Happy Autumn! Artist: Adam Turman

People commonly say their street is too narrow for bike lanes. Too few question if it’s too narrow for parking.

Another big development on the Leith Connections phase 3 route👇

”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.” Remember, bike-lanes mean business. 10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Any plans to scale up the roll-out of bikehangars @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @cyclehoop.bsky.social ? Demand far outstripping supply at the moment.

We have printed some new fliers with details of Critical Mass and scheduled rides. Feel free to pick some up if you want to share them with friends, colleagues or the incoming student population!

🚴 Brand New Cycle lanes looking very autumnal 🍁

🚲 edi.bike | issue 109 | 8th Sep '25 in your weekly edinburgh cycling digest: A big win for Edinburgh’s bike lanes; ‘Meadows to George St’ pause for public hearing; Voi bikes launch; TEC Agenda, events, community updates, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc... #bikeSky

Right Leith. Let's do this. render.jotform.com/230523910816...

You should definitely give one of these a try www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

🤩 #TravellingSafely West North East all now to be permanent Incredible #TROSub mtg, decided in minutes after inordinate delays/deferrals at previous meetings One intervention by #CllrLang, quickly disabused by officers No one else spoke! The @edi.bike/Spokes campaign has blindsided councillors!

Anyone know when the works on Elm Row are going to be resumed and Completed? There is still the cycle access to/from Montgomery Street to be done and removing the cycleway between the bus stop and carriageway - the main driver for the works!

Tips for Transporting Children by Bike in New York By Matt Blease for the New Yorker magazine September 4, 2023 🧵 Embrace the Sleep Cycle

It isn’t enough to up the parking charges on SUVs, allowing wealthy people to continue to endanger children It’s a safety issue - an 82% increase in child fatalities - SUVs need to be banned outright & a systemic approach to safety taken www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Last couple of days to share your views on the Marionville Road & Smokey Brae walking, wheeling and cycling improvement proposals👇

Edinburgh is back in the saddle! Today we launched our new trial cycle hire scheme, which will be delivered by Voi 🚲 Residents and visitors will be able to use the new e-bikes from 3 September.

The planned route for tonight's ride with highlights where the accidents happened

There’s been three crashes involving a driver hitting a cycling this August. They happened in the same week. This is unacceptable. We’re riding in protest of Edinburgh’s indifference toward cyclists this Friday 22nd August at 7pm. Meet at Middle Meadow Walk. Tell and bring everyone you know

This morning we've delivered an Open Letter, co-authored with Spokes, to the City Chambers - addressing the delays and deferrals of decisions on the East Area ‘Travelling Safely’ schemes, in London Rd, Willowbrae, Duddingston and beyond. edi.bike/files/2025/p...

🙋 #Edinburgh 🚲Network under threat @edi.bike Spokes & others write to Council -> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/08/edin... @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @chdot.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @jarlathflynn.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @sw20.info @thebikestation.bsky.social

Swedish firm chosen to run new dockless Edinburgh cycle hire scheme www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

📣 Leith Central CC meets tonight, 7pm at Nelson Hall, McDonald Rd Library. Agenda highlights: policing, planning (incl. PBSA Murano Place & short-term lets), transport, parks 🌳 + open forum for residents. 📂 Papers: bit.ly/LCCCpapers

The cycle lane on Leith Walk, Edinburgh, set an all time record of 2,147 cyclists on Wednesday, 13th August 2025. Overall growth in the number of cyclists has slowed this year, likely a result of displacememnt to the new CCWEL cycle lane at York Place.

A good time to consider supporting Marionville Fire Station www.change.org/p/save-mario...

The number of children killed fell by 75% Wouldn’t it be incredible to use 20mph in combination with low-traffic neighbourhoods, that also reduce death & injuries by 40 to 50% ? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Strava “Local Legend” for riding Foot of the Walk to Dock Street only 3 times! Hopefully there will soon be hundreds riding it! New features including hand-hold and footstand to avoid need to dismount at signals; some smooth tarmac and some fancy cobbly bits and place-making. Working Sunday!

An update to Google Maps 3D data for Edinburgh reveals some nice aerial views of the cycle infrastructure finished over the past 2 years.

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

This space used to be a car park Now a space for people, for play, for nature, benches, and cafe seating 🌳💐🌻 Sallanches, France 🇫🇷

Controversial opinion: Councils should install basketball hoops on street lights instead of electric car chargers. #playstreets #streetsforkids

Thanks to James for sharing this wonderful little film, a reminder that within living memory Rose Street was a bustling residential community, one might even say a "living street".

Your occasional reminder that we have a cargo bike for hire edfoc.org.uk/cargo-bike-h...

Is it open yet? No. Is it looking pretty damn good though? Hell yeah. Cannot wait to start using the new cycle lanes as part of the Leith Connections project. Remember: Studies show that separated bike lanes make roads safer for ALL users! 🤩

30mph signs going up on Glasgow Road to replace the 40mph ones 👍

In the five years leading up to the replacement of blue paint with segregated cycle tracks and floating bus stops 5 people were killed on CS2. In the ten years since they were constructed no cyclists had died and there have been no significant collisions between cycles and pedestrians at bus stops

Car free Holyrood today.

Edinburgh today. Build it and...

"Best $200 I ever did spend!" wrote musician KT Tunstall on her Facebook page, regarding the new/used bike that she named 'Pam Le Velo". Happy #BicycleBirthday, KT! Born June 23, 1975

Glasgow doing some great things - big and small - to connect communities and make streets more enjoyable, safer and greener. #Edinburgh, with the same weather, hills and legal framework could learn a lot. 🧵👇

Leith Walk cycle lane solstice update: around 3% year-on-year growth in cycle journeys this year. A significant slowing in growth compared with 2024, which was 57% higher than 2023 by this time in the year. The busiest day was 13th May with 2,056 cyclists; 260,000 cycle journeys so far in total.

Seafield Road shared-use footway blockage warning #EdTravCyc parked trucks and workies fiddling with the bus stop on Seafield Road north footway

Why is it we can only find space for eight trees in the new George Strreet design…. …. having lived with it as a 192-space Georgian Car Park for decades? Street trees create and make welcoming public places. We need more from this design.

I've just ordered my map and buff - it took less than 5 minutes. If you've been putting it off or think it will be a faff, it's easy. Send an email to the friendly volunteers (details at link below), they will give you bank details, bish, bash, bosh.

New Council site for the proposed Active Travel works at Smokey Brae/Marionville www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling-walk...

🤩 2025 #Edinburgh #SpokesMap !! Info--> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/05/spok... @edi.bike @edinburghminute.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @threadinburgh.scot @secretedinburgh.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

Elm Row bidirectional cycleway space to east of tree line and bus stops now complete. Signage, bollards and markings pending but think this will be much better before. @spokes.org.uk

Here's the route for Saturday's ride! We'll be stopping for a break down at the Leith Links. See you on Middle Meadow Walk at 2pm!

Great to see the progress being made on the Foot of the Walk to Commercial St cycleway. Gr Jn St:

Very useful map by the council showing currently in progress transport projects & whether they have been paused (cancelled) or not. experience.arcgis.com/experience/b...

Then and now, Lothian Road