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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 36m

@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social

On my cycle into town I encounter SUVs and oversized trucks that don’t fit into the road side parking spaces.

Can you fix this?

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 37m

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 5h

Needed in #Edinburgh.

The same could easily be applied in a congestion charge too.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10h

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

nation.cymru

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 3h

As can be seen from the pictures, there is lots of space. Just not for humans.

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 8h

Joined yesterday!

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 8h

Is anyone thinking of the poor drivers?

YES the #bbc are. 😬 Phew!

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 9h

The only possible headline the bbc can think of if you want to charge drivers more to park.

Is you guessed it… on the side of drivers.

#thewarforcars

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fewer parking permits for students sparks safety worries - BBC News

Owners of large cars would be also charged more to encourage them to switch to smaller vehicles.

www.bbc.co.uk

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 9h

The only possible headline the bbc can think of if you want to charge drivers more to park.

Is you guessed it… on the side of drivers.

#thewarforcars

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fewer parking permits for students sparks safety worries - BBC News

Owners of large cars would be also charged more to encourage them to switch to smaller vehicles.

www.bbc.co.uk

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 17h

When you know your gov hates you… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Calls to quash convictions of islanders who refused to pay Skye Bridge toll

More than 100 people received criminal convictions after refusing to pay tolls on the Skye Bridge.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 22h

Right, that's Stormont sorted 😄

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 18h

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Just reopen the road as fast as possible… bsky.app/profile/sbar...

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 2d

And as predicted and judging by the reporters photo. They’ve only gone and opened the road with no changes! 😬

The exact same system that resulted in 4 victims in hospital, including baby and toddlers.

Because remember traffic flow is THE priority.

Road opened where 4 victims were put into hospital. No changes needed.

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Blackford Safe Routes @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk · 21h

Hit someone with a car inside the workplace and a Health & Safety investigation is launched, to ensure it doesn’t happen again

Hit someone with a car in the street…
<tumbleweed>…

“Just a little whoopsie, just something that ‘happens’, nothing we can do to prevent it” 🙄

The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 1d

Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom

A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was…

Health and Safety investigation launched after man injured within car showroom

A man is currently in 'serious condition' in hospital after being struck by a vehicle within Arnold Clark's Kia garage showroom on Seafield Road The incident took place around 3pm on Tuesday October 14. The man was taken by ambulance to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh where staff describe his condition as serious. The Health and Safety Executive have been informed and their enquiries into the incident are continuing…

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 18h

Now do the same for the 4 people including baby and two toddlers put into hospital in Dumfries earlier this week?

Or is that not the same?

@policescotland.bsky.social ?

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 18h

And to do that we need to vote for political parties who are not scared of billionaires.

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 18h

Just requires wiping out. Tax it out of existence. We and our govs don’t need billionaires money. We just need it not to exist.

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 19h

Said the austerity and war enabler. 😬

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Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social · 20h

Jacqui: “We had journalists fishing for our bank details - our kids were followed by News of the World to school. The people you’re investigating are private investigators. They invade people’s lives and I’m not doing it again”

#TheHack

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 13d

Hopefully - but also an opportunity to repurpose wasted hatching in the middle and widen at bus stops / pavement more generally.

Ideally needs a bus gate to improve reliability Leith St - Cameron Toll. It’ll be needed anyway for tram (eventually).

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 20h

WTAF

This council behaving like it’s 1965. True to form. Too scared to face up to the damage drivers do to our city.

Failing to observe alternative paths that London and Paris have demonstrated.

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sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 20h

Both live in the same sewer.

#TheDirtyDigger

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 20h

Exhibit 1 😬

sbarlster @sbarlster.bsky.social · 20h

The most fun, laziest and fastest way to get into town. I present to you… the e-bike. 😜

6.2km in 16min average speed about 22km/hr

Or about 50min on a bus end to end. Or 30+mins in a car including finding parking.

Ride into town on a Strava map. 6.2km in 16mins

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annacycles.bsky.social @annacycles.bsky.social · Aug 10

We are riding LEJOG to remember @timcyclesthecoast.bsky.social who tragically took his life earlier this year. We wanted to do a ride he would have loved in a way he would have done himself: plenty of stops, lots of food, & good beer.

You can support/donate here: www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

Ride for Tim

In January 2025, our friend Tim McKenna lost his battle with his mental health and took his life. He was a wonderful man, friend and father, and was an inspiration to many, through his cycling adventu...

www.givewheel.com