Edinburgh Bus Users Group
@edinburghbug.bsky.social
Looking out for Edinburgh's bus passengers and services. Independent of operators, Councils, Government, political parties etc.
Website https://edinburghbususers.group/
Website https://edinburghbususers.group/
Question:
If public and active travel provisions are an important part of the Sheriffhall project, why was the artist not told to make damn sure they featured in this impression?
If public and active travel provisions are an important part of the Sheriffhall project, why was the artist not told to make damn sure they featured in this impression?
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Question:
If public and active travel provisions are an important part of the Sheriffhall project, why was the artist not told to make damn sure they featured in this impression?
If public and active travel provisions are an important part of the Sheriffhall project, why was the artist not told to make damn sure they featured in this impression?
OK, there appears to be £1.3bn+ for "active travel & bus infrastructure, ZEBs, smartcard programme & EV charging infrastructure" in the plan period.
www.gov.scot/publications...
@spokes.org.uk @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social
www.gov.scot/publications...
@spokes.org.uk @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social
Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline 2026
The Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline sets out the infrastructure projects and programmes the Scottish Government will fund over the next four financial years.
www.gov.scot
January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
OK, there appears to be £1.3bn+ for "active travel & bus infrastructure, ZEBs, smartcard programme & EV charging infrastructure" in the plan period.
www.gov.scot/publications...
@spokes.org.uk @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social
www.gov.scot/publications...
@spokes.org.uk @livingstreetsedi.bsky.social
As we wait expectantly for ScotGov's Infrastructure Investment Plan, Salford shows the way
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
(while also revealing that turgid pre-construction phases are not limited to Edinburgh and the Lothians)
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
(while also revealing that turgid pre-construction phases are not limited to Edinburgh and the Lothians)
The tram expansion and bus plans that could ease congestion on Salford’s roads
The scheme is moving ahead and could make a huge difference.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
As we wait expectantly for ScotGov's Infrastructure Investment Plan, Salford shows the way
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
(while also revealing that turgid pre-construction phases are not limited to Edinburgh and the Lothians)
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
(while also revealing that turgid pre-construction phases are not limited to Edinburgh and the Lothians)
Reposted by Edinburgh Bus Users Group
2026 is a big year for Scottish politics.
With Holyrood elections in May, Director Colin Howden asks 6 hard questions on bus priority, traffic reduction, public transport funding and scrutiny👇
transform.scot/2026/01/12/6...
With Holyrood elections in May, Director Colin Howden asks 6 hard questions on bus priority, traffic reduction, public transport funding and scrutiny👇
transform.scot/2026/01/12/6...
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
2026 is a big year for Scottish politics.
With Holyrood elections in May, Director Colin Howden asks 6 hard questions on bus priority, traffic reduction, public transport funding and scrutiny👇
transform.scot/2026/01/12/6...
With Holyrood elections in May, Director Colin Howden asks 6 hard questions on bus priority, traffic reduction, public transport funding and scrutiny👇
transform.scot/2026/01/12/6...
Also tagging aspirant MSPs and others, including those we may have missed (see BOTH BITS)
@kate-c.bsky.social @benmacpherson.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @sannedd.bsky.social @ehyslop.bsky.social
@kate-c.bsky.social @benmacpherson.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @sannedd.bsky.social @ehyslop.bsky.social
Updated graph for 2025. Showing🧵:
Patronage returning to pre-Covid
There were 12.5m tram trips; some would previously be by bus, but post-phase1 research showed most tram pax were new to PT
c.120m = 'Mon-Fri peak-only bus lanes' norm?
LB expansion in E/W Lothian inflates figures
Patronage returning to pre-Covid
There were 12.5m tram trips; some would previously be by bus, but post-phase1 research showed most tram pax were new to PT
c.120m = 'Mon-Fri peak-only bus lanes' norm?
LB expansion in E/W Lothian inflates figures
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Also tagging aspirant MSPs and others, including those we may have missed (see BOTH BITS)
@kate-c.bsky.social @benmacpherson.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @sannedd.bsky.social @ehyslop.bsky.social
@kate-c.bsky.social @benmacpherson.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @chasbooth.bsky.social @kevin-lang.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social @sannedd.bsky.social @ehyslop.bsky.social
Updated graph for 2025. Showing🧵:
Patronage returning to pre-Covid
There were 12.5m tram trips; some would previously be by bus, but post-phase1 research showed most tram pax were new to PT
c.120m = 'Mon-Fri peak-only bus lanes' norm?
LB expansion in E/W Lothian inflates figures
Patronage returning to pre-Covid
There were 12.5m tram trips; some would previously be by bus, but post-phase1 research showed most tram pax were new to PT
c.120m = 'Mon-Fri peak-only bus lanes' norm?
LB expansion in E/W Lothian inflates figures
January 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Updated graph for 2025. Showing🧵:
Patronage returning to pre-Covid
There were 12.5m tram trips; some would previously be by bus, but post-phase1 research showed most tram pax were new to PT
c.120m = 'Mon-Fri peak-only bus lanes' norm?
LB expansion in E/W Lothian inflates figures
Patronage returning to pre-Covid
There were 12.5m tram trips; some would previously be by bus, but post-phase1 research showed most tram pax were new to PT
c.120m = 'Mon-Fri peak-only bus lanes' norm?
LB expansion in E/W Lothian inflates figures
Lothian Buses patronage now back to pre-Covid levels. www.lothianbuses.com/news/2026/01...
Imagine what they'd be with updated bus priorities.
Imagine what they'd be with updated bus priorities.
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Lothian Buses patronage now back to pre-Covid levels. www.lothianbuses.com/news/2026/01...
Imagine what they'd be with updated bus priorities.
Imagine what they'd be with updated bus priorities.
Hoping any cuts don't fall on bus infrastructure.
Oh wait, they already did.
REMINDER: politicians who claim to support bus travel but do 0 for bus priority are not serious people.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/holy...
Oh wait, they already did.
REMINDER: politicians who claim to support bus travel but do 0 for bus priority are not serious people.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/holy...
SNP warned 'something will have to give' as capital projects face axe over £1bn gap
Economists have warned the Scottish Government will have to set out cuts to capital projects when it publishes its draft Budget on Tuesday
www.scotsman.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Hoping any cuts don't fall on bus infrastructure.
Oh wait, they already did.
REMINDER: politicians who claim to support bus travel but do 0 for bus priority are not serious people.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/holy...
Oh wait, they already did.
REMINDER: politicians who claim to support bus travel but do 0 for bus priority are not serious people.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/holy...
REMINDER: still 4 days (including the weekend) to get your application in.
NB the job's about BUSES (don't worry, our Curator won't be applying 🙂😉)
NB the job's about BUSES (don't worry, our Curator won't be applying 🙂😉)
📢We're hiring!
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Jobs
If you're talented, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.
foe.scot
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
REMINDER: still 4 days (including the weekend) to get your application in.
NB the job's about BUSES (don't worry, our Curator won't be applying 🙂😉)
NB the job's about BUSES (don't worry, our Curator won't be applying 🙂😉)
Your occasional reminder that, while our politicos talk about extending concessionary fares as if it's the be all and end all of bus policy, it's Not Much Use if there's no buses where you live, and some other plans are needed.
January 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Your occasional reminder that, while our politicos talk about extending concessionary fares as if it's the be all and end all of bus policy, it's Not Much Use if there's no buses where you live, and some other plans are needed.
Oh hello.
A 'mixed' review on 4 bus things:
7-7-7 'meh' (but looking forward to progress in 2026)
Through traffic ban 👎
Potholes; hmmm (no, we don't like them)
Bus Station 👍
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
A 'mixed' review on 4 bus things:
7-7-7 'meh' (but looking forward to progress in 2026)
Through traffic ban 👎
Potholes; hmmm (no, we don't like them)
Bus Station 👍
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
Transport convener's progress on 14 challenges he faced
It’s more than a year since Labour’s Stephen Jenkinson took over as Edinburgh’s transport convener, responsible for several controversial projects and new plans.
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Oh hello.
A 'mixed' review on 4 bus things:
7-7-7 'meh' (but looking forward to progress in 2026)
Through traffic ban 👎
Potholes; hmmm (no, we don't like them)
Bus Station 👍
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
A 'mixed' review on 4 bus things:
7-7-7 'meh' (but looking forward to progress in 2026)
Through traffic ban 👎
Potholes; hmmm (no, we don't like them)
Bus Station 👍
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur...
As 2026 starts, 3️⃣ organisations say similar things in bus manifestos:
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest... )
www.cpt-uk.org/media/cc4jqx...
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
improve journey times
reduce congestion
give buses priority & better enforcement
improve rural services
target £s better!
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest... )
www.cpt-uk.org/media/cc4jqx...
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
improve journey times
reduce congestion
give buses priority & better enforcement
improve rural services
target £s better!
EBUG suggestions for 2026 Holyrood election manifestos
Elections for Holyrood (7 May 2026) are on the horizon. EBUG has sent a list of key bus-related ‘calls for action’ to every political party with an identifiable manifesto contact.
edinburghbususers.group
January 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
As 2026 starts, 3️⃣ organisations say similar things in bus manifestos:
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest... )
www.cpt-uk.org/media/cc4jqx...
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
improve journey times
reduce congestion
give buses priority & better enforcement
improve rural services
target £s better!
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest... )
www.cpt-uk.org/media/cc4jqx...
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
improve journey times
reduce congestion
give buses priority & better enforcement
improve rural services
target £s better!
Happy 2026 to our followers, especially any just west of the International Date Line with < 2 hours to go.
May your bus journeys be:
Frequent, reliable, consistent
Cheap/free, simple
Informed
With:
Legendary customer service
Appropriate roadside furniture, parking & land use policies
May your bus journeys be:
Frequent, reliable, consistent
Cheap/free, simple
Informed
With:
Legendary customer service
Appropriate roadside furniture, parking & land use policies
December 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Happy 2026 to our followers, especially any just west of the International Date Line with < 2 hours to go.
May your bus journeys be:
Frequent, reliable, consistent
Cheap/free, simple
Informed
With:
Legendary customer service
Appropriate roadside furniture, parking & land use policies
May your bus journeys be:
Frequent, reliable, consistent
Cheap/free, simple
Informed
With:
Legendary customer service
Appropriate roadside furniture, parking & land use policies
Merry Christbus to all who celebrate it 🙂🌲
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Merry Christbus to all who celebrate it 🙂🌲
All-in-one summary of comments and responses on this BBC article:
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/livi...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/drsc...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/step...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/sw20...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/livi...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/drsc...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/step...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/sw20...
December 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All-in-one summary of comments and responses on this BBC article:
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/livi...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/drsc...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/step...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/sw20...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/livi...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/drsc...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/step...
web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/sw20...
Calling all politicos on Bluesky...
Still wondering what to get bus users for Christmas?
The perfect present would be your party putting this in its 2026 manifesto.
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest...
(Even if it's 'delayed in the post' till the New Year)
Still wondering what to get bus users for Christmas?
The perfect present would be your party putting this in its 2026 manifesto.
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest...
(Even if it's 'delayed in the post' till the New Year)
EBUG suggestions for 2026 Holyrood election manifestos
Elections for Holyrood (7 May 2026) are on the horizon. EBUG has sent a list of key bus-related ‘calls for action’ to every political party with an identifiable manifesto contact.
edinburghbususers.group
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Calling all politicos on Bluesky...
Still wondering what to get bus users for Christmas?
The perfect present would be your party putting this in its 2026 manifesto.
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest...
(Even if it's 'delayed in the post' till the New Year)
Still wondering what to get bus users for Christmas?
The perfect present would be your party putting this in its 2026 manifesto.
edinburghbususers.group/ebug-suggest...
(Even if it's 'delayed in the post' till the New Year)
Non-paywalled article on £2 trial bus fare cap
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Where @ruralweeyin.bsky.social and @paulwhite-cpt.bsky.social set out why putting all your eggs in the free/reduced fares basket is a mistake.
(also www.transport.gov.scot/news/regiona...)
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Where @ruralweeyin.bsky.social and @paulwhite-cpt.bsky.social set out why putting all your eggs in the free/reduced fares basket is a mistake.
(also www.transport.gov.scot/news/regiona...)
The areas of Scotland to benefit from £2 trial bus fare cap revealed
Bus campaigners fear the pilot will increase the transport poverty gap in areas with no services
www.scotsman.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Non-paywalled article on £2 trial bus fare cap
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Where @ruralweeyin.bsky.social and @paulwhite-cpt.bsky.social set out why putting all your eggs in the free/reduced fares basket is a mistake.
(also www.transport.gov.scot/news/regiona...)
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Where @ruralweeyin.bsky.social and @paulwhite-cpt.bsky.social set out why putting all your eggs in the free/reduced fares basket is a mistake.
(also www.transport.gov.scot/news/regiona...)
'The focus of this role is our campaign for better buses...
looking for someone with excellent listening skills, who can build relationships with people and organisations and support them to campaign for change in their communities'.
(perhaps knowing about buses would be an asset 🤷)
looking for someone with excellent listening skills, who can build relationships with people and organisations and support them to campaign for change in their communities'.
(perhaps knowing about buses would be an asset 🤷)
📢We're hiring!
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Could you be our new Transport Campaigner?
This role will help win better buses for our communities and build power in our movement for a better transport system. 🚌
Applications close 12 January.
Check out the job description and skills we are looking for👇
foe.scot/jobs/
Jobs
If you're talented, passionate and want to change the world, then apply for a job with Friends of the Earth Scotland.
foe.scot
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
'The focus of this role is our campaign for better buses...
looking for someone with excellent listening skills, who can build relationships with people and organisations and support them to campaign for change in their communities'.
(perhaps knowing about buses would be an asset 🤷)
looking for someone with excellent listening skills, who can build relationships with people and organisations and support them to campaign for change in their communities'.
(perhaps knowing about buses would be an asset 🤷)
Quite a good set of 'asks' for Holyrood 2026.
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
(even though they didn't include a number for £infrastructure investment)
"We call on all political parties to:
Embed bus in all aspects of policy
Protect & expand rural bus services
Reduce congestion, which slows
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
(even though they didn't include a number for £infrastructure investment)
"We call on all political parties to:
Embed bus in all aspects of policy
Protect & expand rural bus services
Reduce congestion, which slows
sestran.gov.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Quite a good set of 'asks' for Holyrood 2026.
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
(even though they didn't include a number for £infrastructure investment)
"We call on all political parties to:
Embed bus in all aspects of policy
Protect & expand rural bus services
Reduce congestion, which slows
sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/u...
(even though they didn't include a number for £infrastructure investment)
"We call on all political parties to:
Embed bus in all aspects of policy
Protect & expand rural bus services
Reduce congestion, which slows
#MSPbuspresents
5. For Lib Dem MSPs
There's always someone it's difficult to choose a gift for. This year we suggest a slightly tarnished gold star for making the most sensible contribution in a Holyrood debate on buses. Guys, next year please tell us what you actually want.
5. For Lib Dem MSPs
There's always someone it's difficult to choose a gift for. This year we suggest a slightly tarnished gold star for making the most sensible contribution in a Holyrood debate on buses. Guys, next year please tell us what you actually want.
#MSPbuspresents
4. For Green MSPs
A pre-broken magic wand (see Labour), and some spectacles (not rose-tinted) allowing them to see further than free buses for everyone.
4. For Green MSPs
A pre-broken magic wand (see Labour), and some spectacles (not rose-tinted) allowing them to see further than free buses for everyone.
#MSPbuspresents
3. For Labour MSPs
A pre-broken model Halton Transport bus. To remind them that public ownership sometimes goes badly wrong, and is no magic solution.
(Should have asked for the full set with bus-friendly roads, people)
3. For Labour MSPs
A pre-broken model Halton Transport bus. To remind them that public ownership sometimes goes badly wrong, and is no magic solution.
(Should have asked for the full set with bus-friendly roads, people)
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#MSPbuspresents
5. For Lib Dem MSPs
There's always someone it's difficult to choose a gift for. This year we suggest a slightly tarnished gold star for making the most sensible contribution in a Holyrood debate on buses. Guys, next year please tell us what you actually want.
5. For Lib Dem MSPs
There's always someone it's difficult to choose a gift for. This year we suggest a slightly tarnished gold star for making the most sensible contribution in a Holyrood debate on buses. Guys, next year please tell us what you actually want.
Revealed at DMSC today; response to @cllrbenparker.bsky.social question why no S75 contributions for buses at a huge residential development...
If bus patronage grows, just put on more buses 🤦
This, in an area with no RTI screens, but with unsheltered and inadequate bus stops.
If bus patronage grows, just put on more buses 🤦
This, in an area with no RTI screens, but with unsheltered and inadequate bus stops.
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Revealed at DMSC today; response to @cllrbenparker.bsky.social question why no S75 contributions for buses at a huge residential development...
If bus patronage grows, just put on more buses 🤦
This, in an area with no RTI screens, but with unsheltered and inadequate bus stops.
If bus patronage grows, just put on more buses 🤦
This, in an area with no RTI screens, but with unsheltered and inadequate bus stops.
#MSPbuspresents
4. For Green MSPs
A pre-broken magic wand (see Labour), and some spectacles (not rose-tinted) allowing them to see further than free buses for everyone.
4. For Green MSPs
A pre-broken magic wand (see Labour), and some spectacles (not rose-tinted) allowing them to see further than free buses for everyone.
#MSPbuspresents
3. For Labour MSPs
A pre-broken model Halton Transport bus. To remind them that public ownership sometimes goes badly wrong, and is no magic solution.
(Should have asked for the full set with bus-friendly roads, people)
3. For Labour MSPs
A pre-broken model Halton Transport bus. To remind them that public ownership sometimes goes badly wrong, and is no magic solution.
(Should have asked for the full set with bus-friendly roads, people)
#MSPbuspresents
2. For Conservative MSPs
A copy of 'Beginner's Guide to Transport Policy and Planning in the 21st century'.
And a U22s bus pass invalidator, so they can zap away till the batteries run out, when they'll have to find something else to do for a change.
2. For Conservative MSPs
A copy of 'Beginner's Guide to Transport Policy and Planning in the 21st century'.
And a U22s bus pass invalidator, so they can zap away till the batteries run out, when they'll have to find something else to do for a change.
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#MSPbuspresents
4. For Green MSPs
A pre-broken magic wand (see Labour), and some spectacles (not rose-tinted) allowing them to see further than free buses for everyone.
4. For Green MSPs
A pre-broken magic wand (see Labour), and some spectacles (not rose-tinted) allowing them to see further than free buses for everyone.