Blackford Safe Routes
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk
Campaign for safe routes to school in Edinburgh. Run by the Travel Committee of James Gillespie’s Primary School and friends
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BSR’s Xmas wish list:
- fully pedestrianised Old & New Towns
- low-traffic neighbourhoods for every area
- school streets for every school
- nature corridors
- protected bike lanes on all main roads
- congestion charging
- reduced on-street parking
- fully pedestrianised Old & New Towns
- low-traffic neighbourhoods for every area
- school streets for every school
- nature corridors
- protected bike lanes on all main roads
- congestion charging
- reduced on-street parking
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My recap of 2025 best moments.
The last 12 months have been a lot of fun.
My Brompton Bicycle and all the adventures we’ve had reminds me just how much joy cycling has brought into my life giving me a sense of freedom, adventure, and connection to the world around me.
Happy New Year to you all!😁
The last 12 months have been a lot of fun.
My Brompton Bicycle and all the adventures we’ve had reminds me just how much joy cycling has brought into my life giving me a sense of freedom, adventure, and connection to the world around me.
Happy New Year to you all!😁
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My recap of 2025 best moments.
The last 12 months have been a lot of fun.
My Brompton Bicycle and all the adventures we’ve had reminds me just how much joy cycling has brought into my life giving me a sense of freedom, adventure, and connection to the world around me.
Happy New Year to you all!😁
The last 12 months have been a lot of fun.
My Brompton Bicycle and all the adventures we’ve had reminds me just how much joy cycling has brought into my life giving me a sense of freedom, adventure, and connection to the world around me.
Happy New Year to you all!😁
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First time trying the new cycleway on Oldham Rd. Seems pretty good on the whole. Pavements are a bit narrow (to accommodate car parking I’m guessing) and it should have forgiving splayed kerbs. Lights appear to default green for going straight?
December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
First time trying the new cycleway on Oldham Rd. Seems pretty good on the whole. Pavements are a bit narrow (to accommodate car parking I’m guessing) and it should have forgiving splayed kerbs. Lights appear to default green for going straight?
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When people are asked why they don't cycle, top of the list is safety. Openstreetmap is essentially Wikipedia for maps and has a cycling overlay to show cycling infrastructure.
Start checking if your nearest bit is on the map, and eventually you can map disaster areas too!
Start checking if your nearest bit is on the map, and eventually you can map disaster areas too!
December 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
When people are asked why they don't cycle, top of the list is safety. Openstreetmap is essentially Wikipedia for maps and has a cycling overlay to show cycling infrastructure.
Start checking if your nearest bit is on the map, and eventually you can map disaster areas too!
Start checking if your nearest bit is on the map, and eventually you can map disaster areas too!
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Urban parks should be a neighborhood amenity, not a destination for the car. They belong in the heart of where people live, numerous, accessible by foot, and safe from motor traffic. We shouldn't be paving half the park just to store the cars people used to get there.
December 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Urban parks should be a neighborhood amenity, not a destination for the car. They belong in the heart of where people live, numerous, accessible by foot, and safe from motor traffic. We shouldn't be paving half the park just to store the cars people used to get there.
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Another round of cheap, durable, and useful bike racks installed at schools across Chicago 🚲 Pictured here at:
- Ginsburg Elementary
- Stowe Elementary
- Brentano Math & Science Academy
- Pulaski School
- Ginsburg Elementary
- Stowe Elementary
- Brentano Math & Science Academy
- Pulaski School
December 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Another round of cheap, durable, and useful bike racks installed at schools across Chicago 🚲 Pictured here at:
- Ginsburg Elementary
- Stowe Elementary
- Brentano Math & Science Academy
- Pulaski School
- Ginsburg Elementary
- Stowe Elementary
- Brentano Math & Science Academy
- Pulaski School
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'Post-apocalyptic' drivers' mood after Covid pandemic 'fuelled road crash increase' www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
'Post-apocalyptic' drivers' mood after Covid pandemic 'fuelled road crash increase'
Motorists “think they have survived the worst possible thing that could have happened to them”
www.scotsman.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
'Post-apocalyptic' drivers' mood after Covid pandemic 'fuelled road crash increase' www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Oh no! 😢
Our family primarily goes to school by Bike, which causes no traffic and never get stuck (except in the landspeeder…)
Other families who walk or roll have the same non-impact on traffic, congestion.
Because the start times now are spread out over 25 minutes, it effectively killed our BikeBus.
Other families who walk or roll have the same non-impact on traffic, congestion.
Because the start times now are spread out over 25 minutes, it effectively killed our BikeBus.
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oh no! 😢
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Things cars ruined #187
School start times.
Our district voted to end school bus programs and shift the burden to parents and private cars. An outcome of this is schools have staggered their start times to accommodate the high traffic when dropping off kids.
How it impacts non-car users 🧵
School start times.
Our district voted to end school bus programs and shift the burden to parents and private cars. An outcome of this is schools have staggered their start times to accommodate the high traffic when dropping off kids.
How it impacts non-car users 🧵
December 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Things cars ruined #187
School start times.
Our district voted to end school bus programs and shift the burden to parents and private cars. An outcome of this is schools have staggered their start times to accommodate the high traffic when dropping off kids.
How it impacts non-car users 🧵
School start times.
Our district voted to end school bus programs and shift the burden to parents and private cars. An outcome of this is schools have staggered their start times to accommodate the high traffic when dropping off kids.
How it impacts non-car users 🧵
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Caution: Professionally bankrupt engineering.
December 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Caution: Professionally bankrupt engineering.
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Incredibly, not one of these milestones scores as a “win” using the traffic engineering metrics that quietly dictate city planning.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Incredibly, not one of these milestones scores as a “win” using the traffic engineering metrics that quietly dictate city planning.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
Urban planning prof Jonathan Levine and I have one paper detailing why and another explaining why it has to change for any vision of abundance to succeed. Links below.
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I think today is gonna be a good day.
I have an elderly couple coming to collect a tandem that I recently converted to an E bike.
They haven’t been riding and traveling as much as they used to, so I built them something that will carry them over the Alps and back into cycling together.
I have an elderly couple coming to collect a tandem that I recently converted to an E bike.
They haven’t been riding and traveling as much as they used to, so I built them something that will carry them over the Alps and back into cycling together.
December 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I think today is gonna be a good day.
I have an elderly couple coming to collect a tandem that I recently converted to an E bike.
They haven’t been riding and traveling as much as they used to, so I built them something that will carry them over the Alps and back into cycling together.
I have an elderly couple coming to collect a tandem that I recently converted to an E bike.
They haven’t been riding and traveling as much as they used to, so I built them something that will carry them over the Alps and back into cycling together.
Nice little reminder, and some good points there 👇
In addition, we’d like to see a stronger LTN for the Polwarth / Harrison area, to put the council in a better negotiating position
In addition, we’d like to see a stronger LTN for the Polwarth / Harrison area, to put the council in a better negotiating position
If you haven't done the Dundee St/Fountainbridge consultation yet (consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s..., closes 2026-01-12), don't leave it too late as there are twenty-odd plan segments to consider and lots of narrow/right-angled/toy-town cycling structures to request de-Picardifying
Dundee Street Fountainbridge Active Travel Project
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by City of Edinburgh Council
consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk
December 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nice little reminder, and some good points there 👇
In addition, we’d like to see a stronger LTN for the Polwarth / Harrison area, to put the council in a better negotiating position
In addition, we’d like to see a stronger LTN for the Polwarth / Harrison area, to put the council in a better negotiating position
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That's the way to do it, #Edinburgh (with no TRO sub-committee).
The transport convenor described 2025 as a "bumper year" for new walking and cycling paths in Glasgow.
More Glaswegians walking and cycling as 270km of new paths built across the city
www.glasgowlive.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
That's the way to do it, #Edinburgh (with no TRO sub-committee).
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Safe streets aren't smooth, they have friction.
This design uses curbs, bollards, and pavement color differentiation to create visual friction. It forces the driver to slow down and engage with their surroundings.
No sign can do the work of proper design.
This design uses curbs, bollards, and pavement color differentiation to create visual friction. It forces the driver to slow down and engage with their surroundings.
No sign can do the work of proper design.
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Safe streets aren't smooth, they have friction.
This design uses curbs, bollards, and pavement color differentiation to create visual friction. It forces the driver to slow down and engage with their surroundings.
No sign can do the work of proper design.
This design uses curbs, bollards, and pavement color differentiation to create visual friction. It forces the driver to slow down and engage with their surroundings.
No sign can do the work of proper design.
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You can build good mobility infrastructure, but the destructiveness of car culture still threatens.
Which is why full pedestrianization is always best practice.
Which is why full pedestrianization is always best practice.
December 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
You can build good mobility infrastructure, but the destructiveness of car culture still threatens.
Which is why full pedestrianization is always best practice.
Which is why full pedestrianization is always best practice.
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“Give way” … one bus equals 80 cars and 80 people (on the back of all the city buses in Baku).
December 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“Give way” … one bus equals 80 cars and 80 people (on the back of all the city buses in Baku).
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Avoid purchasing new cars and even better, try to arrange your life so you do not *require* a car to live a fulfilling life.
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Avoid purchasing new cars and even better, try to arrange your life so you do not *require* a car to live a fulfilling life.
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I learned how to bike this year on a borrowed bike, bought myself a bike, then did a 7 mile loop by the bay with my friends this past weekend.
Learning to ride a bike is by far my biggest accomplishment of 2025. Looking forward to commuting by bike in 2026!
Learning to ride a bike is by far my biggest accomplishment of 2025. Looking forward to commuting by bike in 2026!
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I learned how to bike this year on a borrowed bike, bought myself a bike, then did a 7 mile loop by the bay with my friends this past weekend.
Learning to ride a bike is by far my biggest accomplishment of 2025. Looking forward to commuting by bike in 2026!
Learning to ride a bike is by far my biggest accomplishment of 2025. Looking forward to commuting by bike in 2026!
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Definitely think a different narrative could broaden support for change. It is odd really that a car-dependent society which requires state licensing, surveillance/policing, endless massive government investment & restricts freedom to use alternatives has such ardent defenders on the right.
Interesting-looking new study by Dawid Krysinski & colleagues on how experiencing the negative sides of car dependence can lead people to support car use restrictions doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Definitely think a different narrative could broaden support for change. It is odd really that a car-dependent society which requires state licensing, surveillance/policing, endless massive government investment & restricts freedom to use alternatives has such ardent defenders on the right.
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🎵🎵 Riding in a winter wonderland 🎵🎵
December 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🎵🎵 Riding in a winter wonderland 🎵🎵
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Families are already riding safely on Memorial Drive’s new protected bike and scoot lane, and Propel ATL helped make it happen.
In October, Jessica and her kids cut the ribbon on this two-way lane. youtu.be/Ssf_hJMwJD8
(Video: AS3 Storytelling)
In October, Jessica and her kids cut the ribbon on this two-way lane. youtu.be/Ssf_hJMwJD8
(Video: AS3 Storytelling)
Propel ATL | Memorial Drive
YouTube video by Propel ATL
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Families are already riding safely on Memorial Drive’s new protected bike and scoot lane, and Propel ATL helped make it happen.
In October, Jessica and her kids cut the ribbon on this two-way lane. youtu.be/Ssf_hJMwJD8
(Video: AS3 Storytelling)
In October, Jessica and her kids cut the ribbon on this two-way lane. youtu.be/Ssf_hJMwJD8
(Video: AS3 Storytelling)
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Highways have no place in modern cities. It's time we replace the West Side Highway in Manhattan
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Highways have no place in modern cities. It's time we replace the West Side Highway in Manhattan
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Excellent: Evidence creates evidence based policy for Auckland Transport to make a trial cycleway permanent in Central Auckland
Nice work and hope to see more Bicycle Network's Artificial Intelligence Road Surveys (AIRS) to provide the data and evidence needed to make informed decisions
Nice work and hope to see more Bicycle Network's Artificial Intelligence Road Surveys (AIRS) to provide the data and evidence needed to make informed decisions
Auckland cycleway win thanks to Bicycle Network data
Auckland Transport has decided to retain the Coronation Road cycleway as part of the permanent road network thanks to transport data provided by Bicycle Network's Artificial Intelligence Road Surveys ...
bicyclenetwork.com.au
December 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Excellent: Evidence creates evidence based policy for Auckland Transport to make a trial cycleway permanent in Central Auckland
Nice work and hope to see more Bicycle Network's Artificial Intelligence Road Surveys (AIRS) to provide the data and evidence needed to make informed decisions
Nice work and hope to see more Bicycle Network's Artificial Intelligence Road Surveys (AIRS) to provide the data and evidence needed to make informed decisions