#Harrison road bridge update: demolition of old bridge is ahead of schedule with the last of the cast iron beams being lifted out this afternoon. Remaining demolition debris will be removed early next week, and hopefully the site boundary can be reduced then. Thanks to Cllr McKay for the update

Sadly, same central reservation problem in original #PrincesStreet #tramline ☹️ And far worse there, as no cycle lanes, hence continuing tramline crashes & injuries, unlike #LeithWalk ☹️ We fought very hard against it at the time but lost @edfoc.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social

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👍 Really interesting & good: #pedestrian casualties fell *drastically* when Leith Walk remodelled #CycleLanes => #pedestrians no longer next to #MotorTraffic Also no #kerbside parking => safer to cross the road @edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @chdot.bsky.social

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Success! We’re delighted to say that the council voted to make the traffic filters on Whitehouse Loan permanent – the one outside James Gillespie’s Primary school, as well as the one at Strathearn Road But it’s not all rosy - read our blog for more… blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/braid-estate...

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported today!

I think this is about the involvement of lawyers in the anti-quiet-route camp; so almost understandable. It does seem like officers are highly embarassed by this coming about and are also doing what they can within the process. Not sure what Braid Rd recommendation was about though.

Possibly better than we feared tbh. It's still annoying that nobody has the political mettle to do something theoretically illegal but the consequences are not clear to me.

I believe ward Cllr Ben Parker is on the case here. We’re one of many voices calling for this to be fixed as soon as possible. Nothing to come out before mid-June (when orders expire) either way

Routes to school are going to be significantly affected- the quiet, safe routes that everyone is used to will suddenly become much busier and more dangerous. The reinstatement should be an urgent issue.

📆 These modal filters will be removed, reintroducing rat running that they had previously severed; but can & should be reinstated in the next 6-9 months pending Transport Committee decision in June. ✅ Votes to retain Braid Rd: 2 Grn, 2 SNP, 1 LD ❌ Votes against: 2 Lab, 1 LD, 1 Con

🖍️ Paperwork errors for filters at Canaan Ln, Braid Ave & Hermitage Gdns mean that these could not be made permanent today, in spite of strong questions to officers to find a way to do so. However, officers repeatedly reassured that a new report will come to the Transport Committee to fix mistakes.

🍀 These include the filters on Whitehouse Loan at Bruntsfield Links and Strathearn Rd; and thanks to an amendment from the Green group to go against officers recommendations, the filter at Braid Rd (ETRO 21/29B) is kept too. The latter is a significant win for the safety of the quiet route.

Thread: 🗳️ TRO Sub-committee have made permanent the following measures this afternoon: - ETRO 21/29B Braid Rd - ETRO 21/29C Comiston Rd Three of the six modal filters on the Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route have also been made permanent (ETRO 21/29D).

Sorry, last line should have said Braid ROAD filter saved So.. 🙄Legally cllrs could not make the filters at BraidAv CanaanLane HermitageGdns permanent so they go for now 🤔It will go back to TEC Cttee but ☹️ 6+ month delay 👍But voted to keep Braid ROAD filter despite recommendn to remove @edi.bike

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Thank you to everyone who’s told us you have written to councillors! You are amazing! Reminder: Supporter’s Rally, City Chambers, 12:30-2pm. Look for the banner

The 1-Hour City is really profitable for the Road Lobby, but it means more bad things for all of us. #1HourCityConspiracy And it’s just a lot more time stuck in car traffic we’re forced to be a part of. Sound like freedom? #UrbanTruth

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In any other sensible world, when a mistake is made in the paperwork, IT IS FIXED - not by changing the physical world to match the incorrect documents, but by updating the text. Only Edinburgh council could make such a mess of it

The filters in Braid Estate are recommended by council officers to be removed, because of a technicality 🙄

Updated profile.... Thanks @chdot.bsky.social

Edinburgh Climate Festival has been announced for Sat 27th June: linktr.ee/edinburghclimatefest

For local residents looking to cycle along to @pedalonparliament.org on 30 May, you can join a feeder ride from Harrison Park!

🙌 🚲 Great news! New cycle hangars (secure on-street cycle storage) are finally planned for our area. Two cycle hangars (12 space for bikes) are proposed on each street. In 2026 hangars are planned for Bryson Road, Forbes Road, Harrison Road, Polwarth Gardens, Temple Park Crescent and Bryson Road.

Join us - ride for safer cycling in Scotland! pedalonparliament.org/our-manifesto/

I will be organising a 'feeder ride' from Harrison Park to the Meadows. Riding slowly and carefully for families. Meet at HP for an 11 am departure to the Meadows. @pedalonparliament.org @spokes.org.uk @merchistoncc.bsky.social

Eh yes, Canberra may be the most boring capital in the world, but buses with front bike racks and superb road cycling through national parks? That’s elite boring done well, if you ask me.

I think at one time Lothian and/or the Corporation before them had a plan to build a big old road pretty much everywhere (indeed it's those plans that preserved most of the rail corridors and their structures long enough to be turned into cycle paths)

Yep. Abbeyhill, Easter Road and Leith Walk (and everything in between) all connected into miles of other paths off road.

Great time at #SLDConf at Dynamic Earth this w/e & got to meet a wide range of orgs to discuss the future of Leith community policing, the push to re-open the Powderhall path, Bonnington's ME & #LongCovid centre, the importance of trees in high density urban environments, & the UK rejoining the EU.

Currently researching and writing up about how Edinburgh got its first railway cycle paths, it went from seed of an idea to first path in 4 years and network largely complete in 12. Powderhall has taken a decade to get basically nowhere but round in circles.

Some photos from the April ride #Edinburgh #Cycling #EdCriticalMass

We’re back - Save the Date! In 2026 we Pedal on Parliament for a cycle-friendly Scotland, on Sat 30th May at 11.30am - Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, Edinburgh on closed roads. #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange #pop26

🛎️ Leith Feeder Ride to POP 2026 🛎️ Saturday 30th of May Meeting outside the cricket club on Leith Links at 0930 for a 0945 start. Find out more and let us know if you're planning to come along on our Facebook event: fb.me/e/44dRCf5tr @pedalonparliament.org #POP26

Powderhall / Leith Walk / Easter Road / Meadowbank path negotiations continue between Edinburgh Council & Network Rail Scotland, & assessments have taken place on the bridges down the route. However we're a whiles until any spade can hit the ground. The funding picture was answered back in Feb too.

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Lots going on down at Coalie Park today with our monthly clean-up in full swing. As well as our usual land and water litter pick, we welcomed a new crew member onto the boat, removed a large buddliea tree, swept paths, and scrubbed graffiti from the planter benches. Thanks folks!

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In light of this decision my Transport & Environment Committee will now have to revisit the vote taken on the Braids Estate LTN. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/two-edi...

This demonstrates that the vote to rip out the modal filters and other active travel measures in the Braid estate was not only unjustifiable, but also arrived at by a tainted process which must now surely be revisited.

It's essential that the decision to rip out the quiet route is now revisited. I have written to senior council officers to request this.

Full press release: drive.google.com/file/d/1mBL4...

A close-run matter in which two councillors — one of whom not even usually on the Committee! — voted in breach of the Code of Conduct surely cannot be considered a democratic agreement to remove filters that have made streets quieter and safer for residents and those travelling through the area.

The controversial and surprising vote to remove highly effective traffic calming measures from a residential area and re-introduce up to 6,000 vehicles daily — on a 'quite route' for walking, wheeling and cycling spanning two primary schools — must surely now be revisited at Transport Committee.