Just signed up to get this daft decision reconsidered. Residents like the quiet route so why strip it out ? Braid Estate, Edinburgh - Save our Streets - Sign the Petition! chng.it/xntXv6Rf via Change.org UK

The bank of the Seine in Paris. This used to be surrendered space for cars. For several years now it’s been a special place for people. All it took was leadership. Including fighting and winning a court battle when that leadership was challenged. HT Emmanuel for the great pic

Once politicians understand that #courage and #leadership is required, phenomenal things can happen!

#Paris the last ten years:
🌳 155.000 new trees
🌬️ 40% less air pollution
🚲 550 new kilometers of bike path
🏫 205 (!) school streets
🤸‍♂️131 green playgrounds
(via Vincent Luyendijk )

Now the kids are teenagers, the opportunities to cycle as a family are increasingly few and far between.

On the rare occasion we do, it brings back memories of raising them on two wheels; quality time spent together navigating the streets of our city.

Oh, the places we’ve gone!

Floral tributes laid at the scene of a crash in Edinburgh last night which has left one man dead & a teenager fighting for his life. Emergency services were called to Corstorphine Rd at around 10:50pm after a car crashed into a wall near Balgreen Rd. More on STV News at 6:45pm

Continuous footway (the raised section) is really only appropriate when traffic volumes are very low, like in a cul-de-sac - here it is not the case because The City of Edinburgh Council have enabled short-cutting by cars & lorries through a residential area

Blackford Safe Routes Critical Mass Edinburgh Sorry I couldn’t be there - through with my fam for Easter. Still devastated by this decision.

All power to your elbows 💪

Another article about the Critical Mass Edinburgh ride, highlighting the huge unbudgetted £400,000 cost of replacing a successful, safe quiet route in order to allow more through traffic in a residential area. edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh…

Good write up of yesterday's ride by Critical Mass Edinburgh Edinburgh Reporter theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/03/critic…

The Critical Mass Edinburgh ride today visited part of the Quiet Route which the council is dismantling. Read more here theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/03/critic…

#BraidEstate Critical Mass Edinburgh ride...

A great report by Edinburgh Reporter
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Cycling Edinburgh Spokes Porty Safe Cycling South Edinburgh John Robson Dave French Ben Parker Cllr Steve Burgess Cllr Simita Kumar @Sannedd Blackford Safe Routes Ed Festival Cycling edi.bike | weekly news digest

Nice to see Jarlath who is Edinburgh's Bike Bus Czar speaking at Critical Mass. Really highlighting that the modal filters at braid road (soon to be removed by the council) have encouraged many parents to start cycling to school rather than driving.

Just a few weeks ago, councillors in #Edinburgh voted to have more vehicles on residential streets by removing the Blackford Safe Routes on the Braid Estate - possibly 4000 more a day.

Are these the types of vehicles we want rat running through residential streets?

Blackford Safe Routes James Gillespie’s Primary School That's so awesome! ✨ Wishing you a very happy anniversary 💛 🎉🥳

Happy 5th birthday to us 🥰🥳

Kids have lost the freedom to roam. This is directly linked to greater feelings of loneliness, weaker sense of community, a lower sense of safety & less frequent social activities with friends.

Find out how 'childhood velonomy' helps them to regain it: urbancyclinginstitute.org/from-intensive…

Great turn out, lovely bright morning, thanks everyone! Sasha Taylor SW20 Paul Bullen Juniper Green PS