Our latest Members Bulletin. edinburghbususers.group/no-22-ebug-m... Get the next issue well before the crowds by joining EBUG: gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... In this issue: 2 new Committee members. Holyrood election 2026: opening salvo fired. Getting on with the day job. etc.

232 days to the Holyrood election. We'll just plant this here for a while. bsky.app/profile/sfro...

Fair point, well made. Our draft #Scottish2026election manifesto has just been sent to party political inboxes. Sans bus industrial strategy but with key points for ensuring there's a demand for new buses. (i.e. by encouraging bus use) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today's 'shocking if true' headlines: Overheated public transport complaints rise; specially in 2025. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2546558... (paywall) The Telegraph, never knowingly a modern railways or public sector fan, rate Merseyrail & ScotRail best. www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/brita...

What's in the £2m award for bus priority stuff in & around Edinburgh mentioned here? bsky.app/profile/step... www.transport.gov.scot/public-trans... See here, on our craftily recrafted cut & paste via @spokes.org.uk TL:DR some good stuff, some project development.

📢 Remember when you read stuff like this: www.transport.gov.scot/news/20-mill... The Bus Partnership Fund was £500 million. ScotGov cancelled it after spending <£30m, much of it on project development. Then announced a £10m Bus Infrastructure Fund, now increased to £20m. Where's the other £450m?

Our deputation to Planning Committee 10/9/25 (not yet on CEC website) Where we take the report to task for not tackling CEC's abysmal record on Developer Contributions and Infrastructure Delivery as regards buses. Despite our comments in earlier consultation.

Small but useful win in 'Update to Lothian’s Conditions of Carriage' Section 8.3. www.lothianbuses.com/news/2025/09...

If you've £££ and an empty site beside your main station & tram stop, you can do this www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/how-new... If not, you can do wee things so it's easier to change bus-tram/bus-bus. What you DON'T want to do is spaff megabucks on consultants' and architects' fevered dreams.

Our first ever repost from a ubiquitous account, and it links to a paywalled 5 year old article🙄. Still pertinent though.

Where @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social is quoted saying a lot of sensible things. In the Evening News, of all places. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...

Not buses or passengers, but still... www.ft.com/content/5785...

Buried away in Committee papers for September 11... democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s8... or, 'Why EBUG always stands against sweeping plans to remove bus stops'

Delighted that our AGM finally took place today, and we: 1. got two new Committee members 2. modernised our Constitution So we're battle-ready for the year ahead 🙂 Big thanks to all who attended 👏 Full details will be sent to all members shortly, and posted on our website soon after. #CTBM25

Happy #CTBM25 for all those who celebrate it. More from us throughout September, hopefully.

Scotland gets closer to answering the old question 'What IS a reasonable price to pay for public transport?' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc... And we stick with 'a bit less than the price of a cup of coffee in a high street chain'

x.com/on_lothianbu... careers.lothianbuses.com/job/742251 careers.lothianbuses.com/job/742246

Questions and Answers at Thursday's Council meeting reveal: 1. No funding for A90 bus priority beyond signals between Barnton and Craigleith (question 3, page 6 democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/b2... ) 2. Question 33, page 55 suggests the decision (below) needs to be pursued more vigorously.

Uh huh; we note: 1. Needs a banksman* for reversing manoeuvre. 2. Kassel kerbs both sides. Left side apparently inaccessible. 3. Passengers have clear view of approaching buses. 4. Clear road markings. 5. Bus stop clearway. 6. No RTI screen. x.com/suladoyle/st... h/t @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social

🙄 the DfT confuses 'England' with the 'UK' www.gov.uk/government/n... www.gov.uk/guidance/3-n...

Your occasional reminder it doesn't matter: 1. if a bus is powered by electricity, diesel, hydogen, or a not-yet-invented wonderfuel 2. which urban area of the UK you're in 3. whether you call it a bus or a trackless tram* If you don't give buses priority, you'll still get stuck in traffic.

transform.scot/2025/08/18/w... 'working at schools...ideally living in/near: Angus, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, or Stirling. Ideal for: teachers working part-time but wanting additional paid days OR professionals seeking flexible work with a positive impact on young people & the environment.'

📢Reminder; if you are a member but haven't yet received the Zoom meeting link (posted on Friday 15th), please DM us or email the address below.

Edinburgh park and ride to lose all Lothian bus services amid changes www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

Join our team! We're looking for a new Bus Compliance Officer to help improve bus services across East and Central Scotland. For full details visit tinyurl.com/mr3pckz4

Three things you need to know about buses today: 1) England’s buses: more ambition needed to undo 10 years of decline and get bums back on seats, Transport Committee says publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...

Wherein @lothianbuses.bsky.social apparently decides: 1. 'You know when @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social proposed that buses from East Lothian stop east of the city centre, and passengers should change if they want to go further? That was a daft idea, wasn't it?' www.lothianbuses.com/news/2025/08...

Lothian Buses today: "oh FFS 🤦. We don't know. Nobody knows. Look, it's a shitshow out there, OK? If you really want to go out there, you're on your own" x.com/on_lothianbu...

Oh hello. Time for another round of ill-informed party political point-scoring. www.transport.gov.scot/news/further...

Our Annual General Meeting on 19 June was inquorate, so is reconvened for a very brief online special AGM: 6pm 1 September 2025. The agenda is essential EBUG business. Any EBUG members who haven't yet had formal notice, please email [email protected]

Tollcross’s busiest bus stop at Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh is to close for a week. It is said to be for “safety reasons”; but it has also been suggested it’s to enhance red carpet treatment for celebrities. You can read the full Edinburgh Reporter story by clicking on the link:- bit.ly/452CPgr

OK, as @lothianbuses.bsky.social has decided to exclude Bluesky users from this competition by default, we're posting it here to subvert their slave-like devotion to Twitter. www.lothianbuses.com/news/2025/08... We won't make a habit of it though.

For individuals rather than organisations, apparently.

Oh. You may see in a 'newspaper' today an article conflating EBUG's views on LTNs with our position on a specific CEC active travel project. For the avoidance of doubt, EBUG has never criticised LTNs in general. We may or may not object to a specific part of a planned LTN, if it would negatively

Today's recommended long thread, with audience reviews.

BREAKING: Everyone got this? (Even those disagreeing with EBUG's astute 'Any further routes must be based on a systematic network...notably including buses...embedding high quality public transport...buses must be planned in from the outset, not squeezed in as an afterthought.' position)

Top-notch example of how to campaign for bus services in a local area! drive.google.com/file/d/1juJl...

This is fine, but in the long run they need to ensure there's a demand for buses by, y'know, making bus use more appealing? www.gov.uk/government/n... www.transport.gov.scot/news/cross-g...

Ooof. x.com/74frankfurt/...

Oh FFS...'Labour is the party for drivers' indeed, news.stv.tv/west-central... But not, apparently, for PT users, walkers or cyclists. 'New walking, cycling, bus...links will also be built'. Not when £65.85m out of £66m is already allocated to 3 road schemes, they won't.

Pros and cons of Scottish Parliament election 2026: Cons: some good local transport people might disappear to Holyrood Pros: some absolute duffers might disappear to Holyrood (But we're not saying who is in each category 🤐 🤭)

Today's mildly interesting news; We've checked our many referrals to @edinhelp since 2019, and find a 'failure to action' for just 3 items: 2 concerning street clutter @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social * 1 re 'when will the northbound bus stop on George IV Bridge be sorted?' Quite a good strike rate.

Where London = all the UK. Again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

To cut through some of the BS in the media and political blame-gaming, you have to go to the end of this article: www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1507996... "The Council has no involvement in procurement of vehicles for Lothian Buses. This is decided by the Lothian Buses Board." And ScotGov doesn't

Don't know about you, but if we were spending £650,000,000 across the UK on electrifying transport we might go for finishing the Midland Main Line and a hefty chunk of the Fife Circle, rather than chucking a bung to people who can afford a £37,000 car. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh aye? And just how many trip hazards will this create when: a) they're badly installed b) they're correctly installed but get damaged? www.gov.uk/government/n...

There are 300 days to the Scottish Parliament election. 300 days for the party campaigns to show they've: 1. identified the problems facing bus users. 2. identified solutions to those problems. 3. an achievable programme to deliver those solutions. 👀

People across Scotland will be meeting their MSPs at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Thurs 18th Sept to call for urgent, fair climate action. Will you join them? 💚 📝 Sign up here: bit.ly/44TiTfB #ActNowChangeForever #MassLobby

Controversial opinion alert. (Paywalled, unfortunately)