http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: schools - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 02:04:39 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-380307 Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:19:22 +0000 Frenchy 380307@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The latest episode of the War on Cars podcast includes a discussion with Katherine Cory, who organises the Shawlands bike bus.</p> <p><a href="https://thewaroncars.org/2025/07/15/episode-155-building-solidarity-with-bicycles-at-velo-city/" rel="nofollow">https://thewaroncars.org/2025/07/15/episode-155-building-solidarity-with-bicycles-at-velo-city/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-378498 Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:57:40 +0000 gembo 378498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Parson’s Green snuck one in </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-378474 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:11:27 +0000 resurf 378474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Shout out for Davidsons Mains Primary School bike bus tomorrow morning, full details: <a href="https://dmainsbikebus.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/plan-for-31st-january/" rel="nofollow">https://dmainsbikebus.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/plan-for-31st-january/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-377911 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:19:01 +0000 chdot 377911@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Today was one of the once in a lifetime moments. Thank you to President Biden &amp; Dr Biden for your invite &amp; everyone who made The White House so magical. I can’t believe the #BikeBus has reached The White House!! @BikeBusWorld </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/CoachBalto/status/1869348641942761540" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/CoachBalto/status/1869348641942761540</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-375011 Fri, 17 May 2024 11:18:26 +0000 EdinburghCycleCam 375011@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In slightly more positive news, this driver got 6 points and a £220 fine: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGfqSqji7RU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGfqSqji7RU</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-375010 Fri, 17 May 2024 11:18:05 +0000 neddie 375010@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Too depresssing.</p> <p>Cars dominate every aspect of our society, to the point where there will never be enough resources to ever police them effectively.</p> <p>It's a spiral of self-harm and ultimately destruction </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-375009 Fri, 17 May 2024 11:14:07 +0000 EdinburghCycleCam 375009@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The police will <em>sometimes</em> act on drivers on the phone, if you have it on video - but you really need to be lucky with which officer you get. I'd guess 20% of the reports I've made have resulted in action (Though "action" is almost always just talking to the driver, not charging them).</p> <p>For speeding, there's nothing you can do about it. I recorded someone overtaking me at AT LEAST 50 mph in Holyrood Park (20 mph limit) and the police said there's nothing they can do without it being recorded on a speed camera (And they also said they don't have the resources to sit in Holyrood Park with a speed camera, and the rangers also DGAF and just say it's up to the police).</p> <p>I've also been threatened by the police with a public order offence after telling a (not shouting at a) driver to "put his f'ing phone away", in addition to being told that they won't charge the driver because it wasn't seen by a police officer - so now I don't even bother reporting mobile phone use unless there's additional offences.</p> <p>tl;dr: Police Scotland are absolutely useless. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-375005 Fri, 17 May 2024 09:06:01 +0000 fimm 375005@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My only suggestion (and it isn't a very good one) is to find out who/where your local Community Police Person is and complain to them. Regularly. And get any other people who feel the same as you to do the same. The police at least claim to respond to community concerns, and might send someone along once to tell people off. Which won't change anything, of course, but at least it would be a police person telling them off and not some random shouty bloke. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-375002 Thu, 16 May 2024 21:39:49 +0000 mcairney 375002@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That reminds me, while driving towards the Queensferry Crossing on Saturday for the Pitlochry Etape there was a plonker in an Audi RS4 using his phone to record video of the bridges (as in both hands off the wheel, looking/pointing phone out the side window. Bad enough in a stationary vehicle but at 50mph?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-374998 Thu, 16 May 2024 17:39:18 +0000 pringlis 374998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I agree, would love to be able to do something about that too but the burden of proof is a lot higher for speeding than mobile phone use. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-374997 Thu, 16 May 2024 17:11:46 +0000 neddie 374997@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Same question for speeding... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21538#post-374996 Thu, 16 May 2024 16:55:01 +0000 pringlis 374996@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the end of my tether with drivers on mobiles. I walk or cycle from Blackford Pond to Comiston Road to Canaan Lane and back on the school run most days and every single day I see at least one person on their phone while driving, usually more. I've gotten into a shouting match with drivers a few times, including yesterday with someone on Comiston Road who was using their phone AND smoking while edging up the queue outside the school, each time leaving the classic "WhatsApp gap" and then coming perilously close to the car in front as they accelerated forward, all just as they got to the traffic lights where kids at SMPS cross. I usually let it slide but when it's in front of a school I often feel I should say something. Probably shouldn't, especially as the kids are with me... though they're used to it now!</p> <p>It's all fruitless though, I know it, as very few drivers would change their behaviour based on a random man in the street telling them to stop, and the chances of them being caught by the police are incredibly low. Without a reporting portal, what can I actually do?</p> <p>Is it worth filming them and reporting to the police, or is that unlikely to result in any action? I feel like with the scale of it there's little point... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-374697 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:27:16 +0000 chdot 374697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Whether it’s fostering community-driven projects or supporting innovative approaches like bike buses and school streets, the future of urban cycling looks brighter than ever. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://momentummag.com/urban-cycling-trends-2024/" rel="nofollow">https://momentummag.com/urban-cycling-trends-2024/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-374205 Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:11:33 +0000 chdot 374205@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Brilliant 5 year anniversary @weeunicorns #bikebus!! </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/blackfordsafer1/status/1771095090447933498" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/blackfordsafer1/status/1771095090447933498</a></p> <p>Video </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-372920 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:11:35 +0000 chdot 372920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A Global Survey of BIKEBUS initiatives </p> <p><a href="https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/A-global-survey-of-BikeBus-initiatives.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://bikeportland.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/A-global-survey-of-BikeBus-initiatives.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663&page=2#post-364209 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:37:36 +0000 HankChief 364209@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice piece on NBC</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/1580366458902614016" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/1580366458902614016</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-362229 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:52:07 +0000 HankChief 362229@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's a tweet if you'd be kind enough to share<br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/BikeBusEdin/status/1554051265688227841?" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/BikeBusEdin/status/1554051265688227841?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-362228 Mon, 01 Aug 2022 11:34:51 +0000 HankChief 362228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A new Bike Bus on Sunday to help people getting to Ps&amp;Gs Church.</p> <p><a href="https://psandgs.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1252450" rel="nofollow">https://psandgs.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1252450</a></p> <p>They are looking for help from experienced riders so please get in touch with them if you can </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-360906 Fri, 27 May 2022 09:38:11 +0000 HankChief 360906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61599279" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61599279</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-357964 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:08:08 +0000 LaidBack 357964@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@HankChief - that's good to see. Canadian Cycling Magazine. Sure @SRD will approve!<br /> Shawlands is used to represent Scotland. Not the first but maybe caught their eye?<br /> Was Sciennes the first? Blackford Safe Routes, and Davidson's one next?<br /> An idea that caught the Zeitgeist! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-357962 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:21:24 +0000 HankChief 357962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Going global...</p> <p><a href="https://cyclingmagazine.ca/advocacy/the-bike-bus-movement-is-spreading/" rel="nofollow">https://cyclingmagazine.ca/advocacy/the-bike-bus-movement-is-spreading/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-341510 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 22:44:08 +0000 HankChief 341510@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Clermiston to National Gallery by P6 &amp; P7 class. Great effort.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/standrewsFCRC/status/1336406881410179078?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/standrewsFCRC/status/1336406881410179078?s=19</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-332500 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:44:05 +0000 I were right about that saddle 332500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Roibeard</p> <p>You are correct. Back marker protects the slowest from the most impatient. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-332498 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:32:13 +0000 Roibeard 332498@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Rear marker. The person at the back. [...] this is a pretty low pressure job</em></p> <p>As a inveterate rear marker I'm not entirely sure of this one... I've definitely felt pressure under a variety of circumstances!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-332479 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 19:35:34 +0000 HankChief 332479@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And the associated blogpost with all the details you need to know to set up a #BikeBus</p> <p><a href="https://www.mummysgoneacycle.com/the-reluctant-bike-bus-organiser/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mummysgoneacycle.com/the-reluctant-bike-bus-organiser/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-332176 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:35:23 +0000 HankChief 332176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you missed the webinar last night, a recording has been made.</p> <p><a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/5226598199524469775" rel="nofollow">https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/5226598199524469775</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-332146 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:30:12 +0000 HankChief 332146@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm surprised he hasn't demanded the Cooncil deliver it for him. Anyone know how much rates he pays for that level of entitlement?</p> <p>Back on topic. #BikeBus #BikeBus #BikeBus </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-332142 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:12:54 +0000 gembo 332142@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooh nice @Hank Chief can it start at Boardwalk. Cafe?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-332138 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:52:33 +0000 HankChief 332138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An excellent sounding webinar TONIGHT on setting up a #Bikebus. Please promote via your social media.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/adamtranter/status/1273234353297002503?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/adamtranter/status/1273234353297002503?s=19</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19663#post-315811 Tue, 15 Oct 2019 11:47:31 +0000 chdot 315811@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-council-investigate-safer-school-cycling-routes-after-pupils-plead-action-805582" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/politics/council/edinburgh-council-investigate-safer-school-cycling-routes-after-pupils-plead-action-805582</a> </p>