🧵I don't usually bother with this stuff but... I see people suggesting the BBC has somehow indulged me because I'm riding a £7,000 bike. I feel compelled to set the record straight on a couple of points 1/3

Pedal Power - Cycling and Activism exhibition coming to the Museum of Edinburgh featuring @infrasisters Critical Mass Edinburgh Spokes CycleCampaign and Bike Buses. Kicks off on 27 April. Do get along if you can! edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/pedal…

Roseburn Cycle Route Cycling Edinburgh #CCWEL 🚲👩‍🦽🚶‍♀️Opening !! March 20, 11.30-2.30

🤔Tortuous history (with some heroes) -->spokes.org.uk/2022/02/ccwel-…

🙋‍♀️Spokes stall, selling #SpokesMaps at special £5 price. Also buffs
[You may need cash as our electronic thingy is playing up]
Map info-->spokes.org.uk/spokes-maps/

Get yer family's bikes washed for free this Sunday in Porty!

The irony of the Council using a photo of Holyrood Park to promote the LEZ which does not include the park and council reports predict it will push more motor vehicle traffic into the park…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - an update on the Braid Estate and Whitehouse Loan
blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/braid-estate-a…

A good article summarising Thursday's transport committee. Complete with misleading statements from Labour and Lib Dem councillors
news.stv.tv/east-central/c…

We share your dismay, and also the loss of funding to other projects caused by this . Finding it hard to to see how safe school streets across Edinburgh will ever be delivered now because quietened residential streets might now be off the agenda

The City of Edinburgh Council Cycling Edinburgh Cllr Scott Arthur 🌍🌈🌹 Katrina Faccenda Danny Aston Cllr. Finlay McFarlane Cllr Jule Bandel Sanne DD 🌍🔶 Kevin Lang Cllr Christopher Cowdy Hart's Cyclery edi.bike | weekly news digest SW20 Spokes Porty BEST_Edinburgh InfraSisters Critical Mass Edinburgh I Bike Edinburgh John Robson Safe Cycling South Edinburgh Pedal On Parliament Cllr Kayleigh O'Neill ⛅ Blackford Safe Routes Scottish Government Jim Densham Keith Irving Paths for All Cycling Scotland Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Sarah Boyack MSP Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 Carlton Reid Laura Laker Ben Parker #TrafficFilters

🤔Interestingly, the Transport Committee and Convener who voted to remove the #BraidEstate filters at the 7.3.24 meeting
also voted, at their 1.2.24 meeting, to retain 29 existing filters and install 32 more!

We have had to spend our time & energy fighting to keep effective traffic filters that keep kids safe. It's prevented us from building on the existing successes. This decision is a devastating blow to children safety, just a few days after a kid died on Edinburgh's streets.

Anyone interested in joining a feeder ride from Portobello to InfraSisters ride tomorrow, get in touch with Charlie 👇🚲

The City of Edinburgh Council Cycling Edinburgh Cllr Scott Arthur 🌍🌈🌹 Katrina Faccenda Danny Aston Cllr. Finlay McFarlane Cllr Jule Bandel Sanne DD 🌍🔶 Kevin Lang Cllr Christopher Cowdy Hart's Cyclery edi.bike | weekly news digest SW20 Spokes Porty BEST_Edinburgh InfraSisters Critical Mass Edinburgh I Bike Edinburgh John Robson Safe Cycling South Edinburgh Pedal On Parliament Cllr Kayleigh O'Neill ⛅ Blackford Safe Routes Scottish Government Jim Densham Keith Irving Paths for All Cycling Scotland Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Sarah Boyack MSP Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 Carlton Reid Laura Laker Ben Parker #Edinwebcast #BraidEstate

Q: Cllr Jule Bandel Would a costly cycleroute in this residential area set a precedent elsewhere?

Officer: Council policy does not suggest segregated routes in residential areas, only on main roads, but decisions are up to councillors

The City of Edinburgh Council Cycling Edinburgh Cllr Scott Arthur 🌍🌈🌹 Katrina Faccenda Danny Aston Cllr. Finlay McFarlane Cllr Jule Bandel Sanne DD 🌍🔶 Kevin Lang Cllr Christopher Cowdy Hart's Cyclery edi.bike | weekly news digest SW20 Spokes Porty BEST_Edinburgh InfraSisters Critical Mass Edinburgh I Bike Edinburgh John Robson Safe Cycling South Edinburgh Pedal On Parliament Cllr Kayleigh O'Neill ⛅ Blackford Safe Routes #Edinwebcast #BraidEstate

Q: Cllr Jule Bandel comment on modal filters?
A: Essential to make traffic low; allow children to use road instead of pavement. Residential area lanes only serve specific N-S trips

#BraidAvenue deputn: prior to quiet route it was nightmare, now transformed

The City of Edinburgh Council Cycling Edinburgh Cllr Scott Arthur 🌍🌈🌹 Katrina Faccenda Danny Aston Cllr. Finlay McFarlane Cllr Jule Bandel Sanne DD 🌍🔶 Kevin Lang Cllr Christopher Cowdy Hart's Cyclery edi.bike | weekly news digest SW20 Spokes Porty BEST_Edinburgh InfraSisters Critical Mass Edinburgh I Bike Edinburgh John Robson Safe Cycling South Edinburgh Pedal On Parliament Cllr Kayleigh O'Neill ⛅ #Edinwebcast

#BraidEstate : cllrs to decide to
retain the low traffic area (option 1)
or scrap (option 3)
->democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s677…

Spokes Safe Cycling South Edinburgh deputn-->spokes.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Blackford Safe Routes verbal deputn
Option 3 puts🚙ahead of child safety walking to school

WATCH: We met with the George Street Accessibility Forum so they could experience 3D models and talk to the team on site. Their feedback will improve accessibility for people with disabilities to move around the area confidently. For project details, visit edinburgh.gov.uk/georgestreet

Cllr Scott Arthur 🌍🌈🌹 Laura Laker Blackford Safe Routes Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) SW20 Spokes Porty Cycling Edinburgh edi.bike | weekly news digest Transform Scotland Jim Densham Edinburgh Reporter Transport Office InfraSisters Critical Mass Edinburgh Helen McArdle Donald Anderson Ewen Maclean Cllr. Finlay McFarlane Cllr Margaret A. Graham🇿🇦 Councillor Jo Mowat Cllr Jule Bandel Sanne DD 🌍🔶 Living Streets Edinburgh Edinburgh Bus Users Group Carlton Reid Paul Lawrence Angus [email protected] Spokes Public Meeting report🚲👩‍🦽🚶‍♀️
HERE-->spokes.org.uk/2024/03/draft-…

🙋‍♀️ #FutureStreets policies
🙋‍♀️City Centre
🙋‍♀️City Cycle Network
+ #Roseburn #tramline / #business / #potholes / #DangerousJunctions / #TrafficReduction / #PicardyPlace / & more

#SpokesMtg Cllr Kayleigh O'Neill ⛅ Gareth Barwell

Spokes Porty Edinburgh Council Help Fishwives Causeway at the Portobello Rd junction is also poorly served for cyclists and pedestrians. Parking on double yellows, double parking seems unpunished. Same for the new local estate there