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Leith Feeder Ride
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We organise a feeder ride to Pedal on Parliament each year and post on all things cycling in and around Leith.
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Leith Feeder Ride @leithfeederride.bsky.social · Sep 5
Right Leith. Let's do this.
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Elm Row "cycle" lane.
January 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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edtiss.bsky.social
Final stats for the Omni Centre cycle lane in 2025: a slight 1% increase on 2024 with 580,000 journeys; a new record set of 2,265 cyclists on Friday, 7th November.

The significant increase in numbers in prior years came after the development of cycling infrastructure on Leith Walk.
January 9, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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wingpig.bsky.social
#EdTravCyc icy puddles along Leith Links paths and at the bottom of the slope to the Restalrig Railway Path. Puddles across the width of the bridges over the crematorium entrance. Findlay slope frosty but walkable.
January 8, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social
🚶🚴‍♀️👨‍🦽 Delighted to pass on that as councillors were discussing, this afternoon, the need for the St Mark's Park walking/wheeling/cycling path to re-open, the Powderhall site manager's confirmed their intention to re-open tomorrow (w/ some asterix ie initial controlled crossing & nearer diversion).
A map of the Powderhall site with text next to it reading "The path will remain open for most of the works", with a new diversion in place to allow site-based activities to take place"
December 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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edi.bike
🚲 edi.bike | issue 122 | 8th Dec '25

Hire bikes in cycle parking update: Our conversation with Voi; Trans Solidarity Rides; Spokes’ December Action Update; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-122-8th-dec-25

#bikeSky #edinburgh
In the light grey back slabs of a stone seating area, we can make out the silhouette of a bicycle carved into the stone - marking out the space for train station cycle parking behind the benches, in which we can see numerous cycles parked on elevated stands, and sandstone tenements beyond.
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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geocycle.bsky.social
I'm waiting for the first Cycle Cafe to hit The Shore.

Drop one in where Crollas used to be on the corner near Sandport Bridge.

Shore Cycles & Coffee. Serve up a few taps of local beer too, get coffee, make it a nice 3rd space for people as well.

Workshop & limited accessories. Blow some minds.
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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modacitylife.com
London is fast becoming a cycling city. As each new piece in the network appears—which has more than quadrupled from 90 to 431 km since 2016—so do new cyclists. Its infrastructure now sees a stunning 1.5 million daily users—a 43% spike since 2019—moving nearly half as many people as the Tube below.🧵
People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected and dedicated cycling infrastructure on the streets of central London on a sunny autumn day. People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected and dedicated cycling infrastructure on the streets of central London on a sunny autumn day. People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected and dedicated cycling infrastructure on the streets of central London on a sunny autumn day. People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected and dedicated cycling infrastructure on the streets of central London on a sunny autumn day.
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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spokes.org.uk
🙋 Spokes Action-Update members' email circular

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includes:
#PrincesStreet
#SUV
#Christmas
#Tram
...

@edi.bike @alastairdalton.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @gregorsteele.bsky.social @2760.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @edinburghwh.bsky.social @sw20.info
Join spokes to get on the mailing list for Action Update circulars... http://www.spokes.org.uk/membership/ INtro to Princes St article... 1. Princes Street (interim) success Spokes has had a major success in our seemingly interminable campaign for bike lanes, and more pedestrian space, on Princes Street. If you emailed councillors when we suggested, thank you! Eventual success is still very far from certain, but the Planning Committee, by 9 votes to 4, rejected a draft strategy for Princes Street and the Waverley Valley which would have ruled out bike lanes and wider footways completely. This is highly significant, as it is very unusual for councillors to ask officers to go away and have a complete rethink on a major draft strategy document. The Spokes written deputation to the Committee is here. Spokes tram consultation response, extract... Our submission covers many points, but three major issues (concerns and opportunities!) are.. • Great concern over cycling safety in the Bridges corridor. We put forward a range of ameliorative or alternative measures, including single-line working, one-way tram (with Pleasance/Market Street the other way), tramlines on one side of the road with a cycleroute on the other, a bus gate/traffic filter; or choosing one of the other routes which are still seen by the Council as possible future options, such as Morrison Street and the Meadows (an option also favoured by Edinburgh World Heritage) • We urge dropping North Bridge tram stop and replacing it by two stops – at Waverley Steps to serve east Princes Street and the rail station, and at the North Bridge arcade, to serve the Old Town and again the rail station. There are multiple reasons for this suggestion, in addition to a major cycling safety aspect • There is a massive opportunity to incorporate an active travel bridge over the mainline railway, linking North Edinburgh Network to the new Roseburn to Fountainbridge path without long ramps down to road level and up again. This would be a truly transformative addition to the city’s offroad network. Our drawing shows the tram (red) ramping up to the A8 crossing, with the active travel path in orange. The yellow dotted ramps are probably not needed, since most users would stay at high level, and those needing local access could ascend either at Roseburn or at the existing new Sauchiebank ramp. Christmas ideas... 5.1 Spokes Maps! How would you like to give your friends or relations a Xmas present which is “really brilliant,” “a beautiful piece of work,” and “can’t be spoken highly enough of” ? Well – that’s what people say about Spokes Maps!! Need we say more? Getting your copy/copies • Single copies available at most good bike or book shops, or from Spokes, cost £7.50 each for Edinburgh or West Lothian, and £6.95 for Mid or East Lothian • Buy 6 or more copies at £5 each (Ed/WL) or £4.60 (ML/EL) – for your six favourite friends or relations; or share an order with workmates/ friends/relations • See here for more info and how to order from Spokes. 5.2 Xmas tree cargo-bike delivery If buying a Christmas tree, check out TreeWorks who will arrange cargobike delivery by the Cycling Gardeners of Edinburgh to central Edinburgh addresses. Our bluesky post of this proved very popular - please pass it on!
December 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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threadinburgh.scot
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned.

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rantyhighwayman.bsky.social The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · Nov 29
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned

Car-free
Vauxhall Zafira
Ford Focus
Ford Escort
Ford Escort

I haven't owned 5 cars!
alistaircoleman.bsky.social Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · Nov 29
Introduce yourself with 5 cars you've owned

*cracks knuckles*

Renault 4
Austin Allegro Equipe
Fiat Strada
Nissan Micra
Mini Cooper Estate

Currently: Škoda Scala, the first time I’ve bought new.
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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kirstendevos.bsky.social
I’ve complained to the BBC about #CelebrityTraitors. The repeated shots of Land Rover Defenders feel like product placement - banned under BBC rules - and it’s clearly worked, with searches for the Defender spiking after the show aired.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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spokes.org.uk
🌲 If buying a #ChristmasTree
get it delivered by #CyclingGardeners 🚲 #CargoBike

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@edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @tollcross-cc-edin.bsky.social @finlaymcf.bsky.social @cllrcmiller.bsky.social @cllrbenparker.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social
Picture of xmas tree in Cycling Gardeners of Edinburgh Local Bike delivery £5.00 Description This service cost £5 and is available to anyone within 10 minutes cycle from our yard in Tollcross (Cycle time taken from google maps)
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk
Leith Walk earlier this afternoon

#EdinburghHaar
#NoFilter
A street with a tram line glissens as slightly wet. It is foggy with low sun. The buildings, people, lampposts, cars are all in silhouette. The image appears black and white, except for one grew traffic light
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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geocycle.bsky.social
This.

This right here is why proper cycling infrastructure is an investment in our communities and our future.

It is only the beginning. This route isn’t even fully finished.

When we stop imagining and start doing, change happens.

@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
@edi.bike
@chasbooth.bsky.social
8am on a frosty morning. The morning light not yet showing the sunrise. A small child wearing a pink puffy coat & matching helmet with a Hey Dougie backpack rides a small 16” wheeled bike with streamers on the handlebars. She’s on a newly built bike lane about to cross a bridge. For context, her mother runs alongside on the pavement just out of frame. There is a road marker showing a bike indicating this segregated cycle lane is for two wheels only. And this little girl is alone on the path riding towards the future.
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995.

And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.
Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. In frame one Calvin opens a door and says, "Hey Dad, I'm doing a traffic safety poster. Do you have any ideas for a slogan?" Frame 2: Dad, who's prepping to ride his mountain bike, says, "Sure! 'Cyclists have a right to the road too, you noisy, polluting, inconsiderate maniacs! I hope gas goes up to eight bucks a gallon!'" Frame 3: Calvin, walking away, says, "Thanks, Dad. I'll go ask Mom." Dad responds from out-of-frame, "Why? That's a great slogan!"
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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sbarlster.bsky.social
Plan for all of @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social

Don’t thank me, it’s really simple, tried and tested. Guaranteed to deliver results. 😉

The path to happy, healthy n wealthy residents.

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jonburkeuk.bsky.social Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · Nov 17
Basic principles for the future of the car in cities:

✅ Fewer
✅ Smaller
✅ Slower
✅ Cleaner

This can be achieved with:

✅ Parking controls
✅ LTNs
✅ Road User Pricing
✅ Pedestrianisation
✅ Default 20mph roads
✅ Improved public transport
✅ Segregated cycling
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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transportenvironment.org
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC

Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.

It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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leithcentralcc.bsky.social
Elm Row still isn’t working as it should — unfinished works are causing confusion for everyone using it.

LCCC is working with WELM and Cllr Jack Caldwell to press the Council for progress on safety, parking and the missing sculptures.

Some fixes are due this month — we’ll share updates soon.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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geocycle.bsky.social
In positive news, looks like Forth Ports have finally taken the time to block off the not-parking-but-treated-as-parking old pavilion and cobbled area of Rennie’s Lock near Teuchters & the Scot Gov. Building!

Well done, will be a much nicer area from here on out without dodging car storage!
View of the end of Rennie’s Lock. Brick road gives way to cobbles/setts over the historic area. A set of 4 new planter boxes filled with greenery stand resolute, with a new large NO PARKING sign in the middle of them.
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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americanfietser.bsky.social
Design vehicles to fit the streets rather than streets designed to fit the vehicles.
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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edtiss.bsky.social
Elm Row is just a car-centric mess now. Could have been one of the nicest bits of public realm in Edinburgh.
November 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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edi.bike
🚲 edi.bike | issue 117 | 3rd Nov '25

Voi slowly scales up e-bike fleet; ‘Full Council’ meeting round-up; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more:

buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc...

#bikeSky
A blue and white sign is fixed to both sides of a lamppost, against a mostly clear, bright blue sky with some grey and white cloud; the sign reads ‘Share with care’ and depicts icons of a bicycle and a pedestrian, encouraging responsible sharing of the path.
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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edfoc.bsky.social
Edinburgh Bike Shops map has been updated edfoc.org.uk/2020/04/02/e...
Let us know if there are any errors
Edinburgh Bike Shops - Edinburgh Festival of Cycling
Edinburgh Bike Shops This map was first published as a response Covid-19 crisis, when people were looking to the bicycle as a means of transport and for exercise. So we thought it would be useful to h...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
leithfeederride.bsky.social
Leith. Is. Go.
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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spokes.org.uk
🙋 #SafeRoads Family Day 🚶👩‍🦼🚲🚌
Sat 8 Nov, 11-2 @ #Craigentinny Comm Centre

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🤩 #SpokesStall .. #SpokesMaps special £5 stall price

@edi.bike @alexstaniforth.bsky.social @dastonsnp.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social
Poster for the event... Lochend Needs Safe Roads Community Day! Lochend desperately needs safe roads. On Saturday November 8th 11am we are hosting a family friendly community day to launch our campaign. The main event is poster competition for under 16s where the winning posters will become our campaign posters! We will be gathering signatures & your experiences of road safety locally. Whilst presenting local councillors with our solutions. We will also be Face Painting Arts and Crafts Local Fire Fighters and a Fire Engine! St Andrews delivering First Aid Dr. Bike Repair Service Tartan Table for catering and C's Bakes for Cakes Raffle and Tombola Local market perfect for Christmas shopping.
October 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Images of creative Dutch biking infrastructure
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM