Going car-free is the best thing most people can do for climate. To reduce car dependency, cities should promote car-free living, supporting compact cities through policy, and investing in public transportation, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and shared mobility options.

🛎️ Leith Feeder Ride to POP 2026 🛎️ Saturday 30th of May Meeting outside the cricket club on Leith Links at 0930 for a 0945 start. Find out more and let us know if you're planning to come along on our Facebook event: fb.me/e/44dRCf5tr @pedalonparliament.org #POP26

Elm Row "cycle" lane.

Final stats for the Omni Centre cycle lane in 2025: a slight 1% increase on 2024 with 580,000 journeys; a new record set of 2,265 cyclists on Friday, 7th November. The significant increase in numbers in prior years came after the development of cycling infrastructure on Leith Walk.

#EdTravCyc icy puddles along Leith Links paths and at the bottom of the slope to the Restalrig Railway Path. Puddles across the width of the bridges over the crematorium entrance. Findlay slope frosty but walkable.

🚶🚴‍♀️👨‍🦽 Delighted to pass on that as councillors were discussing, this afternoon, the need for the St Mark's Park walking/wheeling/cycling path to re-open, the Powderhall site manager's confirmed their intention to re-open tomorrow (w/ some asterix ie initial controlled crossing & nearer diversion).

🚲 edi.bike | issue 122 | 8th Dec '25 Hire bikes in cycle parking update: Our conversation with Voi; Trans Solidarity Rides; Spokes’ December Action Update; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-122-8th-dec-25 #bikeSky #edinburgh

I'm waiting for the first Cycle Cafe to hit The Shore. Drop one in where Crollas used to be on the corner near Sandport Bridge. Shore Cycles & Coffee. Serve up a few taps of local beer too, get coffee, make it a nice 3rd space for people as well. Workshop & limited accessories. Blow some minds.

London is fast becoming a cycling city. As each new piece in the network appears—which has more than quadrupled from 90 to 431 km since 2016—so do new cyclists. Its infrastructure now sees a stunning 1.5 million daily users—a 43% spike since 2019—moving nearly half as many people as the Tube below.🧵

🙋 Spokes Action-Update members' email circular --> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u... includes: #PrincesStreet #SUV #Christmas #Tram ... @edi.bike @alastairdalton.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @gregorsteele.bsky.social @2760.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @edinburghwh.bsky.social @sw20.info

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I’ve complained to the BBC about #CelebrityTraitors. The repeated shots of Land Rover Defenders feel like product placement - banned under BBC rules - and it’s clearly worked, with searches for the Defender spiking after the show aired.

🌲 If buying a #ChristmasTree get it delivered by #CyclingGardeners 🚲 #CargoBike --> www.tollcrosstreeworks.com @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @tollcross-cc-edin.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @cllrbenparker.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social

Leith Walk earlier this afternoon #EdinburghHaar #NoFilter

This. This right here is why proper cycling infrastructure is an investment in our communities and our future. It is only the beginning. This route isn’t even fully finished. When we stop imagining and start doing, change happens. @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @edi.bike @chasbooth.bsky.social

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995. And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.

Plan for all of @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Don’t thank me, it’s really simple, tried and tested. Guaranteed to deliver results. 😉 The path to happy, healthy n wealthy residents. bsky.app/profile/jonb...

Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers. It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.

Elm Row still isn’t working as it should — unfinished works are causing confusion for everyone using it. LCCC is working with WELM and Cllr Jack Caldwell to press the Council for progress on safety, parking and the missing sculptures. Some fixes are due this month — we’ll share updates soon.

In positive news, looks like Forth Ports have finally taken the time to block off the not-parking-but-treated-as-parking old pavilion and cobbled area of Rennie’s Lock near Teuchters & the Scot Gov. Building! Well done, will be a much nicer area from here on out without dodging car storage!

Design vehicles to fit the streets rather than streets designed to fit the vehicles.

Elm Row is just a car-centric mess now. Could have been one of the nicest bits of public realm in Edinburgh.

🚲 edi.bike | issue 117 | 3rd Nov '25 Voi slowly scales up e-bike fleet; ‘Full Council’ meeting round-up; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc... #bikeSky

Edinburgh Bike Shops map has been updated edfoc.org.uk/2020/04/02/e... Let us know if there are any errors

Leith. Is. Go.

🙋 #SafeRoads Family Day 🚶👩‍🦼🚲🚌 Sat 8 Nov, 11-2 @ #Craigentinny Comm Centre --> www.livingrent.org/safe_roads_c... 🤩 #SpokesStall .. #SpokesMaps special £5 stall price @edi.bike @alexstaniforth.bsky.social @dastonsnp.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

UPDATE just in: Voi says it plans to increase its Edinburgh e-bike fleet size to 800 by the end of the year, "to match the huge demand for e-bikes in the city".

Carmageddon on Elm Row - echelon parking in the parallel parking encroaching on cycleway; parking in crossing area; parking on footway outside shops. This is supposed to be a place for people not a car park! Why no wardens? How about some signs to guide drivers?? @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social

How Friday Ends: another brilliant @infrasisters.bsky.social #MyRideOurRight ride through #Edinburgh in partnership with @cyclinguk.bsky.social Glow Rides 👍 (including support from an unexpected glowing juggler 😀)

"You ever take it off any sweet jumps?" -Napoleon Dynamite So much sacrificed in the pursuit of sick air. We salute you, actor Jon Heder, on your #BicycleBirthday. Born October 26, 1977

📣 LCCC is seeking new members! It’s not all work, work, work — sometimes there’s music too 🎸 But we do get things done: housing, planning, parks and licensing. Join us and help shape Leith’s future 👉 [email protected]

🌟 1 day until our #RightToGlow ride in Edinburgh! Grab your lights & be part of the movement for safer cycling. 🧮 Fri 24th Oct 📍 Middle Meadow Walk ⏰️ Depart 7.30pm Ride lasts c90 minutes 💡 Light up your bike, your streets & the call for safe cycling. #MyRideOurRight #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights

We ride for safer streets for everyone. This month we are riding to Lochend to draw attention to the Living Rent campaign for safer streets. www.livingrent.org/give_lochend...

InfraSisters in Edinburgh campaign for safer cycling, especially for women riding after dark. This Friday night they will hold a mass glowride in Edinburgh. Ladies in the lead, but everyone is welcome to light up the night. www.cyclinguk.org/event/glow-r... #OurStreetsOurNight #MyRideOurRight

Voileith!

Progressive cities move While Edinburgh ponders, prevaricates, deliberates, delays, deflects, and asks for another consultation

I tried a Voi e-bike this morning. It was an interesting experience. overall good. I recommend avoiding cobbles! Blog post to come...

The 'car park' side of the Shore is crying out for a rethink👇

The evidence shows this hasn't happened in Leith - overall traffic levels are down across the area, including on all boundary roads except one. See evidence & myth buster here: rd8993.wixsite.com/liveable-leith

We're back! We've teamed up with @cyclinguk.bsky.social for a Glow Ride on Friday 24th October. Like us, they want to see more women cycling, and for councils to provide more safe infrastructure to enable that. Light up your bike with lights and sparkle and join us at Middle Meadow Walk at 7.30pm.

So much for side-on parking on Elm Row - drivers parked right into the cycleway and on the pedestrian access/crossing to the bus stop. @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social

This picture from the newspaper article looks like an 'artists impression' of what things could like that no-one ever believes, except it's real and it really does look like that.

Basic principles for the future of the car in cities: ✅ Fewer ✅ Smaller ✅ Slower ✅ Cleaner This can be achieved with: ✅ Parking controls ✅ LTNs ✅ Road User Pricing ✅ Pedestrianisation ✅ Default 20mph roads ✅ Improved public transport ✅ Segregated cycling

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.