Blackford Safe Routes
@blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk
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
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.
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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
Reckon that with about 5-8 bus gates the bus service in Edinburgh would be revolutionised.
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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
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.
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
It also takes bikes, prams, & mobility aids
January 24, 2026 at 1:13 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
It also takes bikes, prams, & mobility aids
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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
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.
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
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
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
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
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@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social know the way
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
@edinburghcouncil.bsky.social know the way
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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
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.