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Chas Booth (he/him) @chasbooth.bsky.social · 12h

The evidence shows this hasn't happened in Leith - overall traffic levels are down across the area, including on all boundary roads except one.

See evidence & myth buster here:
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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 10h

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Parked car in bike lane - in the council design.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

Space for a few cars or several businesses to have seating? Which is better for the economy?

The Shore, Edinburgh. Car parking, not seating, on both sides of a pretty street.

South Queensferry. Car parking, not seating, on both sides of a pretty street.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

Space for a few cars or several businesses to have seating? Which is better for the economy?

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

MP praise for Pentlands Men’s Shed

Dr Scott Arthur, MP for Edinburgh South West, recently visited Pentlands Men’s Shed and the Westminster member doubted that any other project in the Capital achieves to much with so little. He added: “I was proud to meet the retired, but certainly not tired,…

MP praise for Pentlands Men’s Shed

Dr Scott Arthur, MP for Edinburgh South West, recently visited Pentlands Men’s Shed and the Westminster member doubted that any other project in the Capital achieves to much with so little. He added: “I was proud to meet the retired, but certainly not tired, gentlemen at the Pentland Men’s Shed. “Using scrap materials and spare time, these resourceful men have created a small community project that not only supports their own well-being but also serves the wider community.

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

“we’ve banned pavement parking now, so we can scrimp on the bollards and send an attendant once a week”

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

Removing bollards and allowing cars to park where they want will not be successful.

Actual layout now including bollards to prevent pavement parking.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

Counterflow cycling is welcome and maybe some additional space for pedestrians (if the pavements can be kept clear)?

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

Removing bollards and allowing cars to park where they want will not be successful.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 1d

At least it’s realistic - any design is usually littered by cars without putting in bollards.

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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 1d

This is amazing! A colleague found it in her cavity wall whilst doing some DIY. A newspaper article from the 1960s bemoaning the introduction of some 50mph speed limits. "Poor British Motorists" - some things never change, do they?!

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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 2d

🙋 Survey: reopening #SouthSub railway 🚆

Info & QA --> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@edi.bike @mhbastian.bsky.social @kmarxette.bsky.social @markboggis.bsky.social @nigelbagshaw.bsky.social @macinteresting.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @da-anderson.bsky.social

map of tram/train proposals for South Sub rail line, by Heriot Watt masters students

Reopening the South Sub: Have your say!
Background

The Edinburgh South Suburban Railway (South Sub) opened in 1884 as part of the Suburban Circle, serving Edinburgh’s southern suburbs. It had 7 stations, and passed through Gorgie, Craiglockhart, Morningside, Blackford Hill, Newington, Duddingston, and Portobello, with connections to Waverley, Haymarket, Abbeyhill, and Piershill. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1962, but the line continues to carry rail freight.

Project Description

Edinburgh and the Lothians are Scotland’s fastest-growing region, and traffic congestion in the city is among the worst in the UK, which is only going to worsen with a fast growing population. To help people move around more efficiently, reduce car use, and support sustainable growth, Edinburgh needs to explore mass transit options.

In 2025, Heriot-Watt masters students proposed the "South Sub Tram-Train," connecting directly to the Edinburgh tram network near Murrayfield Stadium and linking west to east Edinburgh through the city’s south, from Gorgie to Portobello. This would improve access to jobs, education, and healthcare, reduce car use, and support urban regeneration, similar to the benefits seen in Leith after previous tram extensions.

Reopening the South Sub is a cost-effective solution because much of the railway infrastructure already exists. This means lower construction costs and less disruption compared with building on-street tram lines.

The South Sub Tram-Train would offer a fast, reliable service largely unaffected by road congestion. There is also potential to connect at Cameron Toll to the North–South tram extension, providing direct travel from the South Sub to the BioQuarter and Royal Infirmary.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 2d

Preferably many!

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 2d

20 minute neighbourhoods need green spaces.

#Edinburgh has the Pentlands.

Sign at Clubbiedean’s Cafe with a poem:

“The more we tramp these breezy uplands,
the more friendly they become;

and the more we love then, the more they give to us, their call is unmistakable

and their appeal is as varied as the sky of an April day”

Will Grant
The call of the Pentlands
1927

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 2d

Enforcement isn’t sustainable - you’d need someone there 24/7.

That’s where you need real 24/7 enforcement with @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social! ♟️

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🚲 edi.bike | weekly news digest @edi.bike · 2d

🚲 edi.bike | issue 113 | 6th Sep '25

Roseburn Link wins award, date for @infrasisters.bsky.social Glow Ride, and a bicycle beset by barnacles from @wolct.bsky.social; plus events, route closures & more:

https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-113-6th-oct-25/

#bikeSky

A bicycle is posed on a wet set of concrete steps; it is almost entirely encrusted with barnacles. Another, non-dredged-up bicycle leans against a step in the background.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 3d

(Closing Bridge Road, Colinton would be difficult. But perhaps some occasional Sunday morning pedestrianisation or a Bus Gate could make this more ocal High Street and less a through road. #StreetsNOTroads)

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 3d

A pretty #Edinburgh high street closed on a Sunday morning:

🛍️ 🛒 Shopping street to boost local businesses Sunday sales?

🥖Sunday market?

🏃‍♀️Space for the local running club Sunday Coffee without the normal traffic noise & pollution?

Nope, Roadworks - we can but dream! #StreetNOTroads

Bridge Road, Colinton. Historic local high street with many local businesses, but with no space for businesses and tight pavements.

Roadworks mean that Bridge Road, Colinton is blocked by a Road Closed sign and cones

Munro’s, the local coffee shop, has a Sunday morning Running club. Here runners stand and chat in the sun outside the shop - usually less pleasant with noise and pollution.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 4d

More photos here!

Thanks to all the volunteers.

Look out for future workshops.

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Two workshop attendees and the finished shelving

Three workshop attendees and the finished shelving

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 4d

Successful DIY session run in partnership Edinburgh Tool Library at Slateford Longstone Church!

#ToolLibrary #Edinburgh #community #20minuteNeighbourhood

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Three DIY workshop attendees and a volunteer.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 5d

The same in #Edinburgh. It invested in its public realm to increase walking and cycling and Mastercard reported a 20% increase in local spend.

Many other benefits were also evidenced in the multi year study - despite predictions of disaster, the scheme was anything but.

🚌 🚶‍♀️ 🚲 95% of people interview travelled by sustainable means

⬆️🚶‍♀️pedestrian satisfaction up

⬆️🚲Local residents cycling more to work 8% to 12% to 15% over three years

⬆️📈residents support increased from 49% to 68%, opposition drops from 11% to 9%

⬆️🅿️satisfaction with local parking is up

⬆️🛍️Traders support for scheme increases from 12% to 60%

⬇️ 🛒vacant shops down - it’s up in similar areas in Edinburgh

⬆️💳Mastercard data shows local spending in scheme area up 20% (wow!)

⬇️🚗traffic levels down 27% since 2018

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InfraSisters @infrasisters.bsky.social · 5d

We're back! We've teamed up with @cyclinguk.bsky.social for a Glow Ride on Friday 24th October. Like us, they want to see more women cycling, and for councils to provide more safe infrastructure to enable that.
Light up your bike with lights and sparkle and join us at Middle Meadow Walk at 7.30pm.

A campaign poster for InfraSisters x Cycling UK. Showing an image of 3 silhouettes of women riding bikes.
Light up your bike and join us!
To call for better cycling infrastructure, safer for women at night.
Friday 24th October
7.30pm
Middle Meadow Walk
Together with a QR code linking back to our website.

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SpokesLothian @spokes.org.uk · 5d

Path @heriotwattnews.bsky.social to #Curriehill🚆station (due 2025) delayed by @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social biodiversity concerns
--> storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ff24...

🙋 Ask your cllrs to help!

@edi.bike @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social @sw20.info @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @hwu-rcus.bsky.social

2024 picture of proposed route, Heriot Watt to Curriehill station - now delayed for redesign due to Council biodiversity and heritage concerns

Curriehill Active Travel Link: Spring 2024 Project Update

A formal, lit and surfaced active travel path linking Curriehill Station to Heriot-Watt is now at the detailed design stage.

Written 21st Macrh 2024 by Emily Stone, Net Zero Support Officer

March 20, 2024

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 5d

The same in #Edinburgh. It invested in its public realm to increase walking and cycling and Mastercard reported a 20% increase in local spend.

Many other benefits were also evidenced in the multi year study - despite predictions of disaster, the scheme was anything but.

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SW20ed #Edinburgh @sw20.info · 5d

Glasgow’s building it - they’re coming.

Glasgow is just as hilly, wetter and faces the same legal/funding hurdles #Edinburgh does. Shows it can be done.

Build it and they’ll come.

Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 5d

Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows
glasgow.gov.uk/article/13887

Cycling trips surge by 43% as Glasgow's active travel network grows - Glasgow City Council

Glasgow is seeing a boom in active travel, with 4.65 million cycling trips recorded between January and August this year - a 43% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

glasgow.gov.uk

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