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...

“The Travelling Safely schemes have been in place for almost five years, improving safety and enabling more people, notably families, to feel safe to get about by bike . There is no measurable impact on congestion or traffic flow, and no rising toll of injuries to pedestrians, cyclists or drivers."

Walking rates are up, according to today's National Travel Survey data - but the government is failing to meet the target of 55% primary school children walking to school. The problem? Streets are not safe for walking.

So much change is needed to make Scotland a better place for walking/wheeling...great to see this highlighted for the #Holyrood2026 elections! We'll be amplifying this message through our call for various specific measures over the coming months.

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Stage2 Road Safety Audit for Braid Estate Quiet Route flagged 20 safety issues across 5 themes: cycle lane hazards, junction safety, pedestrian crossings, design risks & signage. Worryingly despite the experimental & temporary plans safety recommendations include tree removal & drain readjustment.

If the E in ETRO stands for experimental, surely the council can’t remove the iconic cherry trees to make the new temporary design for Braid Avenue safe? Surely it’s safer and cheaper to keep the current Quiet Route? @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social

Surely it’s time for Edinburgh Council to ditch the plans to remove the successful Quiet Route in the Braid Estate? The Council expects 4,000 more vehicles a day (up 67%) and admits the new designs “don’t have the same level of safety when crossing the road”. @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

This week residents were told by the Council that the new designs for the Braid Estate “don’t have the same level of safety when crossing the road” as the current design. So why do they still want to spend c£400k making our streets more dangerous by favouring drivers?

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There are lots of modal filters in Edinburgh. Why is the council so determined to remove the 3 in the Braid Estate (highlighted yellow) at a cost of c£400k so that around 4,000 more drivers can speed through our residential streets?

75% of residents on Braid Ave supported the filters and low traffic neighbourhood A lot of the “unpopularity” came from a vocal minority of drivers from outside the area who wanted to continue rat running, to the detriment of the community And “controversy” manufactured by politicians & media

For the same price as a single semi-permanent segregated cycleway (~£400k), which is inappropriately located, we could have had several more low traffic neighbourhoods in the city www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Funding challenges mean difficult choices for Edinburgh - but remember this committee: ✋Opted to remove a low traffic neighbourhood & replace it with an expensive bike lane 🅿️ Turned down c£14mn per annum from a Workplace Parking Levy 🚷Spent active travel budget on Dalmahoy road junction

Hard to believe the Council wants to remove rather than improve the safe infrastructure in the Braid Estate which has reduced traffic and encouraged cycling and walking.

Concerned about plans for cycle lanes on Braid Avenue that could mean cutting back the iconic tree canopy - a key part of Morningside’s character. This is a temporary trial (ETRO) so why risk permanent damage. We need an independent tree impact assessment and a restoration plan before work starts

14 months ago the council voted to spend £200-400k ripping out the Braid Estate section of the Quiet Route, despite their own reports stating this is expected to significantly increase traffic volume in residential streets. Surely making current safe layout permanent is better and cheaper solution?

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Best time of year to take in the view of Edinburgh Castle from the Vista point on Braid Avenue.

This actually only tangentially affects me personally but I am obsessed with this cos it's just so bloody stupid. In these days of failing budgets, do we spend £0 to leave it working perfectly fine, or do we spend £400k and several years on something that almost certainly will be worse? Hmmmm

The long sorry saga of Edinburgh City Council tying themselves up in knots - All to enable drivers to rat run again through a residential estate. The majority of the residents want to retain the traffic filters that keep their estate safe & quiet www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Council consultation didn’t include the ststus quo. Local residents set up a petition to save the Quiet Route and it has more support than any of the options in the consultation. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur... www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

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The classic “George Watson’s” rat run, which is currently severed by modal filters at Braid Ave. The council plan to reopen* this rat run, thereby effectively closing it to children walking, wheeling and cycling Shameful stuff, that goes against all council policy

The council has admitted that the new designs for the Braid Estate, where they are removing the Quiet Route, will increase traffic volumes. So this junction will become even busier and more dangerous!

This is a key junction on the Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route at 5pm, yet @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social has confirmed that the proposed new design will increase traffic volumes throughout the Braid Estate. Surely the TEC should be aiming to reduce rat-running traffic not encouraging it?

Extract from next week's Transport and Environment Committee papers confirms that the Meadows to Greenbank Quiet Connection has reduced traffic in the Braid Estate without increasing traffic on alternative route. Does this mean they might change their minds about ripping it out?

Blackford Pond at sunset

@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @katrinafaccenda.bsky.social @dastonsnp.bsky.social @cllrbenparker.bsky.social Rat-runners continue to speed through the Braid Estate yet Option 3 is still on the table with no speed reduction measures.

Looks like another driver has gone through the bollards that protect pedestrians accessing Midmar Paddock. Yet the council refuses to add speed reduction measures in the Braid Estate, and supports a scheme where traffic volumes are expected to increase by 67% to 2018 levels of 10,000 vehicles a day.