Update @edi.bike @spokes.org.uk Comiston Rd closure has a 🚧 gap that is passable with care on carriageway (see grey jacket cyclist route) so pleasant compared to Braid Rd.
@edinreporter.bsky.social is it not odd the petrol station is also closed for roof works right now? Some coincidence!

Thanks to roving reporter Stella for the updates 👏
Retweets welcome 🙏
Safe cycling.

View of closure on Comiston Road from north (looking south)

View of closure on Comiston Road from south (looking north)

Comiston Rd closed for emergency repairs but cycles able to proceed in both directions to closure then walk on pavement.
Braid Rd is busy but Quiet Route is OPEN.
Beware drivers suddenly pulling into n’bound bus lane to make U turn at Braid Hills Rd jnct.
#EdTravCyc
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Indeed 🧐

Really 🤔?! Yes please don’t replace the same again as I reported it ages ago and it’s been missing more than it’s been there. Can’t actually remember when it was last in place.

I think the bollard was removed due to the works for the cycleway on Henderson St etc. to maintain access for the bins etc.

Highlands roadworker clearing trees with chainsaw attacked by driver The incident happened at on Saturday while the man was clearing up after Storm Amy on the A82.

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Used this yesterday. Such an improvement! 🙌

So much for side-on parking on Elm Row - drivers parked right into the cycleway and on the pedestrian access/crossing to the bus stop. @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social

2024 picture of proposed route, Heriot Watt to Curriehill station - now delayed for redesign due to Council biodiversity and heritage concerns Curriehill Active Travel Link: Spring 2024 Project Update A formal, lit and surfaced active travel path linking Curriehill Station to Heriot-Watt is now at the detailed design stage. Written 21st Macrh 2024 by Emily Stone, Net Zero Support Officer March 20, 2024

Path @heriotwattnews.bsky.social to #Curriehill🚆station (due 2025) delayed by @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social biodiversity concerns
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Map of cycle hire bikes available

VOI app prompt where low battery bike is scanned

VOI Ebike

VOI ebike low battery light

🪫 Seems to be popular but only 4 bikes available since this afternoon. Many bikes at docks but batteries are flat… obviously early days but prospective users getting disappointed & can’t be relied upon yet.
Did VOI forget the spare batteries 🔋 or are Edinburgh hills too steep?
FYI @spokes.org.uk

Witnesses sought after cyclist attacked on Blackhall Cycle Path Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a cyclist was seriously assaulted on Blackhall Cycle Path, near to Davidson Mains, Edinburgh. The incident took place around 6.05pm on Tuesday, 2 September, 2025. The cyclist, a 46-year-old man, was cycling away from the Drylaw area on his green vintage-style Dutch bike. The suspect was riding an offroad dirt bike and is described as white, around 5ft 10 and slim build, but their gender is unknown.

Witnesses sought after cyclist attacked on Blackhall Cycle Path

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a cyclist was seriously assaulted on Blackhall Cycle Path, near to Davidson Mains, Edinburgh. The incident took place around 6.05pm on Tuesday, 2 September, 2025. The cyclist, a…

Tell us where you’d like to ride We’d love to hear from you! Where should we add more parking? Which areas do you want to cycle to and from? You can recommend parking spaces via our Suggest a Parking Spot form, or contact us at support@voi.com. Share your ideas and experiences, and we’ll do our best to make them happen.

Picture of a voi bike Edinburgh, meet your new e-bikes Sep 3, 2025 A red e-bike is parked in a bike rack outside the Edinburgh Library We’re delighted to share that Voi is bringing e-bikes to Edinburgh for the very first time! After a long pause in bike hire services, we’re excited to give residents, commuters, and visitors a fresh, sustainable way to get around this beautiful city.

#BikeHire #Voi

🙋 Now you can report where you'd like 🚲 parks
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active travel connections Closes 10 Oct 2025 Opened 28 Aug 2025 Contact builyeonroad@edinburgh.gov.uk Overview In September 2023, we asked people to give us their views on building a new primary and nursery school within the Builyeon Road development site in Queensferry. People were in favour of a new school and the prefered option was approved by Councillors in February 2024. Both the original consultation paper and the outcomes report can be found in links in the Related Documents section below. Visualisation of front elevation of new primary school Alongside the new school proposals we are working to create more travel options for your daily trips to school and work as well as other trips in your local community. In summer 2022, we asked for your opinions on an early design for a new walking, wheeling and cycling route from Builyeon Road to Scotstoun Avenue. Your feedback helped us to further develop our designs for active travel, including more detail on the proposed park on Builyeon Road.

Events Builyeon Road new primary school and improved active travel connections public drop in event From 3 Sep 2025 at 16:00 to 3 Sep 2025 at 19:30 More information An information event displaying the latest plans for the proposed school, active travel route and park with an opportunity to discuss these with representatives from the designers and the City of Edinburgh Council. This is a drop-in event, held at Echline Primary School and the public can attend at any time between 1600 and 1930.

drawing of part of proposed new route

drawing of part of proposed new route

#Queensferry 🚲👩‍🦼🚶 consultn ends 10 Oct

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TODAY Wed 3 DROP-IN (below)

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Used today which was great. Agree the slightly passive aggressive speed signs are bizarre. Just say “slow farm traffic” rather than singling out cycles 🙄
However progress is great and good to know access is possible 👍

This was it on Thursday…
Amazing how knackered the road is from just bus use.

But you could go along Russell Rd as no bridge will be provided over the mainline railway if headed north/south. Plenty of room for segregation along Russell Rd. NCN 1 should be along CCWEL so no need to access Balbirnie Pl unless destination is a house there?

Another quality CEC job… 😂🙄
They finally cut the weeds too!

Could be for one of his kids… 😳

Bin lorry driver who killed 11-year-old cycling to school after “failing to account for vulnerable road users” avoids jail Dashcam footage showed the driver, who received a 12-month driving ban, “using his mobile phone while reversing the HGV”

"Thomas himself had “failed to carry out sufficient observations” before crossing""

Always good to attribute some of the responsibility onto the poor dead child, rather than putting it all on the shoulders of the phone fiddling, hgv driving adult child killer.

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Thanks for clarifying. Good to know.

Woman in black smiles at camera in front of an open white wooden gate. Mint green 1980s mixte frame bike leans against wall in background

Old Craighall Gate to Dalkeith Country Park is now open for walking, wheeling and cycling! If you use this gate please stick to the 10mph speed limit though I know the thrill seekers among you may wish to go faster on the gravel hills (I didn’t, on this bike…) - working farm and all that 🐴🐄🦙🐣

Fantastic work. Thank you and DCP.
Can I check if there is any time restrictions on this. E.g. daylight hours?
I also noticed they’ve installed a new metal electronic gate here with pedestrian / cycle bypass earlier this week. I wonder if connected?
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Detailed view on Realtime Trains

Cycle symbol on front of class 385 meaning cycle space is at second set of doors from this point. Source https://share.google/yBcQwvsmq6IJOj5PH

Best to use @realtimetrains.co.uk & look at detailed view of service.
First screenshot is “simple” view and second is “detailed view”. From the detailed the train class is below the image of the train.
Also on Class 385 the 🚲 symbol on the front means bike space is second doorset of that carriage.

New ScotRail poster showing what types of bike allowed on which trains

Scotrail cycling website intro page... Lock your bike at the station, take it on the train, or hire a bike at one of the growing number of cycle hire points across the network. We're developing a seamlessly integrated cycle and rail network. We've installed more cycle parking at our stations so it's easier to securely leave your bike before catching the train, or you can take your bike with you. There's no additional charge to take your bike on our trains and for some journeys you’ll need to reserve a space in advance. There are plenty of reasons to leave the car at home and take the bike instead – to keep fit, have fun, or do your bit for the environment. Combining a bike ride with train travel is a brilliant way to see the country or just to get about town.

Guide to travelling with bike by scotrail Guide to travelling with a bike on trains Share Tweet Pin Share The following is a guide to cycle space availability, including the number of spaces and if tandems or larger cycles such as cargo cycles can be carried, on our different types of trains across all our routes. Our helpful videos show how to safely board and stow your cycle during your journey. When travelling with your cycle please look for the dedicated wide aisle gate in stations with gateline barriers installed. The other gates will be too narrow for your cycle. You can find out what type of train you will be travelling on by using the dropdowns below. Simply select the area you are travelling in and then your line of route. The Central Belt The Highlands Ayrshire, Inverclyde and Stranraer Kilmarnock, Dumfries and Carlisle The East Coast and Fife Lothian and The Borders

page showing what bikes allowed Glasgow to Ed/ N Berwick/ Dunbar

🚲<->🚆

👍 #Scotrail much improved #BikeRail info

👍 Great poster + website
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Picture of the route fenced off

Quiet Route 8 #EdinburghPark closed
🙄 no signs
🙄 no diversion
Why?

🙋 We've asked Cllrs @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @ehyslop.bsky.social & @planningedin.bsky.social to act

HT @johnrobson87.bsky.social @robbieainsworth.bsky.social

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*Note: it is also a footrest 🦶 if preferred

A spiral staircase in a lovely concrete carpark. Out the top of the stair you can see the sky, Edinburgh Castle, and the Red Arrows.

Haha! It worked!

I scoped out the angle this morning and figured I’d be very lucky to pull it off, but it was surely worth a try, eh?

#Edinburgh #RedArrows #Photography

Pedestrians need safe crossing times too so cycles will need to wait at some point and especially so at a junction with buses and high footfall. Hand/foot stands are common in Danish cities & make it more comfortable to wait. You don’t need to use it if you don’t agree with them 😂

It’s in the right place. On the left adjacent to the button for the signals to head to the right (along the route) or straight ahead but keeping left. There is a sensor too so hopefully will be secondary with limited wait times.
Similar are used in Glasgow & Denmark.