They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school. And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this. This is not a serious society.

⚡📮Nice work @royal-mail.bsky.social, who have just announced the launch of a new fleet of over 100 micro electric vehicles, replacing 52 vans. Better for the climate and for deliveries. This is exactly the kind of move we need to see for cities free of diesel vans! #ElectrifyLondon

Tomorrow’s Dawn Patrol is looking … interesting. A challenge awaits.

Currently a 10 minute wait for pedestrians/cyclists at the London Road/Leith Walk junction. On a typical 1 mile walking commute, 1/3rd of it could spent waiting at this single junction. Pathetic from Edinburgh Council, who claimed that the changes here would have no impact on active travel.

A really excellent deputation from Spokes on the A701/2 “relief” roads Particularly the section on “induced demand” 👏👏👏 @spokes.org.uk

It’s a well known thing in our house that the reason why we don’t own a car, is because also don’t own any fridge magnets. It’s why “If you don’t have a magnet, you don’t have a car.” makes complete and obvious sense to me.

🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...

Making it illegal for automobiles to have distracting screens like this cannot come soon enough. If anyone is wondering why we want segregated cycle lanes and protection from drivers - giving them distraction pads like this is big on my list. Let them crash into each other. Leave us out of it.

A lovely evening at the Port of Leith Distillery - learning about the last year of the business + trying out the FIRST year of barrel aging for the spirit distilled right here in Leith! Absolutely privileged to be here, and thankful for the opportunity. Now to clear the head before Dawn Patrol. 🤣

NEW! Plans revealed for historic George Brown & Sons warehouse at the Shore in Leith… 🍕 Introducing: Brown’s of Leith, a new food, drink and arts space 🪩 Civerinos among the traders moving in 🎨 ‘It’s like a mini Tate Modern’. Full details: www.edinburghminute.com/plans-reveal...

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

🙄 #PrincesStreet plans unfit for modern #European capital Spokes deputn to 12.11.25 Planning Cttee --> www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u... @edi.bike @thecockburn.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @davidfkey.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @cllrbenparker.bsky.social @mthmttcoe.bsky.social

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

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!

Reading “Regeneration: The Rescue of a Wild Land” (birlinn.co.uk/product/rege...) last year gave a lot of hope for what could happen in Scotland and the rest of the UK. It’s wonderful to see the Mar Lodge Estate continue to pioneer here and show the benefits across a host of species of all types.

Driver charged with providing false name during road checks in Leith A driver has been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice by providing a false name to officers during high visibility road checks in Leith. The road checks last weekend were part of a pro-active vehicle crime…

Seeing what is happening in America with the gov’t shutdown and airlines is shining a huge light on how much the air travel industry is subsidized & propped up by tax dollars. Time to go look for data on how much of this is the same within the UK - especially for within-UK flights.

We can look around the world where country after country achieves 90% plus electrified railway, we can see how they do it, and the Treasury and DfT go 'but our magic all powerful green book says no'.

We can’t afford to do what every other country did years ago for our railways, but people need to drive their kids to school in a tank

Edinburgh

Twice I’ve seen the word “traffic sewer” to describe car choked roads in cities. Absolutely adding this to my personal lexicon.

When people & campaign organisations oppose floating bus stops, this is who they are opposing

#ActiveTravel 💲 cut confirmed + #Bus infra fears --> www.spokes.org.uk/2025/11/acti... @edi.bike @keithirving.bsky.social @transform.scot @edinburghbug.bsky.social @alastairdalton.bsky.social @edinreporter.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @monicalennon.bsky.social @michaelmatheson.bsky.social

Soooooooooooooooooooon. 😁

#RailwayForEveryone #ScotRail November update (yellow=recent) -> scotlandsrailway.com/about-us/rfe Info: [email protected] @edi.bike @transform.scot @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @railfuture.bsky.social @sw20.info @networkrailscot.bsky.social @harryjwilliams.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social

Out walking as I like doing (not just cycling!) Rainbows out in force today on the Leith Docks. Only problem is … no rain. SEPA told me the docks fell into “maritime” jurisdictions and they don’t have any real remit here as far as incidents go. Anyone here with experience care to chime in?

Whoever came up with the idea of calling a sale of unsold cycling clothing from the year / the random items found in the warehouse during inventory, an “Archive Sale” is a marketing genius. Probably underpaid too, if I’m honest.

Those at the very top of the 2026 Worlds Best Cities list are in three different countries — London, Paris, and New York City — and they are all leaders in prioritising the, ahem, humble and beautiful bicycle. momentummag.com/cities-on-th...

Dear @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social, Why just stop at an LEZ and its expansion within the city? Want to really improve our air quality AND bus network with reduced journey times? The answer is out there. @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

The impact of ever larger cars - surely this is the major contributor to falling bus speeds in London. Calculations follow but over the last 25 years the growth in width of the average car is the equivalent of up c16% reduction in road width.

ETRO/21/30C #SilverknowesRoad segregated 🚲 lanes .. email to Spokes from worried local resident 🙋 If you use & support this scheme please respond! @edi.bike @sw20.info @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @best-edinburgh.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @infrasisters.bsky.social @nialla.bsky.social

Slightly elevated bedtime temperature after a long weekend down south visiting family and spending time with my niece and nephews. Wanted to get some Arthur’s Seat laps in, but might just do light mobility stretching and a lot of vitamin C instead just in case …

Quoting ourselves here, but it’s absolutely insane to us that anyone still uses Twitter. You don't have to. You can just stop. It was a *massive* part of our growth but you can just let it go. However important your business is to you, it's less important than this:

Since when did parking on zig zags become socially - and legally - acceptable? A complete lack of enforcement here on Commercial Street, mirrored across Edinburgh.

Saw my first Redwing of the season today. That’s pretty exciting.

There have been recent examples of reporting that confuses safe and legal e-bikes with illegally modified bikes - with images of electric motorbikes even being captioned misleadingly as "e-bikes". Our recent blog explains the distinctions and the importance of getting the language on e-bikes right.

Morning Commuters: Warriston Path just before/past Coalie Park has had a tree down in just the past half hour! #EdTravCyc

Whelp. That’s me joining AudaxUK. This should be interesting.

Despite widespread media predictions of a Reform victory on Thursday, Farage's defeat shows his party continues to be overestimated, argues Adam Bienkov

Browsing Vinted (I’ve picked up some brilliant cycling kit on it this year) and it’s always amazing how many counterfeit items you come across. Especially for Patagonia. Let’s see if Vinted takes down this particular egregious listing where the tag states: “The Chinese logo shall prevail” 🤣

When Bikes Outnumber Cars: What Scotland’s Cycling Surge Can Teach North America. momentummag.com/when-bikes-o...

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

The best thing we can do is silence their propaganda efforts and not engage with it. Until competency takes hold in our government, these accounts must have no real value and be treated as spam.

Really enjoying the morning sunshine on the heather on my terrace this morning. At least until the clouds decide to come in 0.42 seconds after I post this.

Would love to see these on The Shore benefitting the businesses and leveling up the area as a human-scaled epicenter. King’s Wark, Victor Hugo, Malt & Hops, Shore Deli, Mimi’s, Barry Fish, Mara, Toast, Cafe Truva. The Shore, Ship on the Shore, Granary, Clock Cafe. All of them.

Thar be Haar.

In today’s whinge about traffic, parking, adhering to rules and the like I have this lovely specimen. Huge lorry. Mounting pavement. Blocking bike lane. Blocking pavement. Unloading a pallet. Not shown is the speed of travel while ON the pavements/bike lane the fellow was driving before dropping.

“If you get hit by a car travelling at 50kph, you’ve only got a 1.5-in-10 chance of surviving. If it’s going 30kph you’ve got a nine-in-10 chance”

With the average new car at $50,000, let's look at the real costs of "freedom": ​✅ Decades of debt ✅ Social isolation for every trip ✅ A leading cause of death & injury ​Car dependency is a financially and socially crippling system, not a choice.