Credit to @harryjwilliams.bsky.social for coding / creating these.

cyclinginstitute 2 d 📢 Calling all young #architects, #artists, and #placemakers! 📢 The @Association EBN invites #applications for The Emma Burke Newman Architecture and Arts Grant, 2026. They are looking for young adults (17-35) residing in the #EEA, #UK, or #US to bring community-shaping projects to life. There is a special interest in projects that explore architecture, placemaking, and cycling/road safety, honouring the memory of #Emma, who was tragically killed by a truck driver while cycling to university in Glasgow in 2023 But all artistic and cross-cultural proposals are welcome. This #grant is about continuing Emma's legacy of compassion, creativity, and intercultural exchange. It offers young people the chance to pursue life-changing artistic, educational, and cross-cultural experiences. Please #apply and #share this far and wide! More information at: https://associationebn.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/news-architecture-and-arts-grant-for-young-adults-2026-opens-for-applications-ouverture-des-candidatures-pour-la-bourse-darchitecture-et-darts-pour-les-jeunes-adultes-2026/ #Deadline: February 28, 2026 *The project must be completed and presented by June 30, 2027.

#Architecture and #Arts Grant 2026 for young adults (17-35)

at @urbancyclinginstitute.org

CLOSES 28 Feb

in memory of #EmmaBurkeNewman, tragically killed by a truck driver while cycling in Glasgow

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Thanks is there any signage on the tunnel side as I didn’t see any forewarning from Currie. I think some folk won’t easily cycle up West Mill Road and could divert earlier?

FYI - Water of Leith path is closed (with no signed diversion in advance) at Woodhall for resurfacing the defective newish surface. Assume for this week as wasn’t there on Monday morning?
@edi.bike @spokes.org.uk @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social #EdTravCyc @sw20.info any idea when it’s to reopen?

start of survey form... Sheriffhall Roundabout & A720 Bypass: Community Travel and Congestion Questionnaire This questionnaire forms part of a Heriot-Watt University's civil engineering transport planning project examining congestion, safety and connectivity around the Sheriffhall Roundabout and surrounding sections of the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass. The aim of this survey is to gather local residents’ and road users’ lived experiences, including how the roundabout currently operates, how congestion affects daily travel and what improvements could best support safer, more efficient and more sustainable movement for vehicles, public transport, pedestrians and cyclists

#Sheriffhall Roundabout

Study by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

🙋 User views wanted!!
--> forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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New active travel project delay tracker live. - not sure how maintainable this will be but I will try!

www.city-scope.co.uk/active-travel

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A pavement on the left with a wall and trees and shrubs. Next to this is a new cycle lane that's separated to the road with traffic cones

Queensferry High Street with lots of cars parked, double parked and on the road

New bike lane between Queensferry High Street and the Hawes Car Park is finally taking shape. When the rest of the project is completed the Hight Street is going to be a shared space which is obviously the exact design needed to combat the current carmageddon 🤯

Just reported #ScottishPower contractor for not allowing space for cycles to pass on Whitehouse Loan at the junction with Newbattle Terrace. No diversion signage on Quiet Route & pavement being used by cycles when space could allow for passing on road! 🙄
@spokes.org.uk #EdTravCyc @edi.bike

Burnt out car and molten oil/plastic slurry across Silverknowles Road North down to the beach. Road is closed to motor traffic, so clean-up may be slow. #EdTravCyc

At least this railway is already built… but still some tricky junctions / connections to the tram lines to resolve 🙃

New #bikebus day. Parents at St Peter's Primary in Edinburgh have set up a second bike bus route to the school. This route runs from the Braids down hill all the way. @coachbalto.bsky.social @spokes.org.uk @cyclinguk.bsky.social @edi.bike @edinreporter.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

Get well soon. Agree information could be better and clearer.

I meant as in a live map with the gritters on so you can see where they have treated before you head out. Like I’d adjust a route if I could. Will mention to Councillors.

Ouch sounds painful. Wishing a speedy recovery. Yeah a daily live map of routes gritted like the Transport Scotland one for named gritters would be super handy.

Thanks. Yep I use the grit bin for the pavements and road outside my flat to the main road but seems like hardly anyone uses the ones I see in the Braids. If everyone did a little bit it would be better for everyone but seems that attitude is being lost.

Leith, and Ocean Drive has also been very slippy most mornings hovering at or below 0 - one friend coming to grief on ice a couple weeks back.

If people need help with grit bins for some local do gooding with bins, a reminder that this page can help:

www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roads-paveme...

We found this the case with Whitehouse Loan yesterday also, which resulted in a hard fall turning right into Blackford Rd. Five minutes later we witnessed another kid fall at the turning off of Newbattle Terrace onto Whitehouse Loan.

Quiet routes need gritted, @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social
❄️ 😡

Ice on Braid Avenue

Feather frost on cat bonnet on Braid Avenue

#EdTravCyc @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social Braid Avenue and Braid Estate side roads an ice rink again this morning with gritting seemingly. Walking like a penguin so pray for anyone cycling without studded tyres!

picture of cover of budget document Scottish Budget: 2026-27

#ScotBudget 26/27

🙂 Good news #ActiveTravel - 🤔 probably

🙄 Bus again combined with 🚶👩‍🦼🚲 and not disaggregated

25/26 £189m (of which £20m+ went to 🚌)
26/27 £226m (includes "increased" 🚌 cash)

🤔 Also note 24/25 & 25/26 *expenditure* was significantly less than *budget*. So will 26/27 all be used?

#EdTravCyc
@spokes.org.uk @edi.bike @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social it’s pretty sketchy on untreated surfaces this morning. Made it into town along bus routes but paths like meadows seemed untreated or washed away due to late rain.

Dundee Street and Fountainbridge active travel consultation - response - Blackford Safe Routes Consultation response to the Dundee St and Fountainbridge active travel project - protected cycle lanes and pedestrian improvements

Thanks!

Here’s the link to our response

blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk/jgps-travel-...

Intro to their response... Dundee Street and Fountainbridge active travel consultation – response Overview The council are proposing to improve walking, wheeling and cycling along Dundee Street and Fountainbridge, as well as surrounding streets connecting to the Union Canal. The changes will be transformative and create safer, more attractive streets for everyone. The aim is to create: walking and street improvements a high-quality, direct, cycling route to provide an alternative to the busy and shared Union Canal path a connection between the Telfer Subway and the Union Canal via Gibson Terrace, improving connections to the surrounding network from Roseburn, the Canal, the Meadows and beyond The Dundee St and Fountainbridge consultation is open until the 12 Jan 2026.

#DundeeStreet #Fountainbridge 🚶👩‍🦼🚲 consultn

👍 Excellent submission from @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk

🙋 Please do respond yourself - it matters!
[no need for detail if short of time]

Online QA--> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/dundee-s...

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Start of Spokes article... 2025–>2026 : What for Edinburgh Cycling Policy & Action? Will 2026 see Edinburgh City‘s new ‘Primary Cycle Network’ definition start to turn from policy into reality? And what of the City’s hugely ambitious 30% by 2030 traffic-reduction aims? What other decisions or actions may we see in the coming year?

Picture of a bollarded route due to be upgraded in 2026 as part of the main-road 'Primary Cycle Network'

Picture of Foot of Walk to Dock Street under construction - opening in 2026

Huge amounts of precious time having to be spent by officers in reassuring & re-reassuring worried councillors on issues where evidence is already pretty solid... In conclusion, a random thought Looking back on the stories above, one has to be struck by the huge amount of precious officer time that is devoted to handling the concerns of councillors worried by objections which in the end often prove either irrelevant or largely unfounded. Time which could be spent far more productively. Here are some examples… There is no better example than the saga of the Travelling Safely experimental Orders and the role of the TRO subcommittee (see ‘2025’ near the start of this article), resulting in additional meetings and literally hundreds of pages of reports [e.g. this 682-page download for their third meeting covering much of the same ground] The Braid Estate story (see above) is another – huge amounts of time in meetings, massive reports, preparation of traffic orders, finding contractors, abortive costs – all in aid of a messy compromise experiment, unwanted by many, and which may now not happen Most recently, the decision of TRO Sub to postpone a decision on whether to allow east-bound cycling in Rose Street, where westbound has been legal for decades. Officers now have to prepare a report on issues such as whether bikes may collide with cafe tables or get through any roadworks that might happen, even though the existing west-bound cycling works perfectly well. Is there a solution to this tragic time-wasting, delaying projects which are far more safety and environmentally significant? Certainly, objections must be heard, and councillors must interrogate officers. Some objections do have real substance. But when evidence is clear, and plainly laid out by officers when questioned at Committee (as, largely, in the above examples) surely there must be a mechanism for making councillors think twice. Is yet another investigation, more reports, more meetings, mor…

#Edinburgh #Cycling developments 2026 (?)

Our thoughts--> www.spokes.org.uk/2026/01/2025...

🤔 #MainRoad protected lanes
🤔 #Tram
🤔 #PrincesStreet
🤔 #BraidEstate
🤔 Plans: #CCWEL extension, #LothianRoad
🤔 #DemandManagement: #TrafficFilters #charging
🤔 #BusLanes
🤔 Use of officer time
... and much more

1950s onion seller on bicycle on Princes Street Edinburgh

1950s onion seller on bicycle on Princes Street Edinburgh

1950s onion seller on bicycle on Sandport Bridge Leith

1950s onion seller on bicycle on Sandport Bridge Leith with many swans

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Wonderful @bbcarchivebot.bsky.social feature on French Onion sellers in the 1950s plying their wares across Edinburgh by bike. Starts at around 17mins.
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Wondering if anyone knows why there’s a concrete service chamber? / bath? seemingly dumped at the corner of Bruntsfield Links at Whitehouse Loan / Bruntsfield Crescent? A bit of an odd spot for a planter.

Disappointing that the proposed and consulted-on cycling improvements on Ballgreen Rd/Saughton Crescent haven’t been put in while the entire length of Ballgreen Rd has been resurfaced.

Another opportunity missed @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

I may be wrong but pretty sure the paving stone is Scoutmoor which is readily available.
Is the any reason why the redundant unidirectional cycleway isn’t blocked 🚧 with barrier to encourage use of the correct bidirectional cycleway? All seems forgotten about.
www.marshalls.co.uk/gardens-and-...

Photo of closure

Photo of sign about closure

Map of closure

FYI Dalmeny Estate tarmac roads between the shore and NCN1 are closed on Saturdays until 1st Feb 2026 according to signage at the closures. Roads highlighted in yellow.
Unsure what is happening every Saturday for 3 months? 🤔 @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike #EdTravCyc

post from Prof Peter Matthews saying pathto be reopened for a rethink on the closure by Leonardo UK

Spokes letter, part 1 I'm writing regarding the closure of the Ferry Road Path between Leonardo and Morrisons in TTRO TEMP/25/148 from today 21st November until 16th January 2026. As I'm sure you know, this path forms an important Active Travel connection in the north of Edinburgh, being Quietroute11 and a protected Core Path. It is estimated to have 300-500 daily cycle trips (NPT Scotland), along with many more pedestrian journeys. Usage typically peaks 8-9am and 3-5pm. Being an offroad path, it is relied on by many users who are not comfortable or experienced cycling on a main road, including families and children. Risk The safety measures for these works appear surmountable and should not require a full closure. The fence erection works are similar to works conducted by the council in the past, such as tree felling works. I've attached an example on the Coltbridge Viaduct from 2020. The diversion across the Crewe Toll Roundabout is extremely busy with motor vehicles and surely presents a greater dangerous to cyclists otherwise using an offroad path. Will this diversion be signed and made suitably safe? I note the requirements in the NRSWA Red Book to ensure diversions are risk assessed for all users.

Spokes letter, part 2 Amenity We are also concerned by the duration of this closure and the lack of notice. It is dissapointing that the closure was only signed on Wednesday, less than 48 hours before coming into effect, for what are clearly long planned works. TTROs are advised by the council to be submitted 30 working days in advance for adaquate process, and we would expect atleast a weeks notice. Advance signage should be placed to warn users of the closure, such as the attached example from Holyrood Park. The closure can be included within the weekly Edi.bike cycling newsletter on Monday. The 8 week duration of the closure appears very onerous. Works extends over the Christmas period when no work will likely be taking place. Additionally, we would expect works on such a busy route to be limited to outside of peaks hours. For example, recent path closures on the Union Canal were limited to 9:30am-3:30pm, with a member of staff present to assist disabled access. Will it be possible to reopen the path during peaks hours and the Christmas period? Statute I note the Department of Transport TSM Chapter 8, repeated in the councils own factsheet, state: D3.32.17 Wherever possible, access should be maintained for cyclists in both directions throughout the period of road works, avoiding more hazardous diversions. Where possible, a segregated cycle lane or route away from the carriageway should be provided particularly on dual carriageways or multi-lane roads. D3.32.18 When cycle routes, and other facilities for the exclusive use of cyclists and pedestrians, are affected by the road works the changes should be clearly signed well in advance of the road works. D3.32.19 Where there is cycle provision, such as cycle lanes or tracks, efforts should be made to keep these open or to provide an acceptable alternative during the road works.

👍 #FerryRoad path: closure rethink

Our letter to council & cllrs attached..

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Ferry Road Path CLOSED to pedestrians and cyclists from today to 16 January for installation of a security fence at Leonardo. TTRO closure order was signed on Wednesday with the below diversion: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/fi... #EdTravCyc @spokes.org.uk @edi.bike