http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Thread for Cllr Jenkinson en Thu, 21 May 2026 03:46:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-380568 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:52:03 +0000 neddie 380568@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Disappointed not to be selected as Scottish Labour candidate for Edinburgh Northern &amp; South Western.</p> <p>Congrats to Catriona Munro (South Western) &amp; Foysol Choudhury (Northern) – wishing them every success.</p> <p>Thanks to everyone who supported me – your backing means the world</blockquote></p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/stephenjenkinson.bsky.social/post/3lwdthbfaf22a" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/stephenjenkinson.bsky.social/post/3lwdthbfaf22a</a></p> <p>Does this mean he'll "have" to stay on as Transport Convenor? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-380389 Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:54:08 +0000 bakky 380389@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh transport convener bidding to be Labour candidate at next year's Scottish Parliament elections</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-transport-convener-bidding-to-be-labour-candidate-at-next-years-scottish-parliament-elections-5243215" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-transport-convener-bidding-to-be-labour-candidate-at-next-years-scottish-parliament-elections-5243215</a></p> <p>(To me, this would be a shame - far stronger language from SJ in the press at least about Edinburgh’s challenges and how we tackle them than we saw from SA, for example - I reckon it’s early but he’s a decent convener…) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379676 Fri, 16 May 2025 09:23:08 +0000 Arellcat 379676@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edinburgh:<br /> <blockquote>"...we need commitment and stability from the Scottish Government if we’re to deliver the changes which our city needs and deserves."</blockquote></p> <p>Glasgow:<br /> <blockquote>Hold my tarmac laying machine.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379673 Thu, 15 May 2025 14:12:25 +0000 Morningsider 379673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - absolutely. Even the Council's 10 year timescale seems way too long, that will cover a period involving three Council terms and sessions of the Scottish Parliament.</p> <p>I suppose what I was really trying to do was point out how ridiculous this exercise is. True prioritisation would involve a handful of projects to be delivered over the next two to three years, with guaranteed budgets and resources allocated to see them through.</p> <p>All the Council has now is a slightly shorter wish list. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379672 Thu, 15 May 2025 13:30:46 +0000 chdot 379672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Section 2: Policy action areas to increase walking and cycling</p> <p>Policy action area 1: Integrate walking and cycling into all relevant policies<br /> Policy action area 2: Provide sate and connected walking and cycling networks<br /> Policy action area 3: Design inclusive and safe streets for all Policy action area 4: Improve safe road user behaviour<br /> Policy action area 5: Protect and prioritize walking and cycling<br /> Policy action area 6: Facilitate integrated transport options<br /> Policy action area 7: Promote and incentivize walking and cycling</p> <p>Section 3: Key enablers for successful implementation</p> <p>Governance and coordination<br /> Community and civil society engagement<br /> Knowledge, skills and capacity</p> <p>“</p> <p>Etc</p> <p><a href="https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/381335/9789240109902-eng.pdf?sequence=1" rel="nofollow">https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/381335/9789240109902-eng.pdf?sequence=1</a></p> <p>Hard to disagree! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379670 Thu, 15 May 2025 09:39:11 +0000 Arellcat 379670@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>So realistically, you are looking at a 20 to 30 year horizon.</em></p> <p>I don't believe any local authority, or even any public body, would entertain even the merest hint of an idea of budget certainty for a 20 or 30 year portfolio of projects.</p> <p>To put it into perspective, proposals were invited in 1985 for the construction and operation of a channel tunnel. In 1986 the winning proposal was announced. In 1988 construction started. In 1994 it opened for business. Nine years (and £14b in today's money).</p> <p>Network Rail works to 5-year control periods. These let NR prioritise its projects that would be delivered within that timeframe. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379669 Wed, 14 May 2025 22:29:34 +0000 Morningsider 379669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - if I remember rightly, there were 66 projects being taken forward. These include hardy perennials like Canal-Meadows, Meadows-George Street, and George Street itself, which are already many years old. Even with the fairest of fair winds, I can't see all 66 being open by 2035.</p> <p>It's not that it's impossible in any normal sense of the word. This Is Edinburgh. Projects go through some sort of treacleisation process, slowing progress to something that would embarrass an arthritic snail. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379665 Wed, 14 May 2025 17:37:36 +0000 chdot 379665@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What ever happened to those favourite phrases-</p> <p>“Shovel ready projects’</p> <p>“Hit the ground running”</p> <p>? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379664 Wed, 14 May 2025 17:18:39 +0000 chdot 379664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“Happy to be convinced I'm wrong.“</p> <p>Can you wait 30 years??</p> <p>Let’s assume money (at the right time) ISN’T a problem? AND inflation in contractor and materials costs is fully covered (AND there are no ‘external factors’, ‘unknown unknowns’, ‘events’ etc), does/would CEC have the capacity/competence to deliver? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379663 Wed, 14 May 2025 16:49:48 +0000 Morningsider 379663@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - about that 10 year timescale:</p> <p>The projects slated to proceed have a total estimated cost of between £221 million and £711 million. The Council estimates that it will have an annual budget of £36.39 million to deliver these. This is likely an over-estimate, as it includes £10 million under the Bus Infrastructure Fund (BIF) heading. Total BIF funding for Scotland in 2025-26 is £10 million.</p> <p>Even going with the Council's budget it would take between six and 20 years to deliver all these projects. Assuming a lower BIF total, and the fact most projects wouldn't be eligible for BIF funds - say an annual total £30 million and the timespan extends to between 8 and 24 years.</p> <p>Now, even that is probably an underestimate of likely timescales. Project delivery is not constant and major projects, say George Street which is estimated at between £30m and £100m, would likely eat the entire budget and available council/contractor resource for several years. So realistically, you are looking at a 20 to 30 year horizon.</p> <p>Happy to be convinced I'm wrong. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379662 Wed, 14 May 2025 16:24:21 +0000 chdot 379662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Exciting“</p> <p>Overworking word?</p> <p>Ironic?</p> <p>Misleading?</p> <p>He <em>seems</em> to be saying the right things. </p> <p>‘No guarantees about funding’ is a big and longstanding/perennial problem that (probably) makes any 10 year plan ‘impossible’ to deliver. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-379661 Wed, 14 May 2025 15:05:03 +0000 bakky 379661@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New and being published in EENL: "Exciting times ahead for transport in Edinburgh" <a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14209/exciting-times-ahead-for-transport-in-edinburgh" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/14209/exciting-times-ahead-for-transport-in-edinburgh</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-377108 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:00:57 +0000 gembo 377108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Edward T been super busy measuring roughness of all paths and has a great graphic. His method was to use a barrow filled with jelly and to see how much it wobbled. Oh wait, that was That’s Life Science </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-377107 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:31:09 +0000 bakky 377107@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He responded on Twitter to questions of himself and @edinhelp regarding a patch job on CCWEL I’ve dubbed the ‘liquorice layby’ until fixed - Edward Tissiman measured the surface as 15x rougher than the original CCWEL surface here. <a href="https://x.com/cllr_jenkinson/status/1850263676797759566?s=46" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/cllr_jenkinson/status/1850263676797759566?s=46</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-377106 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:13:03 +0000 gembo 377106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He is on Twitter but not in the way Scott Arthur is. Some French nut called Pere Gembeaux has asked Jenky to show more guts next time over traffic dispersal bus gates BECAUSE they work. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-377105 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:49:00 +0000 neddie 377105@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone know if Cllr Jenkinson is particularly active, or responsive, on Twitter?</p> <p>Is he on Bluesky? Mastodon? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-377104 Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:46:25 +0000 neddie 377104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Apparently he has several cars and turned up late to a Living Streets event because he couldn't find a parking space for his BMW. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376505 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 10:49:18 +0000 neddie 376505@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is a white, suburban, middle-aged man who has worked for the same bank for 30 years, in IT*, likely to be an ”in the box” or “out of the box” thinker?</p> <p>*I imagine he started with the telephone system. </p> <p>I predict we’ll see very slow incremental progress on delivery, maybe construction being started on one new scheme every 3 years, nothing to upset the drivers, and more rolling back on the temporary stuff (because they’ll be too mired in bureaucracy to make it permanent) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376504 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 09:38:21 +0000 Dave 376504@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>The prime minister has told the BBC that his new government is "going to have to be unpopular" and make tough decisions in order to bring reforms.</p> <p>Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg in his first major interview in Downing Street, Keir Starmer said the only way to change the country was to do "difficult things now" even though "I know they are unpopular".</blockquote></p> <p>Scott Arthur let the city down hugely with his backtracking and weakness on road safety, but imagine if he'd taken his messaging from Starmer instead. Will Jenkinson take inspiration from the new PM or from his predecessor? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376474 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 13:34:06 +0000 neddie 376474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>staffing and money situations</blockquote></p> <p>They could start by reallocating all the "roads engineers" and "signals team" as active travel.</p> <p>The tinkering they do with the traffic lights achieves nothing anyway.</p> <p>And why have they removed any advantage from the advance-cycle-signal coming off Morrison St into Haymarket? It just results in conflict with taxi* drivers turning left into the layby</p> <p>*And other drivers pretending to be taxis </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376471 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:54:07 +0000 chdot 376471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“I won't be holding my breath“</p> <p>Quite</p> <p>No idea how much he is passing on a script. </p> <p>Or how much he understands staffing and money situations… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376470 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:45:39 +0000 neddie 376470@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cllr Jenkinson to Spokes:</p> <p><blockquote>I see us moving into more of a delivery phase now which is quite exciting</blockquote></p> <p>okaaaaaay...</p> <p>I won't be holding my breath </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376468 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:26:22 +0000 chdot 376468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Cllr Jenkinson intends to continue chairing the Transport &amp; Environment Committee [TEC] in the consensual way developed by his predecessor, but with greater emphasis on delivery – intentions which we very much welcome. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="http://www.spokes.org.uk/2024/07/conveners-transported/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spokes.org.uk/2024/07/conveners-transported/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376458 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 09:35:29 +0000 neddie 376458@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Key to these [climate] aspirations...</blockquote></p> <p>yeeeeaaaah...</p> <p>The only way they are going to meet any climate "aspirations" is through demand-management of cars ("sticks") </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376454 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:29:25 +0000 chdot 376454@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SA’s take on SJ’s article -</p> <p>“</p> <p>He is hitting the ground running - "Key to these [climate] aspirations is the expansion of our award-winning tram network, and I look forward to working with the Scottish Government and other partners on this." </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/drscottarthurmp/status/1831237317261963391" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/drscottarthurmp/status/1831237317261963391</a></p> <p>Under current financial/political circumstances, seems bizarre to have the tram as a continuing priority. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376448 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:25:49 +0000 bakky 376448@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fluff piece in EEN <a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/hitting-the-ground-running-with-visit-to-north-bridge-stephen-jenkinson-4767534" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/hitting-the-ground-running-with-visit-to-north-bridge-stephen-jenkinson-4767534</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376382 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:41:12 +0000 Dave 376382@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's our ward councillor but I haven't had much contact with him. I asked him to abstain from voting the Tories into the administration after the election, but he said that as the party whip there was not much hope of that! Since then I've not bothered with the local councillors one way or another </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376379 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:58:42 +0000 neddie 376379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some background from 2022:</p> <p>Name – Stephen Jenkinson<br /> Party – Labour<br /> Ward – Pentland Hills</p> <p>I am married with two teenage children and have lived and worked in Edinburgh all my life. I am an IT specialist and I have worked in financial services for 28 years. I am a committed trade unionist and I have played a key role in organising in my workplace over many years.</p> <p>My key issues: There are five key issues I am campaigning on in Pentland Hills:</p> <p><strong>- Improving public transport ensuring it is a suitable alternative to car usage.<br /> - Ensuring all children in the ward have safe walking and cycling routes to and from school.</strong><br /> - Getting the basics right. Focussing on fly-tipping, littering, dog-fouling weeds and graffiti.<br /> - Supporting local businesses, charities and community organisations to recover from COVID.<br /> - Improving roads and footpaths with a ‘fix it right, first time’ approach to pot holes.</p> <p>my bold</p> <p>"the potholes"... hmmm</p> <p><a href="https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2022/04/council-elections-2022-stephen-jenkinson-pentland-hills-ward/" rel="nofollow">https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2022/04/council-elections-2022-stephen-jenkinson-pentland-hills-ward/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21605#post-376377 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 08:05:33 +0000 chdot 376377@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New TEC Convenor</p> <p>“</p> <p>Councillor Jenkinson is always happy to meet constituents to discuss any individual issues or concerns.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=2641" rel="nofollow">https://democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=2641</a></p> <p><a href="https://x.com/cllr_jenkinson" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/cllr_jenkinson</a> </p>