Simon Christie
@thebonnieloon.bsky.social
Edinburgh, cyclist, cycling without age pilot, cook, gardener, music, trains, canals, climate justice. Can we just accept Tr*ump & M*usk are bawbags and post about nice stuff?
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People complain when the bikes are on the pavement, but also don’t want to give up a single parking space…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Mind-boggling' e-bike parking pen to be moved from Nottingham road
The metal fencing has been bolted into a parking area at the side of a road, close to a junction.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Taken a few across town for just over a quid. Super quick and easy, much quicker than a bus and that's usually without any safe or dedicated infrastructure - including no floating bus stops. Could be used by everyone if those things were available. So much potential.
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Taken a few across town for just over a quid. Super quick and easy, much quicker than a bus and that's usually without any safe or dedicated infrastructure - including no floating bus stops. Could be used by everyone if those things were available. So much potential.
They hate pedestrians and walkers. Any excuse to close any of it. They'll try and close it again in the spring for lambing in case walkers or cyclists "disturb" the sheep. SUV's driving to their golf course is apparently fine
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
They hate pedestrians and walkers. Any excuse to close any of it. They'll try and close it again in the spring for lambing in case walkers or cyclists "disturb" the sheep. SUV's driving to their golf course is apparently fine
BBC victim blaming someone for wearing certain clothes. How very 'reform' of them
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
BBC victim blaming someone for wearing certain clothes. How very 'reform' of them
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#A701 'relief road' petition
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November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
1) Not call it free. It should be called publicly subsidised parking no matter who uses it. 2) if Public transport is publicly owned, as it should then it’s much easier as we’re already subsidising a public service and bigger picture is it costs us less to enable PT than subsidised parking
November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
1) Not call it free. It should be called publicly subsidised parking no matter who uses it. 2) if Public transport is publicly owned, as it should then it’s much easier as we’re already subsidising a public service and bigger picture is it costs us less to enable PT than subsidised parking
Also, their saving the NHS bloody money too by exercising not being lazy inactive spongers sitting in heavily subsidised, pollution and ill health causing killing machines!
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Also, their saving the NHS bloody money too by exercising not being lazy inactive spongers sitting in heavily subsidised, pollution and ill health causing killing machines!
Sorry to hear that. Maddening on all the level.
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sorry to hear that. Maddening on all the level.
Looks like they only record it when the police report it and there is injury "The records relate only to personal injury accidents on public roads that are reported to the police, and subsequently recorded, using the STATS19 accident reporting form" Shame it's not wider scope including near misses
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Looks like they only record it when the police report it and there is injury "The records relate only to personal injury accidents on public roads that are reported to the police, and subsequently recorded, using the STATS19 accident reporting form" Shame it's not wider scope including near misses
Reposted by Simon Christie
Literally having a discussion about Duddingston Low Road yesterday amongst cyclists about how HES has done all they could to discourage what could be an AMAZING active travel corridor with just the smallest of widening of the pavements.
Instead we have 75m of this.
Instead we have 75m of this.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Literally having a discussion about Duddingston Low Road yesterday amongst cyclists about how HES has done all they could to discourage what could be an AMAZING active travel corridor with just the smallest of widening of the pavements.
Instead we have 75m of this.
Instead we have 75m of this.
Always interesting to look up at the CrashMap to see what HSE and others view as an acceptable way to be injured or killed and what's not: www.crashmap.co.uk
CrashMap - UK Road Safety Map
UK Road Safety Map
www.crashmap.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Always interesting to look up at the CrashMap to see what HSE and others view as an acceptable way to be injured or killed and what's not: www.crashmap.co.uk