@chdot.bsky.social
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Brendan Paddy
2 days ago
Disappointing that Police Scotland seem confused about the nature of the problem here. These are not "e-bikes and e-scooters" but electric motorbikes being used unlawfully. As motor vehicles they are subject to immediate seizure in these circumstances.
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
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Edinburgh locals 'run for cover' from masked biker gang tearing up The Meadows
'They’re running amok'
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-locals-run-cover-masked-34221583?ref=edinburghminute.com
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Mike McTimoney
2 days ago
Instead of encouraging people to get around using active methods, we should be enabling it. Building safe, convenient, attractive walking and cycling infrastructure would save the NHS an absolute fortune.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NHS to reward people who walk 30 minutes a day
The "marathon a month" scheme, developed with former Olympic medallist Sir Brendan Foster, will launch early next year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6g0rdy40jo
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SpokesLothian
1 day ago
#Meadows
-
#UnionCanal
👍 More 🚶👩🦼🚲 improvements around
#KingsTheatre
in next few weeks
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@jtullock.bsky.social
@cllrcmiller.bsky.social
@finlaymcf.bsky.social
@tollcross-cc-edin.bsky.social
@merchistoncc.bsky.social
@secretedinburgh.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
5 days ago
#PrincesStreet
Can it work with fewer lanes? 🙋 See 🚌🚊video on
#RichardMurphy
page ->
www.richardmurphyarchitects.com/Princes-Stre...
Spokes thoughts->
bsky.app/profile/did:...
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@finlaymcf.bsky.social
@cllrcmiller.bsky.social
@thecockburn.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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Edinburgh Critical Mass
11 days ago
June Critical Mass coming up this Saturday! Besides supporting the Powderhall Line campaign the ride will finish at the Edinburgh Climate Festival. Amongst various activities you could win a Bike repair by cycling to power the stage! See the full program here:
www.edinburghclimatefestival.com
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SpokesLothian
13 days ago
#ebikes
legality: Guidance ->
www.spokes.org.uk/2026/06/e-bi...
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
@alastairdalton.bsky.social
@edinreporter.bsky.social
@bjpaddy.bsky.social
@policescotland.bsky.social
@keithirving.bsky.social
@2760.bsky.social
@sw20.info
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Edinburgh Critical Mass
18 days ago
The Scottish Parliament Information Service has been thinking about transport and how it means a lot more than how we can service cars.
spice-spotlight.scot/2026/06/11/t...
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Thinking about transport
This post briefly introduces some key transport policy concepts, with a view to informing debate on transport matters in the new parliamentary session, with a particular focus on road transport.
https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/06/11/thinking-about-transport/
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Edinburgh Critical Mass
14 days ago
Here is the planned route for the June ride coming up on Saturday 27th. Meet at 2pm by the Compass on Middle Meadow Walk.
#Edinburgh
#cycling
#EdCriticalMass
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SpokesLothian
16 days ago
#QuietRoute
Green/snp: keep
#trafficfilters
Lab/LibDem: remove & reassess after 1yr monitoring Con: remove 🤔 Issue: Child safety v. legal challenge in litigious
#Edinburgh
due to TRO errors 🙄 Vote 6:5 to remove
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@cllrbenparker.bsky.social
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
16 days ago
#EdinWebcast
#QuietRoute
Deputns pro/anti
#trafficfilters
->
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
p15-17 Parent councils
@canaanlaneprimary.bsky.social
#StPeter’sRC
#SouthMorningside
#Bruntsfield
#JamesGillespie
seek retention for child safety
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
16 days ago
#Tram
Q: Cllr
@chasbooth.bsky.social
re
#tramline
dangers, as in Spokes deputn A: Agree, serious issue - Bridges to be
#publictransport
, no general traffic - battery operation to save space: no central reserve - more in Sept then in detailed design
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
17 days ago
Transport Cttee (TEC) 18.6.26 Papers-->
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Watch-->
edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/...
Includes -
#QuietRoute
#trafficfilters
-
#tramline
#Granton-#Bioquarter
-
#Sheriffhall
#roundabout
(or
#throughabout
?)
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
18 days ago
#WaterOfLeith
Public mtg Thur 18 June 7pm,
#Balerno
P Church
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
@spriteacus.bsky.social
@sw20.info
@gavincorbett.bsky.social
@wolct.bsky.social
@longstonecc.bsky.social
@gregorsteele.bsky.social
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
18 days ago
#Tramline
#crashes
#injuries
Spokes deputn to Transport Cttee (TEC) seeking best design -->
www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/u...
More->
bsky.app/profile/did:...
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@edinburghtrams.bsky.social
@chasbooth.bsky.social
@pactsuk.bsky.social
@appgcw.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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SpokesLothian
23 days ago
#Tram
#Granton
to
#Bioquarter
🚊🚲 Council feedback on consultation -->
www.spokes.org.uk/2026/06/tram...
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
@chasbooth.bsky.social
@garethdennis.uk
@harryjwilliams.bsky.social
@keithirving.bsky.social
@vicnicsnp.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
24 days ago
#Powderhall
railway path - when? New website by
@threadinburgh.scot
&
@chdot.bsky.social
-->
powderhall.link?ref=edinburg...
HT
@edinburghminute.com
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@leithfeederride.bsky.social
@jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social
@edtiss.bsky.social
@harryjwilliams.bsky.social
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Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹
28 days ago
This week at the Transport Select Committee we were discussing road safety. Alex's words at Pedal on Parliament about presumed liability were fresh in my mind, so I asked about it.
@spokes.org.uk
@edi.bike
Full Question:
youtu.be/qeVRc5qIibA
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SpokesLothian
28 days ago
🙋 Tue 9 June, 2-7pm -->
ebqconsultation.com
Final
@edinburghbq.bsky.social
drop-in [with changes from previous consultn] 1500 homes, offices,
#MobilityHub
, 🚲👩🦼🚶routes
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@harryjwilliams.bsky.social
@bridgend-farmhouse.bsky.social
@kate-c.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
28 days ago
🙋
#WaterOfLeith
survey 🚶👩🦼🚲.🦆🌼🌳 -->
forms.office.com/pages/respon...
& public mtg June 18 -->
theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/06/wate...
HT
@edinreporter.bsky.social
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@wolct.bsky.social
@gregorsteele.bsky.social
@sw20.info
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SpokesLothian
about 1 month ago
👍 Excellent, from
@patrickharvie.bsky.social
Cash for 🚲🚶👩🦼 has been cut in last 2 years -->
www.spokes.org.uk/2026/01/scot...
🤔 AND, does this year's
#ScotGov
delay responding to council bids mean further in-year cut coming?
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@vikkitre.bsky.social
@chasbooth.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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SpokesLothian
30 days ago
🙋 Sat 6 June 🚲🚲🚲
#Livingston
#20Milers
casual
#bikeride
visiting..
#DedridgePond
#Almondell
#LocalHistory
of
#oil
-->
livi20milers.blogspot.com
[nearest 🚆 is
#LivingstonSouth
]
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@sw20.info
@mininglandscapes.bsky.social
@neilginscotland.bsky.social
@cameronglasgow.scot
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SpokesLothian
30 days ago
👍 More
#Voi
enthusiasm from
@alastairdalton.bsky.social
[@scotsman.com
#transport
correspondent] ->
newsletters.scotsman.com/transport-32...
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@edcriticalmass.bsky.social
@trikebum.bsky.social
@yunod.sustainabletranslator.scot
@thecockburn.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
about 1 month ago
"... more like
#Amsterdam
" Inspirational & catchy
@danabrahamsmusic.bsky.social
song/video, supported by Spokes -->
www.spokes.org.uk/2026/06/like...
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@jankamensky.bsky.social
@bjpaddy.bsky.social
@da-anderson.bsky.social
@edcriticalmass.bsky.social
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Sara Rich Dorman
about 1 month ago
Ready to go!
@pedalonparliament.org
@chdot.bsky.social
@spokes.org.uk
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Transform Scotland
about 1 month ago
What's next for Scotland's train fleet? ScotRail now operates the 2nd oldest fleet in Britain. Today we launched our new paper ‘Scotland’s Next Trains’, setting out the critical need for a national investment plan to renew our ageing network. Read it here 👇
shorturl.at/SSjJ2
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SpokesLothian
about 1 month ago
☝️ Excellent
@transform.scot
report on
#trains
renewal .. including 🚲<-->🚆
#BikeCarriage
#rail
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@railadvent.bsky.social
@garethdennis.uk
@markruskell.bsky.social
@neilbibby.bsky.social
@highlandcyclists.bsky.social
@gobikeglasgow.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
about 1 month ago
👍 New & upgraded path
#Redheughs
to
#Gogarburn
🤔 3m, tho' guidance says 4m -->
citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/a...
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
@kevin-lang.bsky.social
@sw20.info
@drscottarthurmp.bsky.social
@harryjwilliams.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
about 1 month ago
🙋 Thurs 28, final drop-in, 1-7pm
#NorthEdinburgh
Connections 🚲🚶👩🦼 consultation HERE-->
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/neat/
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@kaykinoneill.bsky.social
@ailsalaing.bsky.social
@sannedd.bsky.social
@vicnicsnp.bsky.social
@helenrambler.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
#SpokesCount
🚲 up everywhere! 🚲 31% of citybound
#ForrestRoad
🚘 single-occupancy 👇 ->
www.spokes.org.uk/2026/05/spok...
?Reasons 🤔
#VoiBikes
🤔
#CostOfLiving
@edi.bike
@edinreporter.bsky.social
@edinburghminute.com
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
@edtiss.bsky.social
@thecockburn.bsky.social
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Merchiston Districts Community Council
about 2 months ago
#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
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
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
add a skeleton here at some point
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
👍 New
#MSP
@sannedd.bsky.social
visiting the
#SpokesStall
at
#NorthEdinburghFestival
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@kevin-lang.bsky.social
@edthornley.bsky.social
@euandavidson.bsky.social
@jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social
@edinburghlibdem.bsky.social
@alex.scotlibdems.org.uk
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
👍 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
add a skeleton here at some point
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
👍 Looking great for 🚲 infrastructure in most of
#London
over the next 5 years 🤔 But
#Scotland
is very concerning -->
bsky.app/profile/spok...
@edi.bike
@edfoc.bsky.social
@chdot.bsky.social
@stephenjenkinson.bsky.social
@sannedd.bsky.social
@benmacpherson.bsky.social
@kaykinoneill.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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reposted by
SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
🙋 TODAY Sat 16 May...
add a skeleton here at some point
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
#M8
👍 Superb by
@marissamacwhirter.bsky.social
-->
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2610...
Spokes born after
#Edinburgh
#RingRoad
plan defeated by
@thecockburn.bsky.social
et al 🤩 but were proud to help stop the residual
#WesternReliefRoad
in 1983
@edi.bike
@chdot.bsky.social
@edfoc.bsky.social
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
FYI
@robbieainsworth.bsky.social
!!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Blackford Safe Routes
about 2 months ago
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...
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Braid estate and Whitehouse Loan - Blackford Safe Routes
Update May 2026 Success! (at least partly) Thank you to everyone who wrote to councillors about the traffic filters outside the school! Your emails made a difference, and we’re delighted to say that t...
https://blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/braid-estate-and-whitehouse-loan/
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Edinburgh Critical Mass
about 2 months ago
Thank you to everyone who came along and supported today!
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reposted by
🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest
about 2 months ago
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.
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Tom Hogg 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
about 2 months ago
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.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest
about 2 months ago
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
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reposted by
about 2 months ago
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.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest
about 2 months ago
📆 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
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest
about 2 months ago
🖍️ 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.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest
about 2 months ago
🍀 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.
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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest
about 2 months ago
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).
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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
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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SpokesLothian
about 2 months ago
TROSubcttee 12 May 2pm 🙋
#Greenbank-#Meadows
#QuietRoute
future Papers->
democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/ieListDocume...
Watch->
edinburgh.public-i.tv/core/portal/...
@edi.bike
map of issues ->
edi.bike/files/2026/0...
History by
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk
->
blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/braid-estate...
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Blackford Safe Routes
about 2 months ago
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
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