some rubble to the recycling centre?" A bike trailer is a cheap and flexible way to increase your bike carrying capacity without needing to invest in a cargo bike. Want to try before you buy? You can pull the speaker trailer at the next ride!

Critical Mass tomorrow 2pm Middle Meadow Walk! Join us for our monthly friendly protest ride. We will go towards Braid Hills, through two modal filters that will unfortunately be removed soon.

July Critical Mass is coming up! Join us this Saturday (25th) at 2pm, Middle Meadow walk. And here is the route, about 4.8miles (7.7km) with likely a short break midway.