We took a ride along Rose St to/from Tisos, during the busy festive shopping period 🧵 First up, we rode legally westward # of 🚘 interactions: 3 # of 🚶‍♀️interactions: 0 total time: 1m38 Note, rat-running SUV, & 2x bona fida parcel delivery

St. Mark's Path update - situation looking a lot better. As previously advised the path will reopen fully during the Xmas holidays – 19th Dec 2025 – 4th Jan 2026. From 5th January 2026 onwards the path will remain open for the majority of the construction programme.

🚧 Powderhall / St Mark’s Path – Update Good news: the path will reopen from Fri 19 Dec to Sun 4 Jan while construction pauses, giving everyone on Quiet Route 20 a safer, more direct link over the festive period. Council still reviewing options for a better route during future closures.

St MARK'S PATH LATEST:—We hear it will reopen from Friday 19 December until Sunday 4 January 2026 (inclusive). #Edinburgh #hyperllocal #news @edi.bike @andyheald.bsky.social

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#EdTravcyc The Mound is closed. Heavy traffic on Lothian Road

The Mound closed. Heavy traffic on Lothian Road as a result.

If #ScotGov introduced #Default20mph (like #Wales) then #bureaucracy like this & signage costs would be reduced @edi.bike @markruskell.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @20splenty.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social #20mph

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

If you can get to Inverleith Park, quietroute 20 may be a better option. Otherwise, there are few safe alternatives.

☹️ If @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social can do it why not #LeonardoUK? @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @vicnicsnp.bsky.social @julebandel.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @turvill.bsky.social @nellibdems.bsky.social @stockbridgeicc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social

#Tram consultation - Spokes submission --> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u... 🙋 You have till midnight Monday for your own response! HERE--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor... @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

Not sure if it’s officially officially open yet as the entrance on Dock Street still has fencing - but the Leith Connections section along Sandport has had all barriers removed and is a JOY to ride! Want to ride along? 😁 @edi.bike

The Gayfield wandering manhole cover is on the move again. It’s been like this for several years thanks to Trams To Newhaven. Apparently responsibility is unclear but surely CEC are responsible enough to at least bolt it down for now like this one in a New Town pavement. Amazing nobody injured yet.

Rodney Street closed citybound including uphill segregated cycle lane. Eyre Pl and George IV park may offer alternate route. #EdTravCyc @edi.bike www.threads.com/@edinburghtr...

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

🚲 edi.bike | issue 116 | 27th Oct '25 Voi e-bike fleet on the rise; Spokes competition results; photos from @infrasisters.bsky.social Glow ride; plus events, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc... #bikeSky

Protected cycle lanes =/= Painted lines

Holyrood Park High Road has re-opened to pedestrians and cycles following the grassfire and rockfall assessment. #EdTravCyc @edi.bike @spokes.org.uk www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...

"We had a backlash from one councillor who wrote ''SPOKES can get lost and take its Commie friends with it." road.cc spoke to the Edinburgh volunteers campaigning for active travel for nearly 50 years...

New #A701/ #A702 'relief'/link road 🚘🚘🚘 PA 25/00521/DPP 🙋 Object here by 7 Nov--> planning-applications.midlothian.gov.uk/OnlinePlanni... 🙋 Our previous comments--> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u... @edi.bike @mrjasonrose.bsky.social @midlothiancan.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info

Understand the central pavement will get a bollard & asked about rest of cycle lane as I think there's still 2 or 3 at southern end from first phase. Contractors are coming back to Elm Row do Montgomery Street cycle gap & remove western lane in any case.

#Tram #Granton-#Bioquarter 🙋 Spokes draft response [as of 6 Oct] --> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/10/tram... @edi.bike @thecockburn.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @cobaltmale.bsky.social @transform.scot @sw20.info

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 proud of our Roseburn to Union Canal Link team for their win at the National Transport Awards 2025: Exemplary Approach to Active Travel and Public Space. Such a fantastic, new connection from Roseburn over to Fountain Park and a great outdoor space for the whole community to enjoy.

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

Fantastic progress being made by Camden Council team in the pedestrianisation of Camden High Street. Removing the traffic has made it so much safer - and now the street is being made welcoming and fun.

#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

#TravellingSafely East Officer says 1. cash allocated to upgrade #ETRO routes 2. Order concerns traffic restrictions, not materials 🙄 Cllr Lang again queries the materials A: the materials are safe but will be upgraded if permanent No other councillors speak! 🤩 Report agreed! - East lanes saved!

🎉 The East Area ETRO has been agreed to make permanent! And, moments later, so have the North and West Area Travelling Safely schemes. Many thanks to everyone who joined us and @spokes.org.uk in calling for scrutiny on this process and calling for sense to prevail at the TRO Sub-Committee.

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!

Handy map of Edinburgh bike shops here edfoc.org.uk/2020/04/02/e...

🙋 #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

@theedinburghreporter @edinburghlive police and ambulance incident on Dublin St

Big news for dashcam/helmetcam users: Judge Affirms Legality Of Public-Submitted Road Crime Footage In Landmark Ruling www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Thankyou @carltonreid.com for this brilliant in-depth article giving background to my song 'Amsterdam'! www.forbes.com/sites/carlto... Last week of fundraising for the video: www.indiegogo.com/projects/ams... @spokes.org.uk @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @forbes.com

I'm going to a gig at Murrayfield. They issue travel advice as it'll be busy - covering public transport and walking, but no mention of bikes. Cycling there would take me ~15 minutes, and every other (non-car) way 40+ minutes at the best of times. Do they have any bike facilities there?

Compare and contrast. Bus stops on South Bridge yesterday. A dangerous chaotic mess @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Councillors have chosen to make people walk in the carriageway whilst refusing to restrict vehicle traffic. Massive liability issue for the Council & major problem for local businesses

Another collision on Dublin St :( - somebody on a bike that ended up under a car. Police on the scene. Info from a third party. No other details. They need to sort this junction out once and for all instead of these half-hearted measures.

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!

Yesterday we joined #ScottishCanals to open the new towpath in West Edinburgh 🎉 Now a well-lit and accessible surface, people will feel safe and confident to walk, wheel and cycle along the route year-round. Even the local pups are benefitting 🐾 More: buff.ly/pX2JK59

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

#PrincesStreet 🙋 Think again, Edinburgh! -> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/07/prin... 🤔 Even the Council's own report says it could be "more aspirational" 👍 New #RichardMurphy plans show how Council could reduce vehicle dominance and cater for 🚶👩‍🦼🚲🚌🚋 as in the #TransportHierarchy and other European cities

3500 bikes distributed & New Scots provided with essential mobility and freedom of movement 🥳 THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS 🧡🙌🧡🙌🧡🙌🧡🙌🧡🙌🧡🙌 Www.bikesforrefugees.scot

As the author, I’m immensely proud of this report. But mainly I hope people read it and take notice. This is about the rise in ‘fake e-bikes’, and what’s driving it appgcw.org/resources/in...

Road charging: Scottish councils including Edinburgh to be given full powers to introduce schemes www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

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

I’m delighted that @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social will now start a dialogue with @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social & others on congestion charging as a result of part of the Green addendum which was agreed today. Edinburgh will not meet climate emergency targets unless we take bold action.