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Campaign for safe routes to school in Edinburgh. Run by the Travel Committee of James Gillespie’s Primary School and friends

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The health angle is different. Car dependency strips mandatory daily movement out of people’s lives. That’s not a fuel problem. It’s a human physiology problem. And it drives obesity, diabetes, heart disease, joint degeneration, depression, and chronic pain at scale.
January 24, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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Reckon that with about 5-8 bus gates the bus service in Edinburgh would be revolutionised.
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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For Leith walk it is important to note that a vocal charity claiming to represent pedestrians demanded that there was no grade separation for the pre-tram sections. Napier study highlights grade separation as a step to aiding recognition of cycle track.
January 24, 2026 at 2:04 PM
It connects the metro station at Pointe du Lac to Villeneuve in the Southeast of the city. Chosen because of the hilly nature of the terrain, it cuts a 40min car journey to just 18

It also takes bikes, prams, & mobility aids
January 24, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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I have no doubt they are undesirable for VI people. I’m not convinced that can be designed-out completely. But the approach has to be a consistent best possible design because BSBs are necessary for wider equality & safety. It just isn’t possible to satisfy the maximalist demands & wider equality.
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Why are the council allowing the TRO subcommittee to veto them?

CPZs are always unpopular pre-implementation, then after a few months people forget it ever happened and never look back

Leadership is following the evidence to overcome vocal non-representative opinions
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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We have over 2,000 cyclists a day passing the Omni Centre bus stops - if they were as dangerous as some suggest then the paper would be full of stories of people getting badly injured. The same for Leith Walk - a significant *reduction* in pedestrian casualties now the trams and cycle lanes are in.
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM