http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Forum: General Edinburgh - Recent Posts en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 18:50:17 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-386217 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:56:19 +0000 gembo 386217@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Heading west on the WoL path at Currie. The diversion is after the bridge at The Kirk. And directs you left towards Kirkbrae on the wee Path by the side of the old railway brick sheds which were meant to be an international design centre but turned into a house.. you then double back (I hope you don’t go up kirkbrae by mistake tho you could take first right and go lymphoy) . Signage is good and says half a mile on main road though you can still as of lunch time Fri 23rd Oct 2026 get around the barriers on the bridge discovered to be in need of repair. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5273#post-386215 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:35:34 +0000 chdot 386215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/astley-ainslie-place-brief/" rel="nofollow">https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/astley-ainslie-place-brief/</a></p> <p>“<br /> Drop-in Sat 24th 10.30-13.30</p> <p>Newington Library, 17 Fountainhall Rd EH9 2LN</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3myij5jpagk25" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/spokes.org.uk/post/3myij5jpagk25</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-386206 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:17:36 +0000 gembo 386206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Signs are up on the main road for sure. Went out for pleasant late afternoon stroll. There is no signage at the start of the WoL path in Balerno. I suppose the council can argue they don’t need to divert until Waulkmill Loan itself. Rather a steep if short hill but those who might struggle on the kicker could push up. Not sure where they will put the sign at t(e eastern end. Previously, this was not until you reached the closure so,you had to double back.</p> <p>Currently there is a little bit of red fence and a red closure sign but space on either side. This might change.</p> <p>There was a van but it had Prime painted on its side so was probably a delivery to the one hole golf course etc rather than an operative blocking entry to the bridge. </p> <p>It seems Council maintenance budget not sufficient so the process is a member of the public phones in an issue and the bridge gets inspected and then closed for years before the repair can be made. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-386199 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:07:52 +0000 neddie 386199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Lanark Rd needs temporary protected cycle lanes for this long term diversion </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-386196 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:36:45 +0000 chdot 386196@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Considered”</p> <p>1km diversion!</p> <p>Signs in place yet?</p> <p><em>See also</em></p> <p>Discussion on St. Mark’s bridge </p> <p>citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21841&amp;page=2#post-386194 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-386193 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:08:49 +0000 bakky 386193@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>WoLCT waffle <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/j-turner.bsky.social/post/3mygcy7huos2e">from J-turner on Bluesky</a></p> <p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/nOrFvLP"><img src="https://iili.io/nOrFvLP.md.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-386192 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:53:45 +0000 AKen 386192@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But more mud (and squirrels). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21847#post-386188 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:09:41 +0000 chdot 386188@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And now 2040</p> <p><a href="https://planningedinburgh.com/2026/06/30/city-plan-2040-update/" rel="nofollow">https://planningedinburgh.com/2026/06/30/city-plan-2040-update/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2610-Spokes-CityPlan2040-response.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.spokes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2610-Spokes-CityPlan2040-response.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21238&page=3#post-386186 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:42:22 +0000 gembo 386186@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sadly the bridge at the one hole golf course closed again from tomorrow. Diversion is Waulkmill Loan onto Lanark Road West and back down at Currie Kirk or Lymphoy Rd to the south which has way fewer cars </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15842&page=4#post-386178 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:25:50 +0000 chdot 386178@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-crackdown-on-illegal-e-scooters-and-e-bikes-as-1000-seized-9297432" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-crackdown-on-illegal-e-scooters-and-e-bikes-as-1000-seized-9297432</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16209&page=28#post-386149 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:52:25 +0000 LaidBack 386149@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Announcement by Scottish Government to publicly regulate bus routes has not gone down well with McGill's (Flix operator along with other brands)</p> <p><a href="https://news.stv.tv/politics/swinney-compared-to-dictator-over-plans-to-bring-buses-under-public-control" rel="nofollow">https://news.stv.tv/politics/swinney-compared-to-dictator-over-plans-to-bring-buses-under-public-control</a></p> <p>On Radio Scotland this morning their spokesperson pointed out that McGill's has been judged best operator in the UK and therefore Scotland. As a local company it will defend any attempt to 'confiscate' its business. They are threatening court action it seems.</p> <p>Their spokesperson did point out that ideas like the Bee Network in Manchester are very expensive. BBC asked him if the £2 fare was costing them (McGill's) money but should have asked if passenger numbers were up(!)<br /> Would seem certain they are with Scot Gov patching in the difference (aka shadow fare). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21931#post-386143 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:56:18 +0000 chdot 386143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>“Clearly, this has gone entirely the wrong way round. That’s the first thing - this needs to be reversed. We should be holding constituency citizens’ assemblies to ask our citizens how they want us to change local government.”</p> <p>Louise McAllister, an SNP councillor in Aberdeenshire, said they had been kept in the dark.</p> <p>She told the event: “My group leader was actually in a leaders’ meeting with our chief executive when the email came through to the chief executive [about the plans], and our group leader was completely caught on the back foot because they had no idea that this was even coming forward.</p> <p>“So it comes back to that notion of consultation and whether it is proper consultation, whether it’s bona fide, because that three-month window, I’m afraid, and with the best will in the world, smacks of decisions being made.</p> <p>“That’s the public perception - that we can’t possibly have meaningful consultation and conversation within three months, added to that we’ve got the local elections obviously coming in May ‘27. We as councillors don’t know whether we’re coming or going.</p> <p>“Where am I going to be standing? Am I going to be standing? How is that all going to work? So that three-month timetable is hugely disruptive to our thought process and also the public perception, and that’s really where this falls down.”</p> <p>Elsewhere, Gene Maxwell, a councillor in Stirling, said community councillors were being ignored, with no money and no powers.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-councillors-revolt-over-local-government-reform-plans-9291722" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/snp-councillors-revolt-over-local-government-reform-plans-9291722</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21898&page=3#post-386141 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:09:28 +0000 chdot 386141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Council officers threatened to block future redevelopment at the former Debenhams building on Princes Street over the unauthorised use of the premises by four gift shops, The Herald can reveal. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://archive.ph/kZahd" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/kZahd</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16209&page=28#post-386137 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:11:42 +0000 chdot 386137@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>This UK city is officially one of the best in the world for public transport </p> <p>Edinburgh came fourth in Time Out’s global ranking, ahead of Zurich, Vienna and Seoul</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://archive.ph/gQH40" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/gQH40</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13059&page=14#post-386062 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:37:25 +0000 chdot 386062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>An Edinburgh MSP has declared that “what we really need are homes to live in” as she hit out at plans to build purpose-built student flats and a hotel at Summerhall. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/lorna-slater-criticises-summerhall-student-accommodation-plans-9273729?ref=edinburghminute.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/lorna-slater-criticises-summerhall-student-accommodation-plans-9273729?ref=edinburghminute.com</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21931#post-386055 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:07:56 +0000 chdot 386055@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/leith-labour-councillor-katrina-faccenda-wins-appeal-against-ban-on-standing-for-labour-at-next-years-local-elections-9269264" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/leith-labour-councillor-katrina-faccenda-wins-appeal-against-ban-on-standing-for-labour-at-next-years-local-elections-9269264</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13059&page=14#post-386047 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:19:35 +0000 chdot 386047@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>A string of tower blocks known as purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), targeted at more affluent students, have run into financial difficulty. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/oct/05/collapse-providers-high-end-student-accommodation" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/oct/05/collapse-providers-high-end-student-accommodation</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16209&page=28#post-386042 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:07:05 +0000 chdot 386042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>City’s buses and trams both named best in the UK </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/britains-best-buses-and-trams?r=3e3735" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/britains-best-buses-and-trams?r=3e3735</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18108&page=12#post-386019 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 18:02:58 +0000 chdot 386019@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Man jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosion </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-15-years-over-ulez-camera-explosion-513534" rel="nofollow">https://news.met.police.uk/news/man-jailed-for-15-years-over-ulez-camera-explosion-513534</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8506&page=5#post-386007 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:52:30 +0000 chdot 386007@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/02/open-source-tree-map-berlin-water-urban-forest" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/02/open-source-tree-map-berlin-water-urban-forest</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21847#post-385999 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:42:32 +0000 chdot 385999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/local-development-plan-guidance-1/city-plan-2030" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/local-development-plan-guidance-1/city-plan-2030</a></p> <p>Fascinating in many ways</p> <p>And now CEC is ‘planning’ for 2040 without much idea how they do the 2030 stuff (inc cycle infrastructure…) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13059&page=14#post-385997 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:42:20 +0000 chdot 385997@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>The building has long been earmarked for development as part of the transformation of that part of the city. Housing and more student accommodation is in the pipeline. </p> <p>However, with negotiations for the sale of the propety close to conclusion, the tenants have been thrown into a race against time with just weeks to find new premises ahead of the festive break. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/artists-refused-six-months-grace" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/artists-refused-six-months-grace</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13059&page=14#post-385993 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:41:38 +0000 SRD 385993@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of the local archaeological firms eas supposed to be at Yeaman place recently, which I took to be a sign that plans were still progressing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13059&page=14#post-385992 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:07:24 +0000 bacam 385992@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The Yeaman Place and Dundee Terrace schemes appear to have stalled after demolition. In the Yeaman Place case, the demolition came just in time to prevent the planning permission expiring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13059&page=14#post-385991 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 07:31:28 +0000 chdot 385991@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“<br /> “151 London Road is one of the last large-scale sites in Edinburgh available for PBSA development, especially considering recent changes to planning policies and competing demands for space,” said Will Scarlett, founder of Scarlett Land, when the property went to market again last year. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://archive.ph/5hgKg" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/5hgKg</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1560&page=2#post-385981 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:17:28 +0000 bakky 385981@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of the active travel links this project generates is under construction - posting in these from edi.bike #163 courtesy of agordonsalive:</p> <p><blockquote>Alan <a href="https://track.email.edi.bike/c/OTlmNzFkNWYtNWRhNy00YjhjLWEwODQtZDZjNmY0MDliZjNmfDk4ZGEzN2RhLWE0ZTMtNDEzZS04ZTJkLWZmZTU2YmNmMzBiYnxodHRwczovL2Jza3kuYXBwL3Byb2ZpbGUvYWdvcmRvbnNhbGl2ZS5ic2t5LnNvY2lhbC9wb3N0LzNtdmk2em9qZWVjMjZ8d2Vi">also shared images</a> from a new path skirting the field east of <strong>Gogar Station Rd</strong>, just north of its bridge over the M8 - which is linked to a <a href="https://track.email.edi.bike/c/OTlmNzFkNWYtNWRhNy00YjhjLWEwODQtZDZjNmY0MDliZjNmfDk4ZGEzN2RhLWE0ZTMtNDEzZS04ZTJkLWZmZTU2YmNmMzBiYnxodHRwczovL2J1aWxkaW5nbmV3Y29tbXVuaXRpZXMuY28udWsvNTAwbS1lZGluYnVyZ2gtZ2FyZGVuLXZpbGxhZ2UtZ2l2ZW4tdGhlLWdyZWVuLWxpZ2h0L3x3ZWI=">new development at Redheughs</a> known as the ‘Garden District’.<br /> The layout for the path being built here lurks in <a href="https://track.email.edi.bike/c/OTlmNzFkNWYtNWRhNy00YjhjLWEwODQtZDZjNmY0MDliZjNmfDk4ZGEzN2RhLWE0ZTMtNDEzZS04ZTJkLWZmZTU2YmNmMzBiYnxodHRwczovL2NpdHlkZXYtcG9ydGFsLmVkaW5idXJnaC5nb3YudWsvaWRveHBhLXdlYi9maWxlcy80QUFDQjMzRDQ3MjUyQzUwQkFFOUUwNUJCMUFFREQ4Mi9wZGYvMjRfMDU4NDNfRlVMLV8wM19fR0VORVJBTF9BUlJBTkdFTUVOVF9QTEFOLTY1MjAyNDgucGRmfHdlYg==">this PDF plan</a> which ties this new section of 3m path in with planned upgrades to existing paths situated further north, alongside the bypass, before crossing underneath it to reach Lochside Ave. Wider plans for the development area <a href="https://track.email.edi.bike/c/OTlmNzFkNWYtNWRhNy00YjhjLWEwODQtZDZjNmY0MDliZjNmfDk4ZGEzN2RhLWE0ZTMtNDEzZS04ZTJkLWZmZTU2YmNmMzBiYnxodHRwczovL2NpdHlkZXYtcG9ydGFsLmVkaW5idXJnaC5nb3YudWsvaWRveHBhLXdlYi9hcHBsaWNhdGlvbkRldGFpbHMuZG8/YWN0aXZlVGFiPXN1bW1hcnkma2V5VmFsPVNSVEpPREVXSFFQMDB8d2Vi">can be perused here</a>.</blockquote></p> <p><a href="https://freeimage.host/i/nYIIlLJ"><img src="https://iili.io/nYIIlLJ.md.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1560&page=2#post-385979 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:56:13 +0000 chdot 385979@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/ten-years-on-not-a-single-brick-has?publication_id=1719536&amp;post_id=217406653" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/ten-years-on-not-a-single-brick-has?publication_id=1719536&amp;post_id=217406653</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=22000#post-385960 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:05:21 +0000 chdot 385960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“All sounds dead easy”</p> <p>Yeah</p> <p>That’s what i thought 30 years ago</p> <p>Then I thought it only needed political will/courage </p> <p>Now I know that doesn’t exist in UK </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=22000#post-385958 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:29:56 +0000 Arellcat 385958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>More from Corey Boyle, a manifesto for the future of active transport, aka, 'How we could turn Edinburgh into a real cycling city?'</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/how-we-could-turn-edinburgh-into" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghinquirer.co.uk/p/how-we-could-turn-edinburgh-into</a></p> <p>"<br /> This manifesto targets journeys that cannot be replaced by walking and is aimed at three groups: children getting to school, commuters driving to work, and households whose car dependency pushes them into poverty.</p> <p>Starts with:<br /> - School Streets at every primary, starting where the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust maps the streets that are both deprived and dangerous<br /> - Improve cycle networks to the train stations in the commuter towns<br /> - Cross-boundary cycle superhighways for the roughly 63,000 who drive into Edinburgh daily<br /> "</p> <p>All sounds dead easy. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=22010#post-385935 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:34:52 +0000 chdot 385935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/leith-could-get-its-own-council-under-scottish-government-plans-to-shake-up-local-authorities-9131339" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/leith-could-get-its-own-council-under-scottish-government-plans-to-shake-up-local-authorities-9131339</a> </p>