Yes, there are other things to be worrying about in the world but, as a historian, I find this editing of history to be deeply flawed. John Grimshaw was not one of the founders of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, he was one of the founders of Sustrans!

Is it normal for a re-named org to edit history in this way?

Screenshot of Sustrans website with headline and standfirst: "Success for Sustrans at the 2025 Scottish Transport Awards Last Thursday’s Scottish Transport Awards saw Sustrans projects scoop four awards, as organisations from across the sector gathered in Glasgow to celebrate the past year."

Walk Wheel Cycle Trust website: "Success for Walk Wheel Cycle Trust at the 2025 Scottish Transport Awards Last Thursday’s Scottish Transport Awards saw Walk Wheel Cycle Trust projects scoop four awards, as organisations from across the sector gathered in Glasgow to celebrate the past year."

On the left is a now removed 23rd June news story about Sustrans winning an award.

On the right is the current version, also dated 23rd June, showing that the award went to @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social

Sustrans logo visible in both pix.

Odd editing of history.
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… for better junctions, nature gardens, placemaking, play facilities, etc

What a way to tie up busy parents for years and years. All for it to be potentially taken out

Absolute shame on Edinburgh council

With the experimental traffic order to run from January for 18 months, that’ll be SIX & A HALF YEARS before the scheme is made permanent

6.5 years during which we’ve been battling to keep the scheme in place, for the benefit of the community

6.5 years we could have spent campaigning for…

Braid estate and Whitehouse Loan - Blackford Safe Routes Update 22 September 2025 The changes to revert the Braid Estate back to rat-running are now not due to be implemented on the ground until January 2026 – a full FIVE years after they were first impleme...

Braid Estate update:

The changes to revert back to rat-running are now not due to be implemented on the ground until Jan 2026 – a full 5 years after they were first implemented. 5 years of quiet streets, that keep children safe, & much loved by residents

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A Parisian school street closed with a elegant steel gate. There are mid-rise buildings either side and a red restaurant canopy. The street is paved in cream stone and there are families walking

An Edinburgh school street made with temporary red and white motorway style barriers. A green sign is falling off. The street remains as tarmac. There is a black car parked, partially blocking the entrance. There’s a high stone wall to the left and trees in the background. A family cross the street

Close up of a red and white motorway style barrier. The no motor vehicles sign is falling off. A lonely red traffic cone sits. There are 7 white dumpsters being stored on the street

Parisian school street:

👏 Permanent
💃 Elegant
🕰️ Installed within 2 years
🌳 Greenery

Edinburgh school street:

⏰ Temporary for 5 years
🧟‍♂️ Ugly
💔 Dilapidated
🗑️ Used for trade waste

C’mon Edinburgh, do better! 😳

Angry on a Monday morning is no way to start the week! Out on my morning walk this morning and someone has snapped all but one of the new trees in Pentland Park 😡 why would you do that? I’ll report this damage to our fantastic parks team today and see if I can get them replaced.

This week I was delighted to launch a new EV charging initiative for the South of Scotland. Edinburgh is the lead authority in the rollout of 1770 additional public charging points across the region in a £6.3m program supported by the Scottish Government.

www.transport.gov.scot/news/support...

Cycling holidays are a brilliant low-carbon option. Whether you are into solo travel or want something for families, Sustrans has got you covered 🚲👇

Europe was promised a new golden age of the night train. Why are we still waiting? | Jon Worth Romance, excitement and sustainability – continent-crossing sleeper trains should be a hit. It’s time for the EU to catch on, says writer and campaigner Jon Worth

"The long-distance European train journey might be slower than a short-haul flight, but it is surely better in terms of the environment and the traveller experience..."

We need night trains to help shift more journeys from air to rail. More investment and support is needed to get them on the rails.

New Shimano Cargo bike motor

ICE recumbent electric trike in build using their packing box as they suggest.

ICE Adventure e-trike with large rear rack

When Cargo & Comfort come together. Latest Shimano Cargo motor on new ICE trike. Sold and on way to customer next week.
Open today 10 to 4. @chdot.bsky.social @edi.bike
Edinburgh Critical Mass on today check @edcriticalmass.bsky.social

copy of post in above thread, re George Street

copy of post in above thread re causes of traffic growth on bypass - tory motion defeated 9-2

copy of post in above thread re delays to bus lane 7-7-7 trial

Copy of post in above thread, re delivery bikes

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#GeorgeStreet
#DeliveryCyclists
#TrafficGrowth
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ScotRail sign at Haymarket showing that tandems and cargobikes are accepted on class 380 385 and 153 trains. Max length 2.5m (2.55m on 153 units). Width 70cm (75cm on 153 units).

.... but can you take your cargobike on a train? @spokes.org.uk @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info ScotRail are aware of demand but think these are electric train units that are just in the Central Belt? @chdot.bsky.social @threadinburgh.scot

Tried to cross Ravelston Dykes, yesterday at the diversion and it was horrendous - streams upon streams of traffic coming from both directions without a gap. Several cyclists waiting a long time to cross, take a chance…

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Start of Spokes count article... Spokes Traffic Count May 2025: new post-covid bike % record! Our regular May traffic count, at Lothian Road and Forrest Road, found bikes forming the highest proportion of all vehicles so far post-covid. The 8-9am increase to 16.7%, from 16.3% in 2024, was marginal, with both car and bike numbers rising somewhat. However, at lunchtime (12.30-13.30) the bike percentage was up from 10.2% to 11.1%, with car numbers falling – indeed, for the first time ever there were fewer private cars than the bus/taxi/van total, our ‘commercial’ category. At Forrest Road northbound, bikes formed a remarkable 26.9% of all vehicles between 8 and 9a.m. – our highest post-covid figure so far at any count point. As we have seen in the last couple of years, the modest improvements in bike numbers at our count locations (where cycling infrastructure has not yet been installed or improved) contrast strongly with hugely impressive rises where segregated infrastructure has recently been built, notably the Cycling Scotland data for CCWEL and at Picardy Place. For full data from our May 13 count, see the ‘Resources’ section below A parallel count was conducted by Spokes Porty, with fairly similar results to the central area – see below

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New records:
👍 🚲 % morning & lunch
👍 🚘 overtaken by 🚌🚕🛻 at lunch

-> www.spokes.org.uk

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Councillors agree ten-year prioritisation programme for the City Mobility Plan Councillors agree ten-year prioritisation programme for the City Mobility Plan

This wasn’t an easy task but it was a necessary one. Now we have clarity we can focus on delivery.

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Edinburgh to explore introducing congestion charge Edinburgh is to exploring bringing in a congestion charge for cars entering the capital, over 20 years after a similar proposal was defeated at the ballot box.

Rotten headline. What I am actually doing is starting a conversation with Glasgow and our surrounding local authorities to see what the appetite for road user charging is in Scotland’s central belt. We have no powers to implement any scheme at this time
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extract from above meeting thread - measures to reduce project delays

extract from above meeting thread - mobility plan prioritisation approved

extract from above thread - Tories try (& fail) to scrap most cycling & low traffic schemes

extract from above thread - bike hire scheme now very likely to go ahead summer 2025, but must meet various criteria

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#Transport Cttee 22.5.25 thread

#ProjectDelays
#CityMobilityPlan
#BikeHire
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🚌 Motion seeks funding to support local bus services, by tweaking #parking charges, as in a.m. verbal deputation
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Amendts by #Labour #Green #SNP suggest further #parking cash tweaks/flexibility to raise more 💰

Motion agreed 9-2

@cptscotland.bsky.social

Motion by Councillor Booth - Delays to delivery of active travel investment programme “Committee: 1) Notes the council has declared a climate emergency and that transport emissions are the largest source of emissions in Scotland and the second largest in Edinburgh; 2) Notes the answer to question 32 at full council on 19 December 2024 that 27 of the 39 projects in the Active Travel Investment Programme have slipped beyond their original estimated completion date, with some delayed by more than a decade, and that the themes for delays included funding, processes and officer resources; 3) Notes that an informal group of officers, stakeholders and elected members met on Thursday 27 March to discuss what action could be taken to address these delays, where it was agreed to convene a further discussion in the summer; 4) Agrees that, while consideration of funding delays could be addressed by the imminent report on the City Mobility Plan Capital Investment Programme review, nonetheless considers that action to address processes (including TRO processes) and officer resources should not be delayed; 5) Therefore, agrees to refer the answer to the council question on to the next meeting of the Transport and Local Access Forum; 6) Further agrees to request a report from officers within two cycles setting out proposals for addressing delays in processes (including TRO processes) and officer resources.”

photo of the demonstration

Cllr Booth

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Cllr @chasbooth.bsky.social
refers to 'Delays cost lives' demo this a.m.

His motion seeks improved procedures, including on TROs within council and by Scot Govt

Conservatives move no action, saying it is a 'vanity' publicity project

👍 Motion agreed 9-2

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#HolyroodPark access report, to continue wide discussion
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Tories amendt on importance of east-west road routes

Cllr Macinnes emphasises value of #HolyroodPark green space

Report agreed 9-2 (Tories against)

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Cllr Jenkinson summing up his position on the amendments by other parties

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Cllr @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

👍rejects Tory amendt - would cause congestion
👍rejects LibDem - would cause delays

👍 👍 accepts most of Green ... i.e. confirming will liaise with other councils etc on #RoadUserCharging

Amended motion agreed

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Green Amendt emphasises funding, need for #roadusercharging

Vital to start conversation on this, joint with @glasgowcc.bsky.social #Sestran & #ScotGov

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cllr macinnes

Amendment by the SNP Group Transport & Environment Committee 22 May 2025 Item 7.5 - City Mobility - Plan Capital Investment Plan Prioritisation Outputs Amends 1.1.5 to read: Approve the list of projects and programmes that it is proposed to pause work on, set out in Appendix 5 with the exception of The Causey Project (West Crosscauseway), Portobello Town Centre (20- minute neighbourhood) and A71 Heriot Watt to Sighthill Active Travel Improvements, which should be changed from ‘pause’ to ‘proceed’. Agrees to defer any decision on pausing Cross Streets (North Castle Street (cross streets), Hanover Street North – Public Realm, Cycling & Ped Improvements and Frederick Street (North and South) until the next Transport and Environment Committee due to their crucial operational inter-relationship to the success of the George Street Project. Notes that all projects are within large funding envelopes and therefore agrees that projects which are “unpaused” will be funded through reprioritisation of existing funding packages, and reallocation of slippage in other projects. Agrees this for the following reasons: The Causey Agrees that despite the scoring of this particular project, The Causey represents over a decade of previous commitments from the council to the local community to progress the project and believes there is a serious reputational risk in any further delay to make progress on the ground (either in a phased approach or fully delivered). Understands that The Causey has at several times in its history as a project been allocated / earmarked funding through various streams including Place Based Investment Fund (PBIF) and allocations from the capital road renewals budget in addition to The Causey Development Trust securing funding and materials from other sources. Notes that the project has been hailed in our own reports as a model for community led placemaking and partnership working and is supported by Sustrans, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh World Heritage, Scot…

Page 2 of 3 Further requests that The Causey is additionally treated as a candidate for the Visitor Levy Funding, through any appropriate strands including as a candidate for the City Transformation strand, and Heritage Strand. Portobello Town Centre Notes that the justification for pausing the Portobello Town Centre project, currently within a cost band of £10m-£30m, is because it has a ‘significant public realm focus meaning external funding opportunity via ATIF Tier 2 likely limited’. Therefore agrees this project will refocus on original objectives of reducing through traffic on Portobello High Street and reallocating road space to walking. Notes pressures and conflicts particularly along the promenade between cyclists, dog walkers, older people and children and the risks this poses. Also notes that there are traffic and congestions problems on the High Street, particularly at peak times. Agrees the project should continue, focusing on these two aspects which should improve the opportunity for funding via ATIF Tier 2. A71 Heriot Watt to Sighthill Active Travel Improvements Notes: that a cycling connection along A71 from Bankhead Avenue across bypass to Heriot Watt links directly with the Curriehill Station to Heriot Watt active travel proposal; that this provides vital active travel connection to City centre, to places of employment and to Edinburgh College Sighthill Campus; that this connection provides a dedicated active travel route across the city bypass and connects to Ratho and rapidly expanding communities along A71 corridor including Calderwood. Therefore, due to its significant strategic cross-boundary connectivity, agrees that this project should continue. Notes: that paragraphs 4.7, 4.10 and 4.19 make reference to funding on a single year basis. Committee notes that in presenting the Programme for Government, the First Minister referred to ongoing discussions with the UK Government to achieve multi-year funding, identifying the benefit this would brin…

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SNP amendment to up the priority for..

#Portobello
#CityCentre cross-streets
#A71 #Sighthill to @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

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Introducing, Cllr @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social thanks officers for huge work on this. He has pushed it because delivery is his priority

Officer: Projects that are 'paused' are not 'stopped,' but report gives much-needed clarity on priorities

A group of people standing in front of the Edinburgh City Chambers. They are holding a big banner which says "Delays Cost Lives! Support active travel now!" and are holding lots of cardboard eyes.

A group of people standing in front of the Edinburgh City Chambers. They are holding a big banner which says "Delays Cost Lives! Support active travel now!" and are holding lots of cardboard eyes. Some of them are talking to a man in a suit (Cllr Jenkinson).

Two big wins for active travel today! Thank you to everyone who helped put all eyes on the Transport and Environment Committee, and special thanks to those that took our message to councillors and members of the public. Now, time for the council to put words into action and deliver on the projects.