Braid Estate update: The changes to revert back to rat-running are now not due to be implemented on the ground until Jan 2026 – a full 5 years after they were first implemented. 5 years of quiet streets, that keep children safe, & much loved by residents blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/braid-estate...

🚲 edi.bike | issue 111 | 22nd Sep '25 in your weekly edinburgh cycling digest: Huge Demand for ‘Cycle Hangar’ On-Street Storage, Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route ‘Confusion’, events, community updates, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-111-22nd-sep-25/

New map of 'easy cycle rides from Portobello' installed outside the PATH container on Porty Prom - The Meadows, Leith, Fort Kinaird and QMU. Courtesy of @portyenergy.bsky.social

Last chance to comment on this important junction redesign in Polwarth Closes today! Just send a short email in support to the address provided in the MCC blog. You might also like to mention that more could be done to address rat-running along Merchiston Ave merchistoncc.org.uk/community-co...

🙋 LAST CHANCE TODAY SUNDAY 21 !! 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲

Massive thanks to everyone who volunteered their time yesterday for shooting 'Amsterdam'. Can't wait to get editing... Thanks to @spokes.org.uk for funding this, adnd to @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social and @weespokehub.bsky.social for the cargo bike and vintage Raleigh!

🙋 Sunday 21 Sept Your last chance to win a great #SpokesComp prize with your.. 😍 Favourite 🚲 Ride @edi.bike @robbieainsworth.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @chasbooth.bsky.social @da-anderson.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @sw20.info

Lovely to see the kids riding to school on today’s bike-bus 🚲 🚎 The best way to start the day, and to quickly forget the autumnal and mildly dreich weather ☁️

The thousands of tools hired from our South West branch of the #Edinburgh Tool Library are supplied from the main tool library across town… …all sustainably delivered by volunteers riding our free-to-hire eCargobike and trailer.

Want to make the Polwarth junction a safer, more pleasant place for the community? ⏳Please make sure to review the proposed redesign and give your views by 21 September! merchistoncc.org.uk/projects/the...

#climate heat-related deaths #Scotland &UK -> www.heraldscotland.com/news/2547301... via @rebeccasc.bsky.social @edi.bike @sccscot.bsky.social @foescot.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @sw20.info @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @malmistry1977.bsky.social @clairbarnes.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

🙋 Sunday 21 Sept Your last chance to win a great #SpokesComp prize with your.. 😍 Favourite 🚲 Ride @edi.bike @robbieainsworth.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @chasbooth.bsky.social @da-anderson.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @sw20.info

📦 How can we cut emissions from local deliveries? Join us on Wed 1 October as the @parliament.scot #SustainableTransportCPG kicks off a new inquiry into the future of last-mile logistics in Scotland.

So powerful to see so many conversations about practical solutions to the climate crisis taking place with MSPs at the mass climate lobby in Edinburgh today. #ActNowChangeForever

This map shows demand for secure cycle hangars in Edinburgh, with plenty of bubbles over #Bruntsfield, #Merchiston, #Polwarth & #Shandon. We've long encouraged residents to request cycle hangars and signal demand to @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social - we hope they will soon get the message!

My column in this weeks Stirling Observer. The sorrow of deaths and life changing injuries on our roads grows week in week out. Every death is a huge tragedy affecting loved ones, colleagues and friends while leaving a lasting trauma for emergency services, witnesses and survivors. Over the

🎦 Do _you_ and your bike 🚲want to be in the music video sequel to OUR STREETS? The sequel is called _Amsterdam_ and it's being shot in #Dalry #Edinburgh today (Friday 19 Sept). 😊 Be at the Dalry Lidl car park in time for 16:45 to join the fun! Our Streets video (3 mins): youtu.be/qhtrIWBuoAg?...

It is not in Edinburgh South west, but I know many people here care about the future of the Astley Ainslie Hospital site.

We would also recommend banning outright all vehicles with a bonnet height above a certain threshold SUVs with high bonnets are 80% more likely to kill kids www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

There are now 4,400 people waiting for a spot in a secure cycle hangar in Edinburgh - that figure has grown by nearly 1,000 in just the last year. My map of hangars and demand can be found here: rpubs.com/edtiss/hangars

🚲 edi.bike | issue 110 | 15th Sep '25 in your weekly edinburgh cycling digest: September Transport Committee Roundup, Spokes Initial Thoughts on North-South Tramline, events, community updates, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-110-15th-sep-25/ #bikeSky

“A straightforward weight-based levy would make larger vehicles contribute fairly for the damage they cause to roads, safety and the environment, while protecting most family cars from added costs” www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

#Cargobikes in #Edinburgh #SpokesMtg Video of speakers/QA--> youtu.be/dGLVWBq3Uhk @edi.bike @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @thebikestation.bsky.social @laidbackbikes.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @rru.bsky.social @fairless.xyz @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social #Motherload

#SpokesComp - ends Sun 21 Sep HERE-> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/09/spok... 🙋 We'd love some more entries about the enjoyment of your regular everyday 🚲journey, commuting, shopping, school .. @edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edfoc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @agordonsalive.bsky.social

#EdinWebcast Reducing🚘use Report> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s8... Officer: ongoing talks on potential roaduser charging Cllr @chasbooth.bsky.social seeks faster talks with @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social+ #ScotGov Cllr @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social agrees Report agreed 9-2 (Con anti)

We welcome #bus cash, but 🚌 previously had its own fund 🙄 Now #ScotGov has (sneakily?) incorporated it into a new "Sustainable and Active" budget line --> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/05/prog... 🙄 So the increase from £10m to £20m for 🚌 equates to £10m loss for 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 @edinburghbug.bsky.social

Still time to get your best routes in to the Spokes competition deadline extended to 21 September. Looking forward to some great new cycling ideas! 🚲

#BIkeHangars #Edinburgh --> www.edinburgh.gov.uk/cycling-walk... Email address for queries.. [email protected] @edi.bike @lyndahaughney.bsky.social

👆 #Transport Cttee 11.9.25 thread above #CCWEL #CraighallRoad #TrafficReduction #Queensferry & more @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info @helenrambler.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @euanbaxter.bsky.social @thebonnieloon.bsky.social @bike-freedom.bsky.social

#EdinWebcast #CCWEL 12-month monitoring--> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s8... History--> www.spokes.org.uk/2022/02/ccwe... Result--> 🚶satisfaction up 🚲greatly up trader support hugely up retail spending up #CllrMacinnes suggests using this as example to other local communities Officer: 👍

Was gutted to miss this session, but good to read the updates. Especially @thebikestation.bsky.social's continuation of @cargobikemovement.bsky.social's mission. Lovely to see our work in safe hands 🚲

#EdinWebcast #MobilityPlan investment report-> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s8... Cllr @chasbooth.bsky.social: Concern that Mobility Plan project to extend #CCWEL to #Corstorphine not mentioned 👍 A: Council has won cash (yesterday!) for A8 corridor🚲🚶🚌 planning (& other bus/bike corridors)

Transport Cttee (TEC) 11.9.25 Papers-> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume... Watch-> edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/... includes: - Are #A8 plans to extend #CCWEL to #Corstorphine on track? - #CraighallRoad 36-month closure, impacts on 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 - Reducing 🚘 use @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social

#Tram #Granton-#Bioquarter 🙋Early Spokes thoughts -> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/09/tram... @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @ssc-edinburgh.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @transform.scot @edinburghlive.co.uk

#Cargobikes in #Edinburgh 🙋 #SpokesMtg report.. www.spokes.org.uk/2025/09/carg... @edi.bike @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @thebikestation.bsky.social @laidbackbikes.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @rru.bsky.social @fairless.xyz @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social #Motherload

“Exaggerated”? 👉 2025 summer was the hottest on record for the UK, with sustained heat 👉 2023–25 is likely to be the hottest 3-year period recorded 👉 2024, ocean heat content record high The laws of physics remain unchanged We need leadership, not retreat www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

I have been pleased to support over the years four rail campaigns in Fife. One, Levenmouth, which has now been built. Newburgh, I hope, is on the cusp of a positive decision. Meanwhile St Andrews and Dunfermline to Alloa are waiting for the right moment to progress.

#Cargobikes in #Edinburgh 🙋 #SpokesMtg report.. www.spokes.org.uk/2025/09/carg... @edi.bike @banzaiedinburgh.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @thebikestation.bsky.social @laidbackbikes.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @rru.bsky.social @fairless.xyz @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social #Motherload

"Six times more people are killed on the roads in the UK each year than through knife crime. If this was any other area of our lives, we would never tolerate this level of harm." Rebecca Morris’ impassioned speech calls for more immediate action for safer streets. #CyclingScotlandConf

#Tram consultation 🙋 Drop-in Wed 10 Sep, 4-7pm at @centresouthside.bsky.social --> www.edinburgh.gov.uk/public-trans... 🙋 Our initial thoughts (including N & S Bridge) - see below @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @carfreeholyrood.bsky.social

This is great news and a well deserved award for recently retired Phil Noble. Thanks Phil for all you have done to promote safe active travel in Edinburgh 👍 🚴‍♂️

A grand day out for me today in Dundee at the Cycling Scotland conference, on behalf of @spokes.org.uk. Good to meet new folk as well as ‘old’ colleagues. Please come and say hello! #cyclingscotlandconf 🚲

Stop Press !! 🙋 Closing date for our 'My Favourite Bike Ride' #SpokesComp has been extended to ... Sunday 21 September with judging in early October DETAILS --> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/09/spok... @edi.bike @rru.bsky.social @tracygriffen.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @christhompsonex.bsky.social

#Tram consultation 🙋 Drop-in Wed 10 Sep, 4-7pm at @centresouthside.bsky.social --> www.edinburgh.gov.uk/public-trans... 🙋 Our initial thoughts (including N & S Bridge) - see below @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @carfreeholyrood.bsky.social

🙄 Does this answer the qn? - NO ! You can say so --> www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20... @edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk@nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @bettertransport.bsky.social @sw20.info @edinburghbug.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social

#Tram #Granton-#Bioquarter 🙋Early Spokes thoughts -> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/09/tram... @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @ssc-edinburgh.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @transform.scot @edinburghlive.co.uk

🙄 Does this answer the qn? - NO ! You can say so --> www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20... @edi.bike @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk@nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @bettertransport.bsky.social @sw20.info @edinburghbug.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social

Reminder! You can still review the designs for a new Polwarth junction and share your views by 21 September . Let the council know if you support the overall changes, which design option you prefer and why, and if you have any other thoughts or concerns. merchistoncc.org.uk/projects/the...

#edtravcyc For those who take the spur off Blackhall Path to Davidson’s Mains Tesco, they’re closing it from now until 6 pm today to tarmac. Good news! @edi.bike