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South West Edinburgh 20 Minute Neighbourhoods. Positive, sustainable changes. Live well locally. FREE e-cargobike hire & Tool Library @sw20etl #streetsNOTroads

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@SW20Ed

SW20

7 months

Really excited to try and establish a junior park run here in the South West of the city. Be sure to register your interest. Hailes Quarry Park is an ideal size for this 🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏃🏻‍♀️🏃‍♂️

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@Longstone_CC

Longstone Community Council

7 months

We are working with @SW20Ed to establish the level of interest in a local junior parkrun. A Junior parkrun, for children 4-14 (plus supporting adults), takes place every Sunday morning & is 2km in length (with potential for a shorter lap). More here👇👇

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SW20

24 days

Does the M8 make a profit?

@TheScotsman

The Scotsman

25 days

🔴 Exclusive: 'Astonishing' Edinburgh Tram losses soar to £55m, via @therachelamery

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3 years

Cities all over the world are creating safer, more liveable streets: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧Glasgow: bike network 🇧🇪Brussels: 🚗 free centre 🇫🇷Paris: 🚗 light centre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧Cambridge: car reduction 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧Oxford: Parking Levy, LEZ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 Nottingham: parking levy 🇫🇷 Bordeaux: 20mph car free 🧵👇

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@SW20Ed

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2 years

One of these has been is being stored on public land for free and without notice. The other required a Traffic Regulation Order, the requisite consultation, months of notice and council resources.

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If it needs this sign, it’s a failed design.

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1 year

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 “It won’t work in Scotland” 📈Nearly 1m users - before it was finished 🤯Myth busted

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5 months

Do roads make a profit?

@TheScotsman

The Scotsman

5 months

Edinburgh Trams: Project has seen losses of £44 million since opening

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2 years

EVs will save the city. If we pick the right EVs.

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5 months

Now do roads.

@SueJWebber

Sue Webber MSP 💜💙

5 months

Since opening 10 years ago, Edinburgh Trams have made a net loss of £44 million. Coming in at more than £400m over budget and three years late, the capital’s trams have not run a profit since 2017. Services cannot continue to run at a loss - despite what Cllr Arthur believes!

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7 months

@transportgovuk Fixed it!

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2 years

More please. Filters in have existed in #Edinburgh in various guises - for decades. Calming streets, making them safer and quieter, yet not stopping driving to a single home or preventing any delivery. #streetsNOTroads

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@AgentP22

Agent P

2 years

Edinburgh Council has gone mad. @CllrScottArthur

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@SW20Ed

SW20

3 years

“I need to get where I’m going and I should be able to” Great video on the impact of pavement parking. See the next tweet for the local impact on Edinburgh and what you can do to help (1/3).

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4 months

It’s time for an #Edinburgh congestion charge. Here’s why🧵

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7 months

Best seat on the bus. Strange how so many shops that aren’t even open on a Sunday morning at 10:15 ‘rely’ on this Sunday only parking, for which a 24/7 bike lane was sacrificed. 🤨 #motornormativity

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4 months

In Dundee, rain gardens are doing their job in a very wet May/June (possibly the wettest on record). In #Edinburgh people just shout: 😡 “JuSt CleAR tHE dRaINs”

@RebeccaCarrotte

Dr Rebecca Wade

@RebeccaCarrotte

4 months

@LessWasteLaura Retrofit #NatureBased stormwater management in action in Dundee yesterday. Drains were still doing their stuff but these raingardens were taking runoff from the road & pavement, reducing pressure on the drains, no puddles on pavement & protecting pedestrians from car splash.🌧️👍

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@SW20Ed

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2 years

🤔 “There’s not enough space on our roads for bigger pavements or cycle lanes” Nature shows how much unnecessary space we choose to devote to cars. #streetsNOTroads

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2 months

But what if a driver is inconvenienced?

@john_auldtoon

John Mitchell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

2 months

South Bridge this afternoon. The Spaces for People pavement extensions need to be reinstated if not permanently then at least for high summer. South Bridge and George IV Bridge has become a no go zone for the disabled/wee bairns in push chairs etc. 1/2

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@SW20Ed

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2 years

This could be #LanarkRoad Comiston Road, Craiglockhart, Fairmilehead or any number of wide SW Edinburgh roads. Time to treat them as streets, not roads? Credit @InfraCGI

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9 months

To be fair, you only have to drive over three kerbs, a pavement and a cycle lane to drive down these stairs…

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2 months

Edinburgh prioritises vehicles over people consistently and this is the result. No other historic European city would allow this mix of vehicles and pedestrians at any time, never mind one hosting a festival of this scale. Zero leadership.

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Jeremy Vine

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Really worried this bus is going to plough straight into the tourist sitting in the road

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2 months

This is the Metro and Tram map for Lyon (population 500k). This week #Edinburgh (population 514k) debated whether or not to trial bus lane times being extended for one bus route.

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@bridges_tom

Tom Bridges

2 months

This is how far the UK has fallen behind.

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1 year

@BrentToderian Fixed it!

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2 years

A parking fine in 1999 Edinburgh cost £60, today it costs… £60. If it had increased in real terms with other prices it would be £91, but in real terms it’s 35% cheaper! Time to play catch-up?

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1 year

One of these can be left in almost any #Edinburgh neighbourhood. The other requires a consultation, a traffic order and years of lobbying before it can be put anywhere. #motornormativity 😂

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To see the best Georgian car park in the world!

@DrScottArthurMP

Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹

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1 month

Best seat on the bus!

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1 year

There will be, again, much debate, about #LanarkRoad . Let’s be clear: If #Edinburgh ’s Cllrs think an outdated 1970s designed wide road - not street - with hatchings & refuges that enable fast traffic & car dominance is worth voting for, then we might struggle with Net Zero…🌎

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@SW20Ed

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10 months

When you design for cars, you get cars.

@DrScottArthurMP

Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹

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10 months

Picardy Place today from the John Lewis Café.

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7 months

Just a few weeks ago, councillors in #Edinburgh voted to have more vehicles on residential streets by removing the @blackfordsafer1 on the Braid Estate - possibly 4000 more a day. Are these the types of vehicles we want rat running through residential streets?

@blackfordsafer1

Blackford Safe Routes

@blackfordsafer1

7 months

Modal filters, also known as LTNs, reduce the risk of death and serious injury by 50% – including for drivers. The safety of people has always been at the heart of Blackford Safe Routes and we were reminded of how dangerous Edinburgh’s roads are last week

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2 years

1/ For todays @POPScotland feeder ride from Spylaw Park we strapped a GoPro to Sam, one of our young members to capture a kids perspective of riding into town. First up @TunnelColinton - always good 👍

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@SW20Ed

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9 months

It’s been a long time coming, but here it is. The #Edinburgh #PavementParking Ban will be enforced from today. 🥳

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2 years

Pedestrian refuges: a triumph of traffic engineering over people. They are an admission that a street is too wide and traffic too fast for people to cross. This is on a route to schools, a bus stop, a library, a playpark and a Primary School. #StreetsNOTroads

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Las Shamblas to get bollards! Cllrs have admitted that #Edinburgh ’s #LeithWalk will need bollards. @WorldBollard “We’ll simply spend years fixing pavements and cleaning up accidents if we don’t” said Transport Convenor @CllrScottArthur They’ll be delivered by 1 April 2024.

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10 months

Don’t let anyone tell you there isn’t any space available for bike lanes or wider pavements in Edinburgh. Tighter carriageways also make 20mph limits more effective.

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7 months

@Mark_J_Harper Here’s a better plan!

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@transportgovuk Fixed it!

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2 years

Glasgow’s miles better… …at reallocating road space on wide streets once dominated by cars. Edinburgh can have this too.

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9 months

Much to digest in these plans launched today by Edinburgh Council, including proposed: 🚌 🚶🚲 Enhanced priority for public and active travel across the city 🚶🚶‍♀️👩‍🦽Much greater pedestrian priority in the city centre 🚋 A new tram route

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2 months

New #Colinton bin hub: “This is a conservation area and they are going to ruin the views for everyone passing through our village” The street is already full of metal boxes (vehicles and existing bins)? Is this peak car blindness and #motornormativity ?

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@EdinburghLive_

Edinburgh Live

@EdinburghLive_

2 months

Edinburgh residents in historic village stage protest to stop 'scandalous bin hub'

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9 months

If it needs this sign, it’s a bad design.

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10 months

Good annual reminder than Morningside Road should have the maximum pavement and the minimum carriageway - not the other way round!

@Mr_Mark_Brown

Swivel Eyed Broon

10 months

It’s not Christmas in Edinburgh without a mahoosive queue outside Mellis.

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1 year

🇳🇱 This Amsterdam street is designed so that users have to cycle on the left. 🇬🇧 Or, it’s actually proof that if you build a well designed, safe cycle network, not just one lane, it works in the UK. (It’s London btw) #Edinburgh can do this too.

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@SW20Ed

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3 years

Here’s Gorgie Road reimagined as a more sustainable, accessible street for residents & local businesses. Public space as a street, not a road. @LivingStreetsEd @best_edinburgh @ashleyannotate @rsmcksg @GDCC_ @keepgorgieclean @LOVEGorgieFarm @cathyfullerton @DenisDixonSNP

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Infrastructure CGIs

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Rebalancing road space

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6 months

Western Approach Road.

@IsaacRowlett

Isaac Rowlett (✡️ for 🇵🇸)

6 months

periodic reminder that no city has ever regretted removing an urban freeway

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10 months

First working day of 2024: Edinburgh Council putting these notices on cars parked on pavements in SW Edinburgh today 📸👇… …plus announcing 29 January as date of enforcement for #pavementParking , parking at dropped kerbs and double parking.

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@Edinburgh_CC

The City of Edinburgh Council

10 months

We will begin enforcing against parking on pavements, parking at dropped kerbs and double parking from 𝟮𝟵 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Find out more about the new rules, which will help make our streets more welcoming for everyone 👉

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Last week: “complaints that the tram is subsidized and didn’t make a profits, due to its high capital cost” This week: “please spend our limited capital on another road scheme that won’t generate ANY revenue for the public purse and will funnel more traffic into Edinburgh” 😡🤦‍♂️

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Donald Turvill

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Edinburgh drivers 'fed up' with Sheriffhall delays as six-year wait for upgrade drags on @EdinburghLive_ #LDReporter

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2 years

Segregated cycle lane in SW Edinburgh. It’ll form part of the West Edinburgh link.

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1 year

🧐 “We missed a massive opportunity to create a great public space and proper transport interchange right?” 🔍“No sh!t, Sherlock”

@cocteautriplets

Andy Arthur 🐣 Threadinburgh 🧵

@cocteautriplets

1 year

You have to come to the Best Seat On The Bus™ to capture the full breathtaking beauty of the Picardy Place public realm

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5 months

Yeah, that’ll do. Let’s knock off for lunch.

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6 months

The reduction of streets to 20mph and 30mph is very welcome. Why? Physics.

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@DrScottArthurMP

Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹

@DrScottArthurMP

6 months

This will include Biggar Road in my Ward. 👍

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5 months

School Street: if it needs this sign, it’s a bad design.

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@SW20Ed

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2 years

Each time an #Edinburgh street is “reopened” fully to private cars, despite journeys over months or years having adapted to closures, the 30% traffic reduction target gets harder to hit. Each local problem builds up to a bigger picture. Here’s some examples:

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@SW20Ed

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11 months

First New Town Design: A missed opportunity to create spaces with greenery and much wider pavements where cars are guests - like every other major European capital? Where are the trees, bollards, seats and sustainable drainage? Lessons not being learned fast enough. 🧵

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@EdinburghSSC

SSC Edinburgh

11 months

Consultation launched by CEC for the second phase of the George Street & First New Town Design Project, covering North Castle Street, Frederick Street and Hanover Street (North) - running until 8th February 2024:

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2 months

“Fully reopens” No European city with Edinburgh’s climate targets would be contemplating reopening North Bridge without widening pavements, prioritising public transport and building safe space for bikes. It’s earmarked for trams in future - it should be bus gated.

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@cllr_jenkinson

Cllr Stephen Jenkinson

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2 months

I’m confident that when North Bridge fully reopens at the completion of this project we’ll have a beautiful historic bridge that will help keep Edinburgh moving into the future.

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2 years

20 minute neighbourhoods need more parking. For your bum. Sitting infrastructure is good walking infrastructure. More please.

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@SW20Ed

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1 year

Edinburgh needs a fleet of these - self funding via fines! 📛 #PavementParking 📛bus lane blocking 📛tram blocking 📛parking reoffenders We’ll crowdfund it! #streetsNOTroads @CllrScottArthur @SpokesLothian @LivingStreetsEd

@calderwook

Calder 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

1 year

@edtiss @susan4leithwalk @JackRMCaldwell @BenMacpherson @CllrScottArthur @EdinburghTrams Perhaps one these is needed. Can get past the stuck traffic to the vehicle causing the blockage to move it clear.

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@transportgovuk 👀

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1 year

The Pedestrians Association was the former name of @LivingStreetsEd and in 1995 the organised this! Looking forward them organising to gangs of pedestrians to enforce Edinburgh’s new #PavementParking ban that’s coming into force in December this year…!

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1 year

With cars parked in the bike lane, it’s little wonder these folk are cycling on the pavement. You get what you design for. Paint is not protection. #LanarkRoad #PaintIsNotProtection #streetsNOTroads

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2 years

An #Edinburgh Council report shows the city could raise c£100m over ten years with a Workplace Parking Levy. It aligns with the #CityMobilityPlan , NetZero & 30% car mile reduction targets. £100m funding & achieves goals - surely a no-brainer then?

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Western Approach Road.

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5 years in prison once caught, right??

@EdinburghLive_

Edinburgh Live

@EdinburghLive_

3 months

Controversial Edinburgh bus gate camera chopped down again in vandal attack:

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2 years

Introducing the Colinton Community eCargo Bike! It’s available to local people to borrow - at no cost - so they can try an electric cargo bike! Pick ups are in #Colinton Full details are here:

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SW20 community cargo bike --available mid-August 2022

SW20 are pleased to announce the trial of a Colinton-based community cargo bike. This e-bike has been kindly lent to us by Cargo Bike Movement and is available for people in the area to borrow at no...

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The level of #roadviolence on #Edinburgh ’s streets in the past few days has been unacceptable. 🧵 1/4

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2 years

This could be Colinton, Comiston or Lanark Roads #streetsNOTroads #Edinburgh #VisionZero #LanarkRoad

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9 months

Edinburgh needs to do the same to tackle #CarBloat - targeting emissions, pedestrian safety and impact on public space. It’s already done partially for permits (not enough to cover the full impact though), but it’s needed for parking charges too.

@DavidZipper

David Zipper

9 months

Wow. Paris just voted to triple the parking costs for SUVs. A huge victory in the fight against car bloat.

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Seriously why does public transport get measured on profit/loss, but car-based infrastructure doesn’t?

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2 months

We’re 42 years behind. Success isn’t everyone driving and having somewhere public to store a car. It’s having a mixed, sustainable options and better, greener, happier places to live.

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@Hackneycyclist

Hackney Cyclist

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2 months

Frans Halsstraat, Amstedam in 1982 and today

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5 months

Well, would you believe it. Academic study into #Edinburgh 20mph shows a significant reduction in crashes and casualties. So let’s extend it to the whole city. A simple message: 20mph saves lives.

@peterwalker99

Peter Walker

5 months

Fascinating and very thorough study into three years of 20mph zones in Edinburgh, which concludes they "significantly" reduce the number of crashes and casualties. Something of a rebuff for those who argue they are pointless. Full BMJ paper in link.

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A vision of the future #edinburgh ? Huge volume of rain and hail caused drain covers to burst, rubble and branches to be swept down hill. Our infrastructure just isn’t designed to cope with the scale and frequency of these rainfall events - welcome to a changing climate. #rain

@Edinburgh_CC

The City of Edinburgh Council

5 months

There’s a @metoffice yellow weather warning for thunderstorms in place from 11am today until late this evening ⚠️ Plan ahead and keep up to date with the latest forecast here:

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2 years

Everyone drives, right?

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8 months

Every day approximately 7,650 pupils at Edinburgh’s Independent Schools are driven some of the way to school. Despite being only 20% of the total pupils educated in Edinburgh - they form 53% of the kids driven to school in #Edinburgh They are a huge part of city traffic. 🧵1/4

@EmilyKerr36

Cllr Emily Kerr 💚

8 months

Another piece of evidence that Oxford’s private schools are the main cause of school run traffic. Huge thanks to @DrEliseUK for the analysis. A thread. What you’re seeing here is the speed of cars, each line is a day. The orange lines are the first week in Jan this year (1/9)

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2 years

One of these attracts significant tax breaks, is used for unnecessary short trips in the city and the only time it’s used off-road is on the pavement. The other is the free to hire @SW20Ed eCargobike.

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These could be all over Edinburgh. Better for drainage. Better for biodiversity. Better for wellbeing.

@JasonThorne_RPP

Jason Thorne

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4 months

Traffic calming and climate resilience. Montréal’s famous planted boulevard bump-outs. They’re everywhere.

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Rather than choosing which additional streets to reduce to 20mph, should we ask our #Edinburgh councillors to justify why any exceptions should be greater than 20mph? #streetsNOTroads #VisionZero

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2 years

Every time a street gets resurfaced, huge junctions should be made pedestrian friendly. Just like this 👇 #streetsNOTroads

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2 years

“Everybody drives right?” Actually, mostly folk walk to the local shops. Like the data for Roseburn & Haymarket says - c90% don’t drive. Business owners often do though. So, it’s common for businesses the world over to over estimate how many of their customers drive too.

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Brent Toderian

3 years

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % for those who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid

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As #Edinburgh wakes to a dusting of snow, consider what nature shows us. #streetsNOTroads

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10 months

“How are we supposed to get into town?” Bus. Tram. Train. Park & Ride. Coach. Cycle. Taxi. Walk. Like the c40% of Edinburgh households that don’t have access to a vehicle and many households that do but don’t drive into town. Leaving space for those that don’t have any option.

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If only there was some sort of station for buses near by…. Or a tram stop… Or a railway station… Or an enormous car park…

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Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹

@DrScottArthurMP

1 year

The is St James Square - next week the Transport & Environment Committee will be asked to permit coaches and taxis to enter this space. I think that would be a mistake, particularly when vehicle access to the W Hotel is provided via the car park.

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20 minute neighbourhoods need great public transport. Buses in Edinburgh can often be delayed by cars parked in bus lanes. But our recent freedom of information request showed that none of the 700+ @on_lothianbuses have approved enforcement cameras. But they could have… 1/5

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2 years

Policy in action. The quiet route is no longer quiet. @blackfordsafer1 @david_mccraw

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1 year

Rather than being a luxury for those with time, on the contrary filtered streets such as @blackfordsafer1 enable both more sustainable and more convenient, faster local journeys. #Edinwebcast #streetsNOTroads #Edinburgh

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Spokes CycleCampaign

1 year

Greenbank-Meadows Quiet Route Powerful testimony @ Transpt Cttee "I was too scared but now I cycle most days with my children" "My issue with consultns is: if you'd asked me before, I'd have said no, but now I think it's brilliant!" [34:20] #edinwebcast

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2 years

North Bridge, Edinburgh.

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Nicolas Reid

2 years

In Porto the main bridge was choking the city centre with traffic, so in 2005 they shifted the road lanes out and converted it to pedestrians and light rail only… and it now carries thousands more people across the river each day than it used to as a highway.

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2 years

Edinburgh’s current Primary 1’s will be 33 years old when Leith floods. Regularly.

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10 months

Compared to Edinburgh City Centre West East Link (CCWEL): 2014: Committee approved 2015: Consultation approved 2016: Consultation run & funding bid 2017: TRO 2018-20: ScotGov Inquiry 2020: Value engineering 2021: Contract awarded 2022: Work starts 2024: Full work finishes?

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Adam Tranter

10 months

🌼 Funding secured in March 2023 ☀️ Consultation in July 2023 🎄 Construction in December 2023 🚲🎉 Completion in early 2024 Great to see the pace #Coventry are building new cycleways. Things are coming along nicely on Allard Way which will then connect to the Binley cycleway.

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2 years

This lady is needed in Juniper Green… 🥾

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2 years

They build it. They came. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Too hilly, too wet or too windy? Scotland doesn’t have the ‘culture’? No. It just needs safe, reliable infrastructure like a Glasgow. @SpokesLothian @best_edinburgh @LivingStreetsEd @CyclingUKScot @TransformScot

Number of cyclists in Glasgow increase by 300% in three years

A key active travel route has been praised for boosting the number of cyclists on the road, with the Garscube Road route seeing a massive rise in a short space of time.

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6 months

Alternative view: the Western Approach Road is closed.

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John Lamb

@JohnfaeScotland

6 months

Another monster queue in Roseburn Street. This was never a problem until CEC changed the road layout.

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2 years

🗣️ “Everyone drives, right?”

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2 years

“Everyone in Edinburgh drives, right?” Earlier this week we published some local SW #Edinburgh data. We were asked about other parts of the city… so here’s the data! #streetsNOTroads

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🚌 Aberdeen introduces bus gates in the city centre - results in up to 25% reduction in bus journey times through the city centre, with better reliability. With the efficiency savings, the operators then give free bus travel at weekends in January. Hope #Edinburgh is listening!

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@FirstAberdeen

First Aberdeen

10 months

Travel for free every Saturday & Sunday this month! 🚌 Just hop on board every Saturday and Sunday throughout January - no tickets or codes required! Plan your weekend:

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Wester Hailes Station is an interesting case study of how not to do transport for a community: Infrequent service (could/should be metro) Very poor surrounding land use strategy Ticketing not integrated within the city Similar issues at Curriehill, Kingsknowe and Slateford

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Infrastructure Bob

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It really bugs me that my local train station is essentially useless on a Sunday 🤦‍♂️ #activetravel #scotrail #publictransport #netzero

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Pedestrian refuges: a triumph of traffic engineering over people. An admission that a street is too wide & traffic too fast for people to cross. Where pedestrians cower lest they delay a car. This is on a route to schools, a bus stop, a library & a playpark. #StreetsNOTroads

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10 months

Don’t let anyone tell you there isn’t any space available for bike lanes or wider pavements in Edinburgh. Tighter carriageways also make 20mph limits more effective.

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2 years

Winchburgh. Prestonpans. West Town. #Edinburgh will need all the tools in its armoury if it doesn’t want to be swamped🚗🚗💨💨 New trams, congestion charge, a proper circulation plan, bigger LEZ, workplace parking levy, LTNs, #pavementparking bans, controlled parking zones

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Stuart Hay

2 years

The village set to become Scotland's new ‘car’ commuter community as Winchburgh gets a motorway split road to push more traffic onto M9 / Edinburgh bypass. #Scotland #PlanningDisaster

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“Edinburgh doesn’t have a history of cycling” #DameMaggieSmith #MaggieSmith #MissJeanBrodie

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Strange times: as @EdinburghTories Cllrs express concerns about floating bus stops in Leith Walk…. ….while in Morningside they are fighting to keep this one.

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@DrScottArthurMP

Dr Scott Arthur MP (Edinburgh South West) 🌍🌈🌹

@DrScottArthurMP

8 months

On the Leith Walk cycle lanes.

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2 years

Society was also ‘divided’ on: 🚭smoking ban 🚙 seat belts 🥃 breathalysers 💰minimum wage 🍷 minimum alcohol pricing Predictions of ‘disaster’ for business didn’t materialise. Lives have been saved or improved. Folk got used to it. 20mph in #Edinburgh : Everywhere.

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Edinburgh Live

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2 years

It has divided opinion 😬

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Car-based planning: not even a conception that these multi-car suburban households might want to walk. 📸Polofields, Bonaly - built within the last decade. #motornormativity #streetsNOTroads

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What #LanarkRoad could look like.

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@CyclingScotland

Cycling Scotland

@CyclingScotland

2 years

Would you like to help make it easier for people to walk, wheel & cycle in Scotland? Our social enterprise transport consultancy @TPandEscot has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join its growing team 🛠️🚲🚶 Find out more and apply 👉

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🚨 SW20 on Tour 🚨 🧵 Wee trip to Waltham Forrest, London Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, accessible public transport, walkable communities and safe cycling - showing what’s possible in a UK context. Many lessons for Edinburgh..! #StreetsNotRoads

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“To protect pedestrians from #PavementParking we have taken some space away from pedestrians…”🤦‍♀️ @WorldBollard 🌈 #Colinton #StreetsNotRoads

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2 years

Oi! Pedestrians! Know your place!

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1 year

Relevant today in #Edinburgh ! #UCIWorldChampionships #UCI #GlasgowScotland2023 #Glasgow2023 @CyclingWorlds #PowerOfTheBike #streetsNOTroads ✍️ credit @davewalker

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