Leith Feeder Ride

No jail sentence. No driving ban. Free to continue driving around Edinburgh after assaulting a cyclist, leaving them with a traumatic brain injury, a smashed skull and a bleed on the brain. news.stv.tv/east-central...

Are you with us, or Faithful to the Big Car? Cars are getting bigger & heavier, & children pay the price: research shows SUVs are 3x more likely than a smaller car to kill a child under 10. Sign @cleancitiescampaign.org's petition: cleancitiescampaign.org/join-the-mov...

Join a women-led night ride through North Edinburgh starting at Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre and exploring local highlights before finishing with a hot drink at West Pilton Park. REGISTER HERE: bbr.cyclinguk.org?drylaw-nc-an...

POWDERHALL FOOTBRIDGE.—Local frustration at Council closure and subsequent handling of vital active-travel link. Report on yesterday's meeting and joint response by Leith Central and Broughton & New Town Community Councils: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/frustra... #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news

2016 "Cycling might work in Amsterdam, but it'll never work in the UK" 2022 "Cycling might work in London, but it'll never work in Glasgow" 2026 "Cycling might work on the Southside, but it'll never work in the North" This is progress 😁

ℹ️ More on the Powderhall Railway bridge over Water of Leith in this follow-up post by Powderhall.Link » powderhalllink.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/f...

What's happening here? Maybe something changed part way through 2023 on urban/residential 30mph roads! I wonder if it could be that from Sep 17th 2023 95% of roads with a 30mph limit were changed to 20mph. #20splenty making your place an even better, safer, quieter, fairer place to be!

🚲 edi.bike | issue 165 | 5th Oct '26 Further delays on St Mark’s Park bridge; Spokes count in Centre, bikes over 30% of rush hour traffic; Edinburgh Bicycle folds, but lives on; Cargo Bike Carnival this Sunday; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc...

St Mark's Path Bridge update from @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social: Council officers are now preparing a Councillors' briefing to go out on week beginning 12 October. It will be shareable, so Jack will send it on as soon as. @edi.bike, @spurtle.bsky.social, @robbieainsworth.bsky.social

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

🚲 edi.bike | issue 164 | 28th Sep '26 ‘How we could turn Edinburgh into a real cycling city’; Edinburgh Delivery riders unveil a Fair Work Charter; Minto St to Craigmillar Park Corridor; plus events, infrastructure, route closures & more: buttondown.com/edi.bike/arc... #bikeSky #edinburgh

Thank you to everyone who got in touch about the frustrating closure of the vital bridge at St Mark's Park. This is a lifeline route for the community on both sides and has massive impacts on access to the park, walking, cycling, the school & local businesses 1/3

An insight into cycling trends - the introduction of Voi bikes has added about 500 additional cyclists per day to Leith Walk; the tram closure added another 250 at the peak. The Voi effect is much larger at the weekend, while the inverse is true for the tram.

There's something amazing about being in a peloton of 40+ bikes on the cycle lane heading home. Every driver at the front of a queue of side-street traffic... every person peering out of a bus window... every passer-by gets the message: "Oh wow, yeah, people are using this stuff". Never gets old.

1/ 🚧 St Mark’s Path bridge: still closed, still waiting for answers There was frustration at Monday night’s LCCC meeting about the continuing closure of the bridge. The concern is also the lack of clear information about what failed, options considered and speed of reopening

Just imagine what the figures would be like if everyone could cycle safely everywhere in #Edinburgh. www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

Huge disparity between supply and demand for cycle hangars – particularly in Leith. Anything our local councillors can do to help get more installed? @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social inson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social y.social @katrinafaccenda.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social

I've been going through some 1880s cycling programmes and I'm loving the contraptions that were advertised for sale in Edinburgh. Tricycles, tandems, racing bikes and the 'Psycho Safety'.

I've sent a draft petition to Edinburgh Council asking it to: *do everything it can to investigate and put in place measures to temporarily mend or brace the bridge or hire a replacement, while a longer term solution is sorted out.* May get rejected as council already working on the issue.

Frustrated by inaction on the threat of cars on their street, the 1970s residents of Delft's Tuinstraat illicitly erected barriers to curb traffic. This act of rebellion became a global revolution—inventing the woonerf (“living street”): a common space for recreation, vegetation, and socialization.

To help more people walk, wheel and cycle, we've partnered with CoMoUK to install a mobility hub on St Andrew Place, Leith. Come along to the Dr Bike session on Thur 3 Sep, 2pm to 4pm. You can find out more about the hub at www.como.org.uk/pop-up/edinburgh-leith

POWDERHALL FOOTBRIDGE.—No replacement likely before 2028. Details at: www.broughtonspurtle.org.uk/news/no-new-... #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news #transport

Glasgow just getting on with it while Edinburgh waters-down, delays or just abandons safe infrastructure projects.

New popup mobility hub near Leith Links looks great! Across from the primary school, hopefully gets some local use. I believe it’s around for about a couple months.

A cycling city isn’t really about bikes. It’s a fairer city, built around people instead of cars. Part one of three for the Edinburgh Inquirer, starting with the issues facing a car dependent capital. @spokes.org.uk @wwctrustscot.bsky.social @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social @cyclingscotland.bsky.social

You enjoyed our Friday night ride last month? Well, we are organising a new one again this very Friday! 7.30pm Middle Meadow walk If you can't make it, no worries Saturday 2pm (also Middle meadow Walk) we will have our traditional Monthly ride.

Permanent barrier on Powderhall Bridge. Edinburgh Council have now spent more money blocking access than on last 10 years of maintainence. No waymarked diversion No plan for repair No communication with local community @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social @ntbcc.bsky.social

Join us this Sunday for a bike ride to Bridgend Farmhouse - borrow an e-bike or family cargo bike if you need - lunch provided - enjoy a tour of the farmhouse and gardens, and hear about the different project Bridgend runs - all free. But please book ahead portytobridgend.eventbrite.co.uk

🤯 A car-free car racing event? Sounds impossible! In the Netherlands last weekend, nearly all of the 110,000 fans attending the #Formula1 #GrandPrix arrived by bike or public transit. Cars were practically banned. Ironic to say this: but it's a masterclass in sustainable mega-event planning.

This looks like a European holiday destination It’s actually the Cowgate without cars Edinburgh needs more vision in its planning @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

Leith Connections Phase 3 would create a two lane cycleway from Hawthornevale all the way to the Seafield shared path along one of the busiest, most congested, and pothole strewn sections of N. Edinburgh. Can we stop prioritising vehicle convenience over safety? uk.news.yahoo.com/edinburgh-cy...

Cycling is social. Design for it.

Your statutory reminder that we don't have to build floating bus stops, but if we don't, there's no point building cycle routes. Leith St before and after

Green councillors called for an SUV levy in Edinburgh nearly 3 years ago. The Labour administration has delayed and prevaricated, putting lives at risk. We need an SUV levy now.

While waiting on the extended bus times into town … did some napkin notes. Housing added in/around Leith Connections project since start (and near future): 3x Dockside Buildings Mantle Yard Student Housing Harbour 31 + Businessss New Western Harbour plots Add to it Seafield Regeneration.

Eye-opening explainer on the system and people involved in bicycle food delivery. Not a service I’ve ever used, but it has to be better than using motor vehicles. However, (surprise!) exploitative practices by tech companies are undermining any positives.

Seems like these Voi expansion plans may have been postponed. Would you be able share any update @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social ? www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...

Leith Walk Voi-d at 8.30am. There is massive latent demand for cycling in Edinburgh, suppressed by dangerous driving, a lack of secure storage, and crowded out by excellent public transport provision. And with the tram out of action and some cycle infrastructure in place - here it is.

Yet another all-time record set on the Leith Walk cycle lane - 2,582 cyclists on 22nd July 2026. I suspect much of the surge this year is due to the brilliant success of Voi hire e-bikes. @edinburghminute.com @edi.bike @spokes.org.uk @edinreporter.bsky.social

This active travel project has been on ice for some time, I’m happy to play my part to see what I can do to thaw it out. theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/08/coun...

On my return - time to start asking questions about progress on Leith Connections P3- Hawthornevale to Seafield. We’ve just seen planning apps for the rest of Western Harbour go in + more transport options are needed W to E as tram suspension has shown + SAFETY = would like to see it finished.

#EdTravCyc Beware of motor vehicles either being squeezed through the Tolbooth Wynd vehicle barrier by mounting the footway OR being laboriously turned round and driven back the way they came if they're too wide to sneak through @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social